Selection of Cochlear Implant Candidates
6 Selection of Cochlear Implant Candidates Teresa A. Zwolan In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a consumer protection and health agency, has historically had great influence…
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Advantages of Binaural Hearing
18 Advantages of Binaural Hearing Camille C. Dunn, William Yost, William G. Noble, Richard S. Tyler, and Shelley A. Witt The human auditory system possesses an amazing ability to hear…
Speech Production by People with Cochlear Implants
14 Speech Production by People with Cochlear Implants Steven B. Chin and Mario A. Svirsky The study of speech production by cochlear implant (CI) users is important on both clinical…
Considerations for Devising a Totally Implantable Cochlear Implant
21 Considerations for Devising a Totally Implantable Cochlear Implant Noel L. Cohen Cochlear implants (CIs) have become extremely useful tools in the treatment of severe to profound hearing loss. Not…
Auditory Brainstem Implants
20 Auditory Brainstem Implants Eric G. St. Clair, John G. Golfinos, and J. Thomas Roland Jr. The auditory brainstem implant (ABI) was developed in 1979 at the House Ear Institute…
Cochlear Implantation and Deaf Education: Conflict or Collaboration?
16 Cochlear Implantation and Deaf Education: Conflict or Collaboration? Sue M. Archbold By 2004 there were ˜40,000 children under the age of 16 worldwide who had received implants (personal communication…
Interventional Approaches and Educational Options in the United States for People with Cochlear Implants
15 Interventional Approaches and Educational Options in the United States for People with Cochlear Implants Rosemarie Drous Over the past 30 years, there has been a dramatic shift in both…
Sound Processors in Cochlear Implants
4 Sound Processors in Cochlear Implants Ward R. Drennan and Jay T. Rubinstein The sound processor provides the functional core of the cochlear implant, converting acoustic signals into electric signals….
Speech Perception in Children with Cochlear Implants
12 Speech Perception in Children with Cochlear Implants Susan B. Waltzman Multichannel cochlear implants were first used in children in the United States in 1987. Early results mainly focused on…
Device Programming
11 Device Programming William H. Shapiro The ultimate goal of device programming is to adjust a device so that it can effectively convert acoustic input into a usable electrical signal…
