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Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Advance Access published online on October 14, 2008
The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, doi:10.1093/deafed/enn038
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Correlates of Psychosocial Adjustment in Deaf Adolescents With and Without Cochlear Implants: A Preliminary Investigation

Irene W. Leigh

Deborah Maxwell-McCaw

Gallaudet University

Yael Bat-Chava

New York University School of Medicine

John B. Christiansen

Gallaudet University


  Abstract

The number of children who have received cochlear implants (CIs) has increased dramatically in the past two decades. In view of potential concerns about their psychosocial adjustment, our aim was to assess the effect of implants on the adolescents’ psychosocial functioning among a group of 57 deaf adolescents with and without CIs, using published and validated measures completed by the adolescents themselves, their parents, and teachers. Adolescents with CI tended to be more hearing acculturated, whereas those without CI tended to be more Deaf acculturated. Despite some differences in background characteristics between the two groups, there were no differences between them on the psychosocial variables assessed in this study, regardless of the reporting sources. Rather than having a direct effect on the psychosocial outcomes assessed in this study, it is through the mediating effect of acculturation and school setting that CI status exerts an influence over many of this study's outcomes. Recommendations for future research are made in light of our findings.

Correspondence should be sent to Irene W. Leigh, Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002 (e-mail: irene.leigh{at}gallaudet.edu).

Received January 22, 2008; revised August 28, 2008; accepted September 5, 2008


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