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Telephone use and the factors influencing it among cochlear implant patients
David Clinkard1, David Shipp, Lendra M Friesen
1Sunnybrook Cochlear Implant Program, Canada. david.clinkard@sunnybrook.ca
Objective:
To investigate telephone use in cochlear implant patients and to determine factors most likely to influence telephone use.
Methods:
Surveys were mailed to 504 cochlear implant patients treated at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Hospital.
Results:
Two hundred four patients returned surveys (49%), 87% were classified as telephone users. No differences were found in age, pre-implant hearing characteristics, and the majority of post-implant behaviors. Education and post-implant sound perception scores were found to be significantly different (P < 0.05) between telephone users and non-users.
Discussion:
Telephone use among cochlear implant patients shows a positive increase compared to previous studies. In addition, we find that higher attained education and post-implant hearing scores to be independently correlated to telephone use.
