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Article: The cochlear implant journey: candidacy, expectations, and aural rehabilitation.(COCHLEAR IMPLANTS)
- Article from:
- The Hearing Review
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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Many dispensing professionals are surprised to see that clients with thresholds in the severe range can make excellent candidates for cochlear implants. This article provides an overview of implant candidacy, the current prevailing ideas on what makes for the most successful CI users, and how aural rehabilitation plays an important role in the implant process.
If you have ever had a client tell you that one center turned him down for a cochlear implant while another gave approval, you have witnessed how the application of cochlear implant criteria may vary among medical facilities within the United States. During cochlear implant device trials for approval by the ...