{
    "abstract": "Adult cochlear implant candidates would self-report their executive functioning abilities as poorer than normal-hearing peers. These executive function abilities would correlate with laboratory-based cognitive tests. Lastly, executive functioning (EF) abilities would be associated with hearing-related quality of life.\nExecutive function refers to cognitive abilities involved in behavioral regulation during goal-directed activity. Pediatric and adult users have demonstrated delays and deficits in executive function skills compared with normal-hearing peers. This study aimed to compare self-report executive function in adult cochlear implant candidates and normal-hearing peers and to relate executive function skills to laboratory-based cognitive testing and hearing-related quality of life.\nTwenty-four postlingually deaf adult cochlear implant candidates were enrolled, along with 42 normal-hearing age-matched peers. Participants completed self-reports of executive function using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function- Adult (BRIEF-A). Participants were also tested using laboratory-based cognitive measures, as well as assessment of hearing-related quality of life on the Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire. Groups were compared on BRIEF-A scores, and relations between BRIEF-A and lab-based cognitive measures as well as Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire scores were examined.\nSelf-report executive function on the BRIEF-A was not significantly different between groups. Consistent relations of self-report executive function and nonverbal reasoning were identified. Strong relations were not found between self-report executive function and hearing-related quality of life.\nExecutive function as measured by BRIEF-A demonstrates some relation with a laboratory-based metric of nonverbal reasoning, but not other cognitive measures. Hearing-impaired individuals did not report poorer EF than normal-hearing controls. EF additionally did not correlate with quality of life. Our findings provide preliminary, partial validation of the BRIEF-A instrument in the preoperative evaluation of adult cochlear implant candidates.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.",
            "firstname": "Rohan",
            "initials": "R",
            "lastname": "Khandalavala"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "Kara",
            "initials": "K",
            "lastname": "Vasil"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "Irina",
            "initials": "I",
            "lastname": "Castellanos"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "Aaron C",
            "initials": "AC",
            "lastname": "Moberly"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": "Copyright \u00a9 2021, Otology & Neurotology, Inc.",
    "doi": "10.1097/MAO.0000000000003102",
    "journal": "Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology",
    "keywords": [],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2021-02-25",
    "pubmed_id": "33625197\n23020641\n24854882\n17828665\n25583706\n23337978\n26123097\n28660253\n24921934\n27841670\n29315194\n1202204\n15475013\n26256441\n30186962\n20066918\n10626367\n31266013",
    "results": "Self-report executive function on the BRIEF-A was not significantly different between groups. Consistent relations of self-report executive function and nonverbal reasoning were identified. Strong relations were not found between self-report executive function and hearing-related quality of life.",
    "title": "Can a Self-report Measure Be Used to Assess Cognitive Skills in Adults With Hearing Loss?",
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}