Main description:

Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Hearing Devices, Second Edition remains a fundamental text for hearing professionals. Cochlear implants and other implantable hearing mechanisms have become increasingly prevalent solutions to modern-day hearing trauma, making it imperative for clinicians to gain expertise on the subject. This text provides hearing professionals with the knowledge necessary to wholly understand these implantable mechanisms so that they can incorporate them into their practices.

New to the Second Edition
* Three all-new chapters
o Chapter 10. Single-Sided Deafness by Margaret Dillon and Kevin Brown
o Chapter 17. Auditory Neuropathy, Cochlear Nerve Deficiency, and Other Challenges in the Pediatric Population by Thierry Morlet and Robert C. O'Reilly
o Chapter 22. Cochlear Implants-The Future by Editor Michael J. Ruckenstein
* Updated references and chapter content throughout
* New 8.5''x11'' trim size and four-color design

Contents:

Foreword by Robert V. Harrison

Preface

Contributors

Chapter 1. History of Implantable Hearing Devices
Marc D. Eisen

Chapter 2. Designing and Building a Cochlear Implant Program
Linda S. Burg, David R. Friedland, and Christina L. Runge

Chapter 3. Cochlear Implant Electrodes: Design and Characteristics
Jason A. Brant and Steven J. Eliades

Chapter 4. Signal Processing Strategies for Cochlear Implants
Blake S. Wilson and Michael F. Dorman

Chapter 5. Cochlear Implant Candidate Selection
Rene H. Gifford

Chapter 6. Imaging of Cochlear Implantation
Suyash Mohan, Ellen G. Hoeffner, and Laurie A. Loevner

Chapter 7. Cochlear Implants: Surgical techniques, Special Considerations - Pediatric and Malformed Cochleae
Tiffany Chao and Luv Javia

Chapter 8. Surgical Technique for Cochlear Implants in Adults
James G. Naples, Jason Brant, D. C. Bigelow, and Michael J. Ruckenstein

Chapter 9. Hearing Preservation Cochlear Implantation and Electro-Acoustic Stimulation
Sandra Prentiss, Athanasia Warnecke, and Hinrich Staecker

Chapter 10. Single-Sided Deafness
Margaret Dillon and Kevin Brown

Chapter 11. Adult Cochlear Implant Programming: A Basic Introduction
Natalie R. Watts and Michelle L. Montes

Chapter 12. Perspectives in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Programming
Michael Jackson

Chapter 14. Measuring Auditory Outcomes of Cochlear Implant Use in Children with Behavioural and Electrophysiological Tests
Karen A. Gordon and Blake C. Papsin

Chapter 14. Treatment Outcomes of Adult Cochlear Implantation
David Low, Paul Mick, David Shipp, and Joseph Chen

Chapter 15. Factors Influencing Cochlear Implant Performance
Saikrishna C. Gourishetti and Ronna Hertzano

Chapter 16. Cochlear Implant-Mediated Perception of Environmental Sounds and Music
Yell Inverso

Chapter 17. Auditory Neuropathy, Cochlear Nerve Deficiency and Other Challenges in the Pediatric Population
Thierry Morlet and Robert C. O'Reilly

Chapter 18. Cochlear Implant Reliability and Reimplantation
Cameron C. Wick and Craig A. Buchman

Chapter 19. Advances in Auditory Brainstem Implantation
Elliott Kozin, Harrison W. Lin, and Daniel J. Lee

Chapter 20. Bone-Conduction Hearing Devices
Jennifer W. Lee, Robert B. A. Adamson, and Manohar L. Bance

Chapter 21. Middle Ear Implantable Hearing Devices: Present and Future
Hossein Mahboubi, Autefeh Sajjadi, Jeffery J. Kuhn, and Hamid R. Djalilian

Chapter 22. Cochlear Implants - The Future
Michael J. Ruckenstein

Appendix
Index