The use of questionnaires by researchers has established impressive benefit for recipients of cochlear implants (CIs) in the areas of audiologic gains and quality of life (QOL). Avocational activities have remained an unstudied area insufficiently addressed by QOL questionnaires. A new questionnaire named the Avocational Activity Questionnaire and an existing Quality of Life questionnaire have been administered to 10 patients at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University campus. The purpose of this study is to examine responses to quality of life questionnaires that are predictive of audiological and quality of life outcomes with cochlear implantation (CI). Questionnaires were administered pre and post-cochlear implantation to derive outcomes among patients with a severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss undergoing CI evaluation. The two questionnaires chosen to describe the perception of the quality of life are The Quality of Life questionnaire (QOL) (Spitzer, Kessler, & Bromberg, 1992) and an Avocational Activity Questionnaire (AAQ; Spitzer, unpublished). The results of this study revealed that there is a significant difference in the pre- implantation and post-stimulation responses on the AAQ questionnaire which is reflected by the benefit that is achieved for the patient after their CI in their avocational activities. This change remains essentially stable over time. Therefore, administering the AAQ is appropriate when considering the patient's daily social needs and could give clinicians more insight into the patient's avocational activity needs.