Main description:

We are witnessing, especially in Europe, an unprecedented flowering of academic institutions, strong clinical teams and research groups in the field of auditory rehabilitation. The major European audiology centers have contributed to this excellent book, which fills a substantial gap in the field of cochlear implants. "Cochlear Implant Essentials" represents a compilation of the best basic research, design and development, and clinical concepts related to the hearing of deaf children and adults. It provides an excellent overview and detailed information on all important aspects starting with basic research, highlighting clinical programs, and includes rehabilitation and long-term results. This interdisciplinary publication is very useful and valuable for all experts in the field of otolaryngology, audiology, education, physiology, rehabilitation, speech and language pathology and engineers.

Contents:

Historical perspective on European contribution.- Pathophysiology.- Histopathology.- Diagnostics and screening.- New objective testing: phoneme/psychoacoustics for detection and discrimination, SSEPs, event-related potentials.- Assessment of communication in the preverbal children.- Additional handicaps/disabilities.- Adult assessment.- Basic science on auditory deprivation, auditory plasticity and electrodes.- Review of available evidence for effectiveness and benefit.- Parental perspective.- Surgical procedure/risks.- Update on implant technology.- Borderline/extension of indications, EAS.- Bilateral implantation.- Rehabilitation/educational.- Results, age dependency.- Diagnostic imaging.- Functional imaging.- Health economics.- Future: Pharmacotherapy, technology input, EAS, nanotechnology, think differently.- ABI.