While all three groups felt very positive about the role of cochlear implants in the children's lives, the findings also indicated that difficulties remained. In the analysis of the data regarding areas of social participation, and social and emotional well-being, major themes emerged. One area was concerning social deafness where some struggled to hear and follow conversations in groups of peers (i.e., playground at school). One mother reported that her daughter actually says, "I don't like the playground.” Another mother, who had two children with implants, said, "They do well in one-on-one situations. School tends to be noisy and difficult and they tend to almost be loners. They look like they are loners; you might think they don't have a friend, but I think they actually choose to remove themselves from a really noisy situation and go off to the library and do that sort of thing. "For others talking on the phone was difficult. A 16-year-old boy said: "If I need to take a call I will. It takes time to recognize the voice and understand what they are
While all three groups felt very positive about the role of cochlear implants in the children's lives, the findings also indicated that difficulties remained. In the analysis of the data regarding areas of social participation, and social and emotional well-being, major themes emerged. One area was concerning social deafness where some struggled to hear and follow conversations in groups of peers (i.e., playground at school). One mother reported that her daughter actually says, "I don't like the playground.” Another mother, who had two children with implants, said, "They do well in one-on-one situations. School tends to be noisy and difficult and they tend to almost be loners. They look like they are loners; you might think they don't have a friend, but I think they actually choose to remove themselves from a really noisy situation and go off to the library and do that sort of thing. "For others talking on the phone was difficult. A 16-year-old boy said: "If I need to take a call I will. It takes time to recognize the voice and understand what they are