Affiliations 

  • 1 Audiology Program, Center for Rehabilitation & Special Needs, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Otol, 2019 Mar;14(1):17-21.
PMID: 30936897 DOI: 10.1016/j.joto.2018.11.004

Abstract

Objectives: This study examined the quality of life (QoL) of the parents and siblings of hearing-impaired children with cochlear implants (CIs).

Design: This is a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study. The questionnaire consists of three sub-domains - interaction, emotional well-being and support for the hearing-impaired child and the overall QoL -- and two open-ended questions for participants to provide comments and suggestions to enhance their family's QoL. A total of 63 questionnaires were e-mailed or mailed to families who met the inclusion criteria.

Setting: The study was conducted under the Center for Rehabilitation & Special Needs, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.

Participants: A total of 79 parents and 23 siblings from 44 families of children with CI participated in this study.

Main outcome measures: The mean score for each of the sub-domain and the overall QoL for both subject groups were computed. The answers for the open-ended questions were listed and organized into themes.

Results: There were significant correlations between the overall QoL score and each of the test domains for the parents' group (p 

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