Pérez-Mora R, Lassaletta L, Castro A, Herrán B, San-Román-Montero J, Valiente E, Gavilán J
Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital La Paz/Autónoma University School of Medicine, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain.
B-ENT. 2012;8(4):251-5.
To evaluate the quality of life (QOL) of hearing-impaired children fitted with either a cochlear implant and a hearing aid or bilateral hearing aids, and to compare their outcomes with those of normal-hearing peers. We also investigated the impact of demographic, clinical, and audiological results on QOL.
Cross-sectional study using a generic QOL questionnaire. Questionnaires were completed by children and their parents. Eighty-eight children were divided into three groups: bilateral deaf children with a cochlear implant and a contralateral hearing aid (bimodal group), bilateral deaf children with bilateral hearing aids (hearing aid group), and normal-hearing children. The Spanish version of the KINDLr test was used. Responses were correlated with demographic, clinical, and audiological data.
The questionnaires revealed a high health-related QOL with a total self-rating score for the children and a proxy score for the parents of 75 or higher in five out of six domains. No significant difference was found in the QOL among the three groups. Additionally, there was no significant difference between the self-rating and the proxy total scores, and no significant association was found between the QOL and the variables of the study.
Our results indicate a high level of QOL in hearing-impaired children and their families following treatment with either bilateral hearing aids or bimodal stimulation. Children and their parents reported a QOL similar to that of normal-hearing children.
评估接受人工耳蜗和助听器联合使用或双侧助听器治疗的听力受损儿童的生活质量（QOL），并将其结果与听力正常的同龄人进行比较。我们还研究了人口统计学、临床和听力学结果对生活质量的影响。
采用通用生活质量问卷进行横断面研究。问卷由儿童及其父母填写。88名儿童分为三组：接受人工耳蜗和对侧助听器治疗的双侧聋儿（双模式组）、接受双侧助听器治疗的双侧聋儿（助听器组）和听力正常儿童。使用KINDLr测试的西班牙语版本。将回答与人口统计学、临床和听力学数据相关联。
问卷显示，在六个领域中的五个领域，儿童的总体自评得分和父母的代理得分均较高，与健康相关的生活质量较高。三组之间的生活质量没有显著差异。此外，自评总分和代理总分之间没有显著差异，生活质量与研究变量之间也没有显著关联。
我们的结果表明，听力受损儿童及其家庭在接受双侧助听器或双模式刺激治疗后的生活质量较高。儿童及其父母报告的生活质量与听力正常儿童相似。
