Cochlear implants and other implantable hearing devices / / edited by Michael J. Ruckenstein ; Robert B. A. Adamson [and forty others], contributors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453212203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Diego, California ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Plural Publishing, , 2012; ©2012
• ISBN: 1-59756-586-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (449 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.8/8220592
• Soggetti: Cochlear implants; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1. History of Implantable Hearing Devices; Chapter 2. Designing and Building a Cochlear Implant Program; Chapter 3. Electrode Design for Cochlear Implantation; Chapter 4. Signal Processing Strategies for Cochlear Implants; Chapter 5. Cochlear Implant Candidate Selection; Chapter 6. Imaging of Cochlear Implantation; Chapter 7. Surgical Technique for Cochlear Implants in Adults; Chapter 8. Cochlear Implants: Surgical Techniques, Special Considerations - Pediatric and Malformed Cochleae; Chapter 9. The Suprameatal Approach: An Alternative Surgical Technique for Cochlear ImplantationChapter 10. Hearing Preservation: Cochlear Implantation and Electroacoustic Stimulation; Chapter 11. Bilateral Cochlear Implantation; Chapter 12. Adult Cochlear Implant Programming: A Basic Introduction; Chapter 13. Pediatric Cochlear Implant Programming: A Basic Introduction; Chapter 14. Measuring Auditory Outcomes of Cochlear Implant Use in Children with Behavioral and Electrophysiologic Tests; Chapter 15. Treatment Outcomes of Adult Cochlear Implantation; Chapter 16. Cochlear Implant-Mediated Perception of Environmental Sounds and MusicChapter 17. Cochlear Implantation: Reliability and ; Reimplantation; Chapter 18. Auditory Brainstem Implants; Chapter 19. Bone-Conduction Hearing Devices; Chapter 20. Baha® Surgery: Evolution, Techniques, and Complications; Chapter 21. Middle Ear Implantable Hearing Devices: Present and Future; Appendix: Immunization for Cochlear Implant Recipients; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This text will provide hearing professionals -- who are oftentimes ignorant of the fundamental indications for and benefits of hearing devices -- with the knowledge necessary to wholly understand these implantable mechanisms so that they can incorporate them into their practices.