OBJECTIVE: The research question was: what coping strategies are used by the postlingually deafened adult @entity18129 ( @entity18129 ) users, in comparison to the hearing population, taking into account their gender and @entity18129 experience. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In the assessment of the coping strategies we used the C.S. Carver's Brief @entity5786 questionnaire in Polish adaptation. The questionnaire and information form have been sent to the adult @entity1 implanted in the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing in the years 2005 and 2009. The response ratio was 59.5% (n = 78). The control group (n = 77) comprised hearing @entity1 selected at random, allowing for age. RESULTS: The stress coping strategies are different in the postlingually deafened adults and hearing ones. The postlingually deaf more seldom use the effective strategies, such as the active coping, planning and humour, and more often the denial. Also, they significantly more seldom turn to the self-blame and the substance use. @entity1 with longer @entity18129 experience significantly more often use the denial, more seldom they adopt the substance use and the self-distraction compared with those with shorter @entity18129 experience. Female postlingually deafened @entity18129 users are significantly less active in coping with stress and more seldom turn to the substance use, but more often, compared with the hearing @entity1 in the same age-group, use the denial. Male postlingually deafened @entity18129 users differ significantly from the hearing @entity1 only in more seldom turning to the self-blame and the substance use. CONCLUSIONS: Postlingually deafened @entity18129 @entity1 more often use the ineffective coping strategies. This tendency becomes stronger with the time lapse from the cochlear implantation and is more frequent in @entity1 , which corresponds with the data on both the considerably worse mental health of the postlingually deafened @entity1 compared to the general population and the deterioration of the mental, social and physical functioning with the lapse of time from the implantation. The standing availability of the psychological support for these @entity1 is essential, as well as the awareness of their problems.

[Coping strategies in postlingually deafened adult XXXX users in comparison to the hearing population].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'people', 'persons', 'People', 'men'] @entity18129 :: ('MESH:D015834', 'Disease') :: ['CI', 'cochlear implant'] @entity5786 :: ('11316', 'Gene') :: ['COPE']
@entity18129 :: (MESH:D015834,Disease) :: ['cochlear implant']
