Programming Cochlear Implants

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Cochlear implants offer significant benefits for children and adults with severe to profound hearing loss; however, to realize these benefits, the device must be carefully and correctly programmed. With current information on cochlear implant technology, Programming Cochlear Implants, Third Edition, a volume in the Core Clinical Concepts in Audiology Series, is a valuable guide for clinicians providing services to cochlear implant users or as a teaching tool for graduate-level studentsProgramming Cochlear Implants, Third Edition introduces the basics of cochlear implant hardware and programming and continues through advanced programming techniques, with manufacturer-specific information and case studies. The text reviews clinical protocols for cochlear implant management; programming considerations for bilateral cochlear implant; troubleshooting during the programming process; device-specific programming techniques; use of objective measures to set cochlear implant programs; use of assistive listening devices with cochlear implants; and providing support to difficult-to-program users, such as infants, individuals with cognitive impairment, persons with disabilities, and so forth. New to the Third EditionThe latest hardware innovations in modern cochlear implant systemsAdvancements in software and programming approaches for cochlear implantsNew content on methods used to code sound intensity in cochlear implant systemsUpdates on the latest signal processing and input processing schemes and technologies used in cochlear implants Expanded discussion of programming considerations related to electric-acoustic stimulation and bimodal useRecent developments in hearing assistive technologies used by cochlear implant recipientsNew and updated information on objective measures in cochlear implant programming

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Pagina's: 630, Editie: 3, Paperback, Plural Publishing Inc