Purdy S C, Chard L L, Moran C A, Hodgson S A
Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl. 1995 Sep;166:102-5.
Six children with multichannel cochlear implants and their families were evaluated by means of multiple measures to determine the impact of the cochlear implant on the child's speech perception, language, communication mode, and behavior and on the parents' stress levels. The children showed quite variable improvements in speech perception with the implant. One child showed marked improvements in language 6 months after implantation. Two of the children had behavior problems preimplantation that showed some improvement after implantation. Parenting stress was very high in some families, but on average, stress was lower and social support networks were more extensive than those previously reported in studies of parents of deaf children in the United States.
通过多种测量方法对6名佩戴多通道人工耳蜗的儿童及其家庭进行了评估，以确定人工耳蜗对儿童言语感知、语言、交流方式和行为以及对父母压力水平的影响。这些儿童在佩戴人工耳蜗后言语感知方面有相当不同程度的改善。一名儿童在植入后6个月语言有显著改善。其中两名儿童在植入前有行为问题，植入后有所改善。一些家庭的育儿压力非常高，但总体而言，压力比美国之前关于失聪儿童父母的研究报告中的压力更低，社会支持网络也更广泛。
