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  • Title: Outcomes of cochlear implants for New Zealand children and their families.
    Author: Purdy SC, Chard LL, Moran CA, Hodgson SA.
    Journal: Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl; 1995 Sep; 166():102-5. PubMed ID: 7668593.
    Abstract:
    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.
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