Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Clinic, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Int J Audiol. 2011 Mar;50(3):146-54. doi: 10.3109/14992027.2010.533704. Epub 2011 Feb 10.
To measure the mental health status of deaf adolescents with cochlear implants (CI). STUDY SAMPLE AND DESIGN: We used the "Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire" (SDQ) to assess the mental health problems of 32 adolescents with CI (mean age 15.0 years) and 212 normal hearing peers (mean age 15.0 years).
Parent and teacher ratings for the CI subjects (ES emotional symptoms, HA inattention-hyperactivity, CP conduct-problems and PBS pro-social behavior) did not differ significantly from the results of normal hearing peers. However, teachers rated significantly more cases as having peer problems (PP) and more cases as having very high (clinical) total difficulty scores (TDS) in the CI group. The SDQ results of the CI users correlated significantly with poor results in auditory performance and special school education. The age at CI implantation was not found to be a correlated with emotional, behavioral and social problems.
Our findings indicate that the mental health of deaf adolescents with CI is comparable to that of normal hearing peers.
测量植入人工耳蜗的聋人青少年的心理健康状况。
我们使用“长处和困难问卷”（SDQ）评估了 32 名植入人工耳蜗的青少年（平均年龄 15.0 岁）和 212 名正常听力同伴（平均年龄 15.0 岁）的心理健康问题。
家长和教师对植入人工耳蜗的青少年（ES 情绪症状、HA 注意力不集中-多动、CP 行为问题和 PBS 亲社会行为）的评分与正常听力青少年的结果没有显著差异。然而，教师在植入人工耳蜗的青少年中评定出更多的同伴问题（PP）和更多的具有非常高（临床）总困难评分（TDS）的病例。人工耳蜗使用者的 SDQ 结果与听觉表现和特殊学校教育的不良结果显著相关。人工耳蜗植入的年龄与情绪、行为和社会问题没有相关性。
我们的研究结果表明，植入人工耳蜗的聋人青少年的心理健康状况与正常听力青少年相当。
