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    Enfrentamento da surdez em adultos usuários de implante coclear: uma busca de independência e autonomia
    (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2017-02-23) Vieira, Sheila De Souza [UNIFESP]; Chiari, Brasilia Maria [UNIFESP]; Dupas, Giselle; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9461883918498554; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3118172851522969; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5466081448977540; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    Objective: To understand how adult cochlear implant users face deafness and to create a theoretical model representative of the experience. And more specifically: to identify the difficulties and needs entailed by deafness before and after cochlear implantation; to understand the changes that the cochlear implant entails in daily life; and to identify coping strategies and the facilitating elements of this experience. Methods: The project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the institution (Opinion n ° 482,019). Qualitative research, using Symbolic Interactionism and Straussian Grounded Theory as the theoretical and methodological frameworks, respectively. A total of sixteen adult cochlear implant users, aged 18-60, who used the device for at least one year, participated in the study. Data collection instrument: semistructured interview, which covered questions about the trajectory from diagnosis to the present, inquiring about the changes caused by deafness and cochlear implantation in social relations, communication, family system, academic life and/or professional, in relationships, in leisure activities, and in personal projects. Results: The data analysis process led to the development of five categories that represent this experience. They are: Repercussions of deafness in adult life, Search for ways to solve problems, Facilitating factors in coping, Repercussions of cochlear implant use in adult life, and Difficulties after cochlear implantation. These categories make up a substantial theory represented by the process: SEEKING TO REGAIN INDEPENDENCE, AUTONOMY AND FREEDOM IN ADULT LIFE. Conclusion: Deafness profoundly impacts human social experiences, leading to changes and difficulties that affect the individual, family and society. However, the cochlear implant intervenes in a revolutionary way in the lives of its users, allowing them to live with a new perspective, to recover self-confidence and self-esteem, to communicate and interact more effectively, to feel more secure, to enjoy music and other types of entertainment, getting back past projects and make plans for the future. Thus fostering the recovery of the independence of adult life. In spite of this, the implanted person still experiences difficulties and limitations in the following aspects: agility to interact, reintegration into the labor market, going back to studying, localizing sounds spatially, experiencing prejudice and discrimination, using the phone, changes in balance and presence of tinnitus, costs with maintenance of the device, not being able to hear in situations where one needs to be without the IC, listening to music, understanding different types of entertainment, lack of family support, of assistive technology, and of continuity in psychological, social and auditory training rehabilitation. All these difficulties need to be identified and managed by the professionals who support the implanted person so that they can be overcome.