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OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
Volume 123, Issue 6, Pages 756-765Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2000.108203
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OBJECTIVE: The goal was to develop a quantifiable, self-assessment health-related quality of life (QoL) instrument for use in cochlear implant (CI) users. DESIGN: Three principal domains were distinguished: physical, psychological, and social. Forty-five postlingually deaf adult multichannel CI users and 46 deaf candidates on the waiting list for Cls (control group) participated in the study. RESULTS: Retrospective scores for the CI group corresponded very well with the scores for the control group. Current gal scores were substantially higher for all 6 subdomains. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability coefficients proved to be satisfactory,and the ability to detect clinical changes with the Nijmegen Cochlear implantation Questionnaire (NCIQ) proved ta be good. CONCLUSIONS: The psychometric characteristics of the NCIQ proved to be reliable and probably valid and sensitive to clinical changes. The data obtained with the NCIB reflected that the instrument was able to detect that a CI had significant effects on several health-related QoL aspects, including the social and psychological domains.
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