Children With Cochlear Implants In Educational Settings

CONTENTSForeword by Nickola Wolf Nelson, Ph.D. The Social, Political, and Educational Context for Implant Technology. A Child-Centered Approach to Cochlear Implant Process. History, Development, and Current Technology. Pediatric Cochlear Implant Candidacy. Supporting Parents Who Choose Implantation. Designing a Management Program for Children with Implants. Premises That Drive Auditory Learning for Children with Cochlear Implants. The Young Implant Recipient. The School-Aged Child with an Implant. Rehabilitation Strategies for the Adolescent Implant User. Performance of Children with Cochlear Implants. Mainstreaming and Children with Cochlear Implants. Glossary. Index.

They also detail their children's experiences with the implants after surgery, and their progress with language acquisition and in school.".

Now in its third edition, Raising and Educating a Deaf Child is a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to the choices, controversies, and decisions faced by parents and teachers of deaf children today.

Thoroughly updated for its Second Edition, this book provides an in-depth discussion on prosthetic restoration of hearing via implantation. The text succinctly discusses the scientific principles behind cochlear implants, examines the latest technology, and offers practical advice on how to assess candidates, how to implant the devices, and what rehabilitation is most effective. The authors thoroughly examine the outcomes of cochlear implantation, the impact on the patient's quality of life, the benefits in relation to the costs, and the implications of cochlear implants for language and speech acquisition and childhood education.

"The authors provide practitioners with key milestones considered fundamental to understanding adolescents with hearing loss as well as a pedagogical foundation and general intervention strategies for both planning and direct face-to-face (re)habilitation with adolescents. The authors summarize important issues related to the spoken language development of adolescents, focus on aspects of communication that are functionally relevant to adolescents with hearing loss, and provides strategies for facilitating auditory-based spoken communication skills."--Back cover.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Offers a guide to cochlear implanation for parents, including discussion of the evaluation process, device options, surgical procedure, and device maintenance.