Main description:

A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who has a severe or profound hearing loss. A cochlear implant does not cure deafness or hearing impairment, but is a prosthetic substitute which directly stimulates the cochlea. There are over 250,000 users worldwide with 12,000 in the UK.

This book is a multidisciplinary guide to cochlear implantation in children and adults with sensorineural hearing loss (where the root cause lies in the inner ear or sensory organ, ie the cochlear and associated organs).

Beginning with discussion on the aetiology of hearing loss and assessment of cochlear implant candidacy, the next chapter discusses preoperative cochlear implant imaging.

Each of the following sections provides in depth coverage of different types of cochlear implantation and their potential outcomes. The final sections examine miscellaneous topics such as music perception in cochlear implantation, drug eluting electrodes, cost effectiveness, and reliability reporting.

Authored by internationally recognised, US-based specialists, the text is further enhanced by clinical and surgical photographs and illustrations.

Key points

Multidisciplinary guide to cochlear implantation in children and adults
Covers different types of cochlear implant and potential outcomes
Includes miscellaneous topics such as music perception, drug eluting electrodes, and reliability reporting
Internationally recognised, US-based author team

Contents:

Section 1: Aspects of Hearing Loss

1. Etiology of Hearing Loss: Implications for Cochlear Implant Performance

Section 2: Assessment of Cochlear Implant Candidacy

2. Assessment of Adult Cochlear Implant Candidacy

3. Expanding Criteria for Cochlear Implantation

4. Preoperative Imaging in Cochlear Implantation

Section 3: The Cochlear Implant/Surgical Procedures

5. Surgery for Cochlear Implantation: Standard Approach

6. Surgery for Cochlear Implantation-Bilateral Cochlear Implants

7. Surgery for Cochlear Implantation-Congenital Anomalies

8. Hearing Preservation Cochlear Implantation

9. Surgery for Cochlear Implantation-Suprameatal Approach

10. Surgery for Cochlear Implantation-Subtotal Petrosectomy Approach

11. Revision Cochlear Implantation

12. Auditory Brainstem Implants

13. Electrophysiological Testing for Cochlear Implants and Auditory Brainstem Implants

Section 4: Results and Outcomes of Cochlear Implantation

14. Outcomes for Children

15. Outcomes for Adults

16. Combined Electric and Acoustic Stimulation (EAS) and Electric Complementation (EC):

Considerations for Candidacy, Fitting, and Long-Term Audiological Management

17. Music Perception in Cochlear Implantation

Section 5: Current Concepts and Future Technology

18. Importance of Scalar Location in Cochlear Implant Surgery

19. Drug-Eluting Electrodes and the Next-Generation Electrodes

20. Future of Intraoperative Electrophysiologic Testing in CI Surgery

21. Cost-Effectiveness in Cochlear Implantation

22. Cochlear Implant Device Reliability Reporting