title: Telephone use and the factors influencing it among cochlear implant patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate telephone use in cochlear implant patients and to determine factors most likely to influence telephone use.
  
  
  METHODS
  Surveys were mailed to 504 cochlear implant patients treated at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two hundred four patients returned surveys (49%), 87% were classified as telephone users. No differences were found in age, pre-implant hearing characteristics, and the majority of post-implant behaviors. Education and post-implant sound perception scores were found to be significantly different (P < 0.05) between telephone users and non-users.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Telephone use among cochlear implant patients shows a positive increase compared to previous studies. In addition, we find that higher attained education and post-implant hearing scores to be independently correlated to telephone use.
authors.affiliation: Sunnybrook Cochlear Implant Program, Canada. david.clinkard@sunnybrook.ca
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clinkard
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shipp
authors.forename: Lendra M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Friesen
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Jodi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ostroff
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Julian M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Nedzelski
authors.forename: Vincent Y W
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D013689:Telephone; D055815:Young Adult