Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Family and Reproductive Health 1735-8949 4 4 2010 12 15 187 190 Sima Noohi Department of Psychiatry, Cochlear Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Shokoufeh Radfar Department of Psychiatry, Cochlear Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Seyed Abbas Tavallaii Department of Psychiatry, Cochlear Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Jaleh Yousefi Department of ENT, Cochlear Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mahdieh Hassan Alifard Department of Audiology, Cochlear Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Ajallouyean Department of ENT, Cochlear Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2015 10 04 Objective: The aim of our study is to determine the impact of cochlear implantation on anxiety anddepression in mothers of children with cochlear implant. Materials and methods: In a Cohort design, 35 mothers of deaf children with cochlear implantion admitted to the clinic of Baqiyatallah hospital during January 2008 – January 2010 were selected through systematic sampling. Information of demography, depression and anxiety are obtained from the parents by checklist and beck questionnaires, respectively. Results: Mean depression and anxiety scores in cochlear implant candidates were more than cochlear implant recipients. The difference was significant in depression and anxiety (P=0.001). Conclusion: It seems that cochlear implant use leads to decrease of depression and anxiety but still high prevalence of these complications than the normal population. https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/113 https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/download/113/113