title: Quality of Life in Pediatric Cochlear Implantations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the satisfaction of patients with a cochlear implant using a Parents' Perspective Questionnaire and analyze the significant parameters.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients who received a cochlear implant in Çukurova University between March 2002 and November 2012 were included in the study. Parents were asked to answer the Parents' Perspective Questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The age ranges of 62 patients were 2-5 years and of 99 patients were 6-11 years and over. In total, 144 parents were satisfied with the cochlear implant. Patients who attended school had more self-confidence, and users of an implant aged over 18 months had better social relations and self-confidence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cochlear implants' positive effect on the quality of life is a fact, but parents have concerns in the preoperative and postoperative periods. Patients and parents should be informed carefully about cochlear implants. Also, patients' satisfaction is correlated with increasing duration of the implant and age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Çukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey. surmeli2004@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Meysem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yorgun
authors.forename: Özgür
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Sürmelioğlu
authors.forename: Ülkü
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Tuncer
authors.forename: Özgür
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Tarkan
authors.forename: Süleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Özdemir
authors.forename: Erdinç
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Çekiç
authors.forename: Fikret
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Çetik
authors.forename: Mete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kıroğlu
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000523:psychology*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011184:Postoperative Period; D057234:Preoperative Period; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires