Impactos sociais na vida da pessoa com implante coclear: uma revisão sistemática

There is divergence regarding the use of Cochlear Implant (CI), between the deaf community and the medicine community. Considering the growing number of surgeries for CI, the objective was to investigate the national production about the social effects of CI on the implanted individual's life. The research employed the methodology of the Systematic Review, which sought to review bibliographies and delineate a reflective and comprehensive work, as well as make an interdisciplinary historical-critical analysis of the theme. From the inclusion and exclusion criteria determined, of the 1495 studies identified, only five were included in the review. The analysis allowed us to consider that the social effects on the implanted person's life tend to be negative when related to the physical aspect of the external device, which may result in shame, feeling of inferiority and insecurity. It was found that there may be rejection of the person implanted by the listener group, due to the difficulty in speaking. It was also identified that the effects of CI are distinct in adolescents and adults, probably due to the changes faced at this stage of development. In contrast, people who did CI due to post lingual deafness showed positive social effects. Due to these findings and due to the scarcity of research on the subject, it is agreed that new research on the social effects of CI is essential, with the purpose of improving the understanding of how they affect the implanted person's quality of life.