Is psychological status a determinant of speech perception outcomes in highly selected good adolescent cochlear implant users?


Yucel E., Sennaroglu G.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, vol.71, no.9, pp.1415-1422, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

Abstract

Objective: The main purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between the speech perception skills and state-trait anxiety in cochlear implant user adolescents who were highly selected good candidates. The impact of preoperative speech perception ability on postoperative speech perception and state-trait anxiety status were also examined.