A study of self-perception and communication success as perceived by adolescents with cochlear implants and their significant others. (4th July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bantwal, Anuradha R.; Deshpande, Rashmi; Indurkar, Rewa; Bhatnagar, Salaj; Wadhera, Meenakshi; Sridhara, Aditya; Lalwani, Neera; Agarwal, Asha; Oza, Ramesh K.; Narayan, Neevita; Sasidharan, P.; Mallikarjun, B.; Saha, Chandan; Bhale, Priya; Deshpande, Shweta; Mandke, Kalyani
• Is Part Of: Cochlear implants international. Volume 22:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 203
• Page End: 215
• Publication Date: 2021-07-04
• Subjects: Implant age -- Think About it Quiz -- Self Assessment of Communication-Adolescent -- Significant Other Assessment of Communication-Adolescent -- Adolescent with cochlear implant -- Caregivers of adolescents with cochlear implant; Cochlear implants -- Periodicals; 617.882
• DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2021.1875577
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1467-0100

Abstract

Abstract : Objectives: The objectives of this prospective, cross-sectional study were to compare self-perception and communication-success ratings of adolescents with cochlear implant (AWCI) and their caregivers (C-AWCI) and to explore associations with age at CI, implant age, and chronological age. Method: Fourteen CI centers across India participated. The Think About it Quiz (TAIQ), Self Assessment of Communication-Adolescent (SAC-A), and Significant Other Assessment of Communication-Adolescent (SOAC-A) were translated into five languages. Data were collected from 173 AWCI aged 10;0–19;6 years and an associated caregiver for each participant. Results: On the TAIQ, self-ratings by AWCI were significantly lower than the ratings by C-AWCI. Peer acceptance correlated with athletic competence for both groups. For the SAC-A versus SOAC-A, there was no significant difference between AWCI and C-AWCI ratings. Except for a negative correlation between peer-acceptance and chronological age for caregiver ratings, no other associations were found between any other ratings and age at CI, implant age, and chronological age. Conclusions: Caregiver judgments of their adolescents with CI were not in equal agreement with self-ratings by the adolescents across various aspects of performance. Caregivers appeared to underestimate the self-perception issues faced by adolescents with CI but had excellent agreement with their adolescents' self-rating of communication success. The inclusion of activities to improve children's participation in sports could possibly improve peer acceptance.