Barriers to Rehabilitation Care in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to assess barriers to rehabilitation care for pediatric cochlear implant (CI) recipients.

Study design

Cross-sectional questionnaire study.

Setting

Tertiary medical center.

Patients

Parents of children who received a CI from October 1996 to June 2013.

Main outcome measure(s)

Factors related to access to and barriers in audiology and speech therapy services, factors related to CI use, and performance with CI using the Parents' Evaluation of Aural/Oral Performance of Children (PEACH).

Results

Thirty-five parents participated in the study (21 rural residents and 14 urban residents). Distance was a significant barrier to audiology services for rural participants compared with urban participants (p = 0.01). Consi

SUBMITTER: Noblitt B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5940514 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature