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Published on: March 24, 2023
Depressive symptoms affect short- and long-term speech recognition outcome in cochlear implant users
Katharina Heinze-Köhler1, Effi Katharina Lehmann2, Ulrich Hoppe2
1CICERO-Cochlear Implant Centrum, ENT-Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Waldstr. 1, 91054, Erlangen, Germany. katharina.heinze-koehler@uk-erlangen.de.
Purpose:
To investigate the impact of the amount of depressive symptoms in cochlear implant (CI) recipients on the development of speech recognition after CI-activation up to 2 years.
Design:
Retrospective data analysis of a German short form of the Beck Depression Inventory given at initial activation of the implant in relation to monosyllabic word recognition score at conversational level at initial activation and at 3 months, 1 and 2-year follow-up measurements.
Study Sample:
Thirty-one CI-patients (11 female, 20 male) aged between 41 and 83 (M = 64.77, SD = 10.43) who were German native speakers, postlingually deafened, with severe hearing loss in both sides but unilaterally implanted (19 right-sided, 12 left-sided).
Results:
The amount of depressive symptoms at initial activation was negatively correlated with the monosyllabic recognition score after 3 months and after 1 year of implant use.
Conclusion:
The psychological status in terms of depressive symptoms is an important parameter regarding the rehabilitative outcome of CI-patients. Care staff and CI-users should be sensitized to the link between depressive symptoms and the development of speech recognition with CI.
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