Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation in Children and Adults [Paperback]

This is the first book to provide a global non-device-specific overview of service delivery and rehabilitation strategies for cochlear implant users. The contributors to the book have experience with most of the commercially available devices and several experimental ones. There are approaches from 17 different clinics representing four continents, 13 different countries and eight different languages. The number of patients seen by these teams totals more than 3000, or about one fifth of those currently using cochlear implants worldwide.List of Contributing Clinics.

Preface.

Introduction.

Chapter 1 Basics of Cochlear Impant Systems - Dianne J. Allum.

Chapter 2 Evaluation of the Benefit of the Multichannel Cochlear Implant in Children in Relation to its Cost - J. Robert Wyatt and John K. Niparko.

Chapter 3 Monitoring Progress in Young Children with C9ochlear Implants - Mark E. Lutman, Sue Archbold, Kevin P. Gibbin, Barry McCormick and Gerard M. O'Donoghue.

Chapter 4 An Integrated Rehabilitation Concept for Cochlear Implant Children - Bodo Bertram.

Chapter 5 Parent- and Patient-Centre Aural Rehabilitation - Nancy Tye-Murray, Linda Spencer, Shelly Witt and Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia.

Chapter 6 The Management of Cochlear Implant Children - Martine Sillon, Adrienne Vieu, Jean-Pierre Piron, Reine Rougier, Michel Broche, Francoise Artieres-Reuillard, Michel Mondain and Alain UZiel.

Chapter 7 A service Network for Rehabilitation of Cochlear Implant Users - Rene Muller, Dianne J. Allum and John H.J. Allum.

Chapter 8 Managing Educational Issues Throughout the Process of Implantation - Patricia M. Chute, Mary Ellen Nevins and Simon C. Parisier.