Auditory Speech Effects and Quality of Family Life of Prelingually Deaf
Children with Different Hearing Aid Models: A Prospective Study
Abstract
Objective To explore the differences in auditory speech effects and
quality of family life of pre-lingual deaf children with different
hearing aid models within one year afrer postoperative, and analyze the
relationship between them. Design A prospective cohort study Setting and
Participants Fifty-eight cases of children with prelingual deafness who
underwent cochlear implantion at the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui
Medical University from March to July 2020 were selected. Main Outcome
Measures According to the hearing aid mode, Children with prelingual
deafness were divided into 21 cases in the unilateral cochlear implant
group (CI), 8 cases in the bimodal group (CI+HA), and 29 cases in the
bilateral cochlear implant group (BCI). The speech,spatial and qualities
of hearing scale-parent’s version(SSQ-P) and children using hearing
implants quality of life (CuHI QoL) were used to measure auditory speech
ability and family quality of life in three groups. Results At one year
postoperatively, the speech perception, spatial hearing, hearing sound
quality and SSQ-P scores of the BCI group were significantly higher than
those of the CI+HA group, and the CI+HA group was superior to the CI
group. Especially in spatial hearing and hearing sound quality, the BCI
group was more advantageous than the other two groups
(P<0.05). At 6 months postoperatively, the BCI group had the
highest quality of family life scores. while at 1 year postoperatively,
there was no differences in quality of family life between the three
groups (P>0.05). Overall, their quality of family life and
SSQ-P scores showed a gradual increase with the postoperative time.
Auditory speech effects were positively correlated with quality of
family life (r=0.312, P<0.01). Conclusions BCI can effectively
improve children’s spatial hearing and hearing quality. The better the
postoperative auditory speech effects, the higher the quality of family
life.