Hilton Kristina, Jones Fergal, Harmon Sarah, Cropper Jennifer
Department of Applied Psychology, Canterbury Christ Church University, Salomons Campus, Broomhill Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 0TG, UK.
J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2013 Oct;18(4):513-31. doi: 10.1093/deafed/ent025. Epub 2013 Jun 6.
There is currently a unique opportunity to examine the experiences of young people who receive a second sequential cochlear implant (SCI), after only having had 1 cochlear implant (CI) for most of their lives. Eleven young people who had opted to receive an SCI were interviewed. Interpretative phenomenological analysis resulted in the identification of 6 master themes. Most participants enjoyed improved confidence and social well-being following their SCI and felt that 2 CIs were superior to 1. The majority identified themselves as hearing and deaf, but not culturally Deaf, as they strived to live in the hearing world. However, this was not without challenges and many young people experienced feelings of difference in the hearing world. These findings have clinical implications in terms of the role of clinical psychologists and other mental health professionals in CI clinics and in providing information to families making decisions about CIs. These findings add to the emergent deaf identity development literature in young people with CIs.
目前有一个独特的机会来研究那些一生中大部分时间只接受过一次人工耳蜗植入（CI），之后又接受第二次连续人工耳蜗植入（SCI）的年轻人的经历。对11名选择接受SCI的年轻人进行了访谈。诠释现象学分析得出了6个主要主题。大多数参与者在接受SCI后自信心和社会幸福感有所提高，并认为双侧人工耳蜗优于单侧。大多数人将自己定位为听力正常和失聪，但并非文化意义上的聋人，因为他们努力生活在听力世界中。然而，这并非没有挑战，许多年轻人在听力世界中体验到了与众不同的感觉。这些发现对于临床心理学家和其他心理健康专业人员在人工耳蜗植入诊所中的作用以及向做出人工耳蜗植入决策的家庭提供信息方面具有临床意义。这些发现为人工耳蜗植入的年轻人中新兴的聋人身份发展文献增添了内容。
