[Professional occupation after cochlear implantation].
This study verifies whether cochlear implants helps deaf adults to maintain or develop their professional occupations. Sixty-seven patients received a questionnaire concerning their professional activities before and after implantation. At the time of implantation 34 were professionally active. After the implantation 29 remained active, 4 of them reporting positive developments in their careers. Five patients became inactive. The previously inactive patients remained inactive. There was no difference in auditory performances between professionally active or inactive patients. Cochlear implants enable most implanted adults to maintain and even progress in their professions. However, deafness still represents an obstacle to social integration as inactive patients who searched for a job were rejected after the job interviews.
Kós
Maria-Izabel
MI
Centre romand d'implants cochléaires, Service d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et chirurgie, cervico-faciale, HUG, Genève 14. Izabel.kos@hcuge.ch
Degive
Colette
C
Boëx
Colette
C
Maire
Raphaël
R
Guyot
Jean-Philippe
JP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014937:Work