Consideration of auditory compensation, communication, and support for children with cochlear implant (CI) during the period of education and therapeutic care.

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  • 教育・療育期の人工内耳装用の聴覚補償とコミュニケーションと支援に関する検討

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The questionnaire survey was administered to guardians of 250 children with cochlear implants (CIs) from the period of infancy to the stage of university student. The guardians were members of the CI family association. The questionnaire survey aimed to clarify the current situation of the CI satisfaction rating, auditory compensation and communication, etc., in the 195 guardians who provided responses.<br>There were ten items in the questionnaire; child's situation, education facility that the child presently belonged to, operation age, communications mode before and after the operation, the status of improvement of the auditory response, the satisfaction rating of the CI, and communications, etc.. The self-registering questionnaire method by mail was used.<br>The results revealed that object children belong to inclusive educational system and therapeutic care facility, lowering of the age of CI, shifts to the aural communications mode, and current states of insufficiency of information compensation in educational facilities.<br>Moreover, although most guardians indicated a high level of satisfaction with the CI, they pointed out the insufficiency of communications with increasing age. The survey suggested the necessity of educational support and therapeutic care according to the developmental stage and status of the CI in each individual.

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  • AUDIOLOGY JAPAN

    AUDIOLOGY JAPAN 56 (1), 65-72, 2013

    Japan Audiological Society

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