PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE 22-CHANNEL COCHLEAR IMPLANT PATIENT

• Published in: JIBI INKOKA TEMBO Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 300 - 310
• Main Author: Yukawa, Kumiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Society of Oto-rhino-laryngology Tokyo 1994; 耳鼻咽喉科展望会
• Subjects: CMI; cochlear implant; LMT; Y-G test
• ISSN: 0386-9687; 1883-6429
• DOI: 10.11453/orltokyo1958.37.300

Psychological assessments were carried out to evaluate the transition in the 22-channel cochlear implant patients before and 3 to 6 months after implanation.The subjects were 25 postlingual, profoundly deaf adults who received 22-channel cochlear implant system.The Yatabe-Guilford Personality Inventory test was administered to 25 implantees.Among the 12 characteristic traits of the Y-G test, the score of depression indicated significantly higher after implantation and the other 11 characteristic traits remained unchanged. After implantation, half of the patients had a tendency to get worse in their personal profiles because their emotions were unstable.In the Japanese edition of Cornell Medical Index-Health Questionnaire, 16 subjects completed the test.The mean score for the subjects on each characteristic trait including the depression scale indicated a tendency to decrease after implantation.The Landscape Montage Technique was performed on 11 subjects, and pictures painted before and after, implantation were compared within the two.The picture painted after implantation showed a great change compared to the one of before implantation. Subjects were inclined to paint more vividly using softer colors, vacant area was filled in, and the whole pictures had a better perspective after rehabilitation.Their changes observed through pictures in the Landscape Montage Technique are considered as an expression of their delights as well as problems in using the implant.