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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467112203321

Titolo

Cochlear implants / / Susan B. Waltzman, PhD ; J. Thomas Roland Jr., MD

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Thieme, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-60406-906-6

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Disciplina

617.89

Soggetti

Cochlear implants

Hearing disorders

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

Cochlear Implants; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 History of the Cochlear Implant; 2 Genetics of Hearing Loss and Predictors of Cochlear Implant Outcome; 3 Consequences of Deafness and Electrical Stimulation on the Peripheral and Central Auditory System; 4 Auditory Neuroplasticity; 5 Mimicking Normal Auditory Functions with Cochlear Implant Sound Processing: Past, Present, and Future; 6 Expanding Criteria for the Evaluation of Cochlear Implant Candidates; 7 Principles of Cochlear Implant Imaging

8 Intraoperative Monitoring During Cochlear Implantation9 The History of Cochlear Implant Electrode Design; 10 Cochlear Implant Surgical Technique; 11 New Horizons in Surgical Technique; 12 A Global View of Device Reliability; 13 Revision Cochlear Implantation; 14 Advancements in Cochlear Implant Programming; 15 Auditory and Linguistic Outcomes in Pediatric Cochlear Implantation; 16 Auditory Outcomes in the Adult Population; 17 Therapeutic Approaches Following Cochlear Implantation; 18 Acoustic and Electric Speech Processing; 19 Music Perception; 20 Auditory Brainstem Implants

21 Applying Cochlear Implant Technology to Tinnitus and Vestibular Interventions22 The Impact of Cochlear Implantation on the Recipient's



Health-Related Quality of Life; 23 Future Technology; Index