Cochlear Implants

Publication

Home
Publications
Cochlear Implants

Cochlear Implants
What Parents Should Know

: Edited by: Betty Loy, Peter Roland

Details:: 200 pages, Illustrated (B/W), Softcover, 6 x 9"

ISBN13:: 978-1-59756-296-6

Release Date:: 02/15/2009

$49.95

Add to Cart

About
Contents
Authors
Related Titles
Resources

Overview

Jargon-free and comprehensive in coverage, this handbook has been written by members of the Dallas Cochlear Implant Program to serve the needs of parents considering CI implantation for their children. Their rationale in writing the book was to ensure that parents had a reliable information source to supplement advices from medical and allied health professionals, to help enable them to make informed decisions.

From surgical considerations, through insurance and lifestyle issues, to counseling, this book is an ideal patient hand-out, or should at the very least be recommended as a primary source of information. It further meets the needs of medical and allied health professionals in the communication sciences in understanding and being able to serve the information needs of parents in this situation.

Review

Emma Stapleton, Otolaryngology, Lincoln County Hospital, UK, ENT & Audiology News (September 2014):
"This book was written by members of the Dallas Cochlear Implant Program, to serve the needs of parents considering cochlear implantation for their children. It provides a balanced introduction to the topic, offering comprehensive, accessible information and interesting case studies. It would be very useful for parents making informed decisions about treatment. It would also be a valuable additon to the bookshelves of medial and allied health professionals seeking to understand this topic on a multidisciplinary basis and wishing to serve the information needs of parents considering cochlear implantation for their children."

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction

Upon Learning Your Child Cant Hear
Betty Loy, Au.D., CCC-A, FAAA
Will My Child Learn to Talk?
Emily A. Tobey, Ph.D.
*Emmas Story
Hearing and How it is Tested
Pamela Tunney-Kruger, Au.D., CCC-A
Dont the Insurance People Understand? This is MY CHILD!!!
Marjorie K. Maier, M.S.W., M.B.A.
*Scooters Story
Which Cochlear Implant Device is Right for Your Child?
Phillip L. Wilson, Au.D., CCC-A and Holly S. Whalen, Au.D., CCC-A
Cochlear Implant Surgery
Peter S. Roland, M.D.
*The Brothers Story
Initial Stimulation and MAPping: What to Expect
Andrea D. Warner-Czyz, Ph.D., CCC-A
Auditory-Verbal Communication: Why We Recommend It
Melissa Sweeney, M.S., CCC/SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT®
*Megans Story
Advocacy for Optimal Educational Arrangements
Linda Thibodeau, Ph.D, Lindsay Bondurant, M.S., CCC-A and Jessica Sullivan
Quality of Life Following Cochlear Implantation in Early Childhood
Ann E. Geers, Ph.D. and Christine Gustus, M.S., CCC-SLP
*A Letter to the Doctor

Resources
Index

About The Editors

Betty Loy

Dr. Loy is the Clinical Research Manager for the department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and conducts pediatric cochlear implant research there. Her research interests include health-related quality of life in young cochlear implant users and parental decision making in the cochlear implant process. She serves as a special assistant to the board of directors of the Dallas Cochlear Implant Program.

Peter Roland

Peter Roland, MD, is the Medical Director of the Dallas Cochlear Implant Program. He has worked with adults and children seeking cochlear implantation since 1986. Dr. Roland has performed hundreds of CI surgeries and is respected internationally for his cochlear implant expertise. At the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, he is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, and holds the Arthur E. Meyerhoff Chair in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery.