Full Description
This book includes contributions from one of the most experienced and well known paediatric cochlear implant teams in the world. It covers the entire spectrum of care from initial referral through to monitoring long term progress. Contributions come from teachers, speech and language therapists, surgeons, scientists and from parents of implanted children. Detailed accounts of assessment and habilitation techniques and procedures will appeal to experienced practitioners and to students.
Contents
Contributors vii
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Chapter 1 Current trends in Peadiatric cochlear implantation 1
Chapter 2 Cochlear implant systems 11
Chapter 3 A paediatric cochlear implant programme: Current and future Challenges 49
Chapter 4 Assessing audiological suitability of Cochlear implants for children below the age of five years 96
Chapter 5 Medical and Surgical aspects of paediatric cochlear implantation 135
Chapter 6 Electrophysiological and objective measures 162
Chapter 7 Fitting and Programming the external system 217
Chapter 8 Facilitating progress after cochlear implantation: rehabilitation - rationale and Practice 257
Chapter 9 Using video analysis to monitor Progress in young cochlear implant users 302
Chapter 10 Monitoring progress: the role and remit of a speech and language therapist 327
Chapter 11 Family perspectives 383
Index 409
