Social Participation of Children and Adolescents With Cochlear Implants: A Qualitative Analysis of Parent, Teacher, and Child Interviews
Social Participation of Children and Adolescents With Cochlear Implants: A Qualitative Analysis of Parent, Teacher, and Child Interviews
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DOI：
10.1093/deafed/enr001
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发表时间：
2011-09-01
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2
通讯作者：
Hyde, Merv
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作者：
Punch, Renee;Hyde, Merv
心理社会因素，包括社会情感健康，同伴关系，社会包容与听力和聋人同龄人，越来越多地成为研究调查人工耳蜗植入儿童的重点。这里报道的研究通过对澳大利亚东部三个州的父母，教师和儿科人工耳蜗植入用户本身的访谈进行定性分析，扩展了以前研究的主要定量结果。我们采访了24名家长，15名教师和11名儿童和青少年。研究结果显示了三组参与者的共同点，表明儿童的心理社会发展与人工耳蜗植入有关的积极经验，但也存在群体沟通困难和与社交技能相关的问题。一些孩子很少与其他聋哑儿童接触（有或没有人工耳蜗植入），尽管父母和老师认为这种接触有益。在有其他失聪儿童的学校上学的儿童重视与失聪和听力正常的同龄人的友谊。对于一些人来说，青春期是一个特别困难的时期，因为他们对自己的耳聋和外部人工耳蜗植入设备的自我意识以及对友谊，约会和他们未来在世界上的位置的担忧感到挣扎。提出了实践和进一步研究的建议。
Psychosocial factors, including socioemotional well-being, peer relationships, and social inclusion with hearing and deaf peers, are increasingly becoming a focus of research investigating children with cochlear implants. The study reported here extends the largely quantitative findings of previous research through a qualitative analysis of interviews with parents, teachers, and pediatric cochlear implant users themselves in three eastern states of Australia. We interviewed 24 parents, 15 teachers, and 11 children and adolescents. The findings displayed commonalities across the three groups of participants, indicating positive experiences around the children's psychosocial development with their cochlear implants, but also ongoing difficulties communicating in groups of people and problems related to social skills. Some children had little contact with other deaf children (with or without cochlear implants) despite parents and teachers perceiving such contact beneficial. Children attending schools where there were other deaf children valued friendships with both deaf and hearing peers. Adolescence was a particularly difficult time for some as they struggled with feelings of self-consciousness about their deafness and external cochlear implant equipment and worries around friendships, dating, and their future place in the world. Recommendations for practice and further research are made.