Surendran Venkataraman, Rajkumar Patil, Sivaprakash Balasundaram
Stigma toward mental illness among higher secondary school teachers in Puducherry, South India
Journal of family medicine and primary care
study examined psychosocial characteristics students used cochlear implant ci since preschool evaluated elementary grades high school study four goals 1 determine extent psychosocial skills documented elementary grades maintained high school 2 assess extent longterm ci users identified deaf community hearing world 3 examine association group identification students sense selfesteem preferred communication mode spoken language skills 4 describe extracurricular world teenagers mainstreamed hearing agemates academic experience part larger study 112 ci students aged 150 186 yrs parents completed questionnaires describing social skills subsample 107 ci students completed group identification selfesteem questionnaires results compared either control group hearing teenagers n 46 ageappropriate hearing norms provided assessment developer average psychosocial ratings parents students elementary grades high school indicated positive selfimage throughout school years seventy percent adolescents expressed either strong identification hearing community 32 mixed identification deaf hearing communities 38 almost ci students 95 mainstreamed half day majority students 85 appropriate grade age virtually ci students 98 reported hearing friends majority reported deaf friends 75 ci students reported used primarily spoken language communicate good spoken language skills enabled participate fully aspects lives identification hearing world associated personal social adjustment problems associated better speech perception english language skill ninetyfour percent active participants high school activities sports 50 held parttime jobs rate similar documented hearing teens majority earlyimplanted adolescents reported strong social skills high selfesteem least mixed identification hearing world however results must viewed light possible sources sample selection bias may represent psychosocial characteristics entire population children receiving cis