Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (N = 53)
From: Quality of life in children with cochlear implants in Kazakhstan
% (n) | |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 73.6 (39) |
Female | 26.4 (14) |
Cochlear Implantation | |
Unilateral | 92.5 (49) |
Bilateral | 7.5 (4) |
aEtiology of deafness | |
Congenital | 62.3 (33) |
Acquired: | |
Ototoxic antibiotics | 20.8 (11) |
Acute respiratory viral infections | 3.7 (2) |
Unknown reasons | 13.2 (7) |
aSchool for the Deaf before cochlear implantation | 11.3 (6) |
Not attended to the school for the Deaf | 88.7 (47) |
a Special educational institutions at the moment of assessment: | |
Kindergarten | 20.8 (11) |
Boarding school | 43.4 (23) |
Speech therapy center | 7.5 (4) |
Not attended any educational institution or school at the moment of assessment | 28.3 (15) |
aParental education level | |
High school | 49.1 (26) |
University | 50.9 (27) |
Participant, who completed the questionnaire | |
Mother | 83 (44) |
Father | 11.3 (6) |
Grandmother | 3.8 (2) |
Caregiver | 1.9 (1) |
Spoken language (language of the questionnaire) | |
Kazakh | 47.2 (25) |
Russian | 52.8 (28) |