NIH R01 · 2024
Predicting psychosocial adjustment in pediatric cochlear implant users
Project Summary/Abstract The cascading effects of prelingual hearing loss and subsequent cochlear implantation on the development of children’s psychosocial (emotional, behavioral, and social) adjustment are not fully understood. The specific objective of this research project is to identify how stress appraisal and coping responses, supported by neurocognitive (language and executive functioning) skills, predict psychosocial risk or resilience in prelingually deaf, early-implanted cochlear implant (CI) users. We hypothesize that prelingual hearing loss exposes children to a unique and multifaceted set of stressors, which taxes and depletes limited-capacity resources such as language and…
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