Programming Cochlear Implants

Cochlear implants offer significant benefits for children and adults with severe to profound hearing loss; however, to realize these benefits, the device must be carefully and correctly programmed. With current information on cochlear implant technology, Programming Cochlear Implants, Third Edition, a volume in the Core Clinical Concepts in Audiology Series, is a valuable guide for clinicians providing services to cochlear implant users or as a teaching tool for graduate-level students

Programming Cochlear Implants, Third Edition introduces the basics of cochlear implant hardware and programming and continues through advanced programming techniques, with manufacturer-specific information and case studies. The text reviews clinical protocols for cochlear implant management; programming considerations for bilateral cochlear implant; troubleshooting during the programming process; device-specific programming techniques; use of objective measures to set cochlear implant programs; use of assistive listening devices with cochlear implants; and providing support to difficult-to-program users, such as infants, individuals with cognitive impairment, persons with disabilities, and so forth.

New to the Third Edition- The latest hardware innovations in modern cochlear implant systems

• Advancements in software and programming approaches for cochlear implants
• New content on methods used to code sound intensity in cochlear implant systems
• Updates on the latest signal processing and input processing schemes and technologies used in cochlear implants
• Expanded discussion of programming considerations related to electric-acoustic stimulation and bimodal use
• Recent developments in hearing assistive technologies used by cochlear implant recipients
• New and updated information on objective measures in cochlear implant programming