SLHS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Cochlear Implant, Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Rheumatoid Arthritis
4 Dec 2018
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Top 30% function fairly well on the telephone. The rest use the phone with significant other or only when necessary. Impact of a cochlear implant on job functioning. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of cochlear implants on the job functioning of 21 adults with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. The clients" ratings indicated that they perceived that the cochlear implant had a positive impact on their job functioning. T = 11, n" = 20, p < . 01. Bar graph of clients" after and before ratings. Both the supervisors and cochlear implant users indicated the clients were: More able to understand conversations in most environments, and. Were able to identify sounds in their environment after receiving their implants. The only negative effect of the cochlear implants indicated by both the clients and their supervisors was that traffic noises were more bothersome than before surgery. Of course, before surgery they did not hear traffic noises.
