Cochlear Implant Patient Assessment: Evaluation of Candidacy, Performance, and Outcomes (Core Clinical Concepts in Audiology) - Softcover

Gifford, Rene H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159756446X ISBN 13: 9781597564465

Publisher: Plural Publishing Inc, 2013

Synopsis

Cochlear Implant Patient Assessment is an invaluable clinical reference for every cochlear implant audiologist and speech-language pathologist working with the adult or pediatric populations. This unique text is designed to provide information on best practices assessment of implant candidacy as well as the postoperative assessment of performance over the long term. This book is written for audiologists, speech-language pathologists and deaf educators to serve as a clinical handbook on the assessment tools and therapeutic intervention that are critical during the pre- and post-implant periods. Given that the numbers of both adult and pediatric cochlear implant recipients continue to increase, more and more clinicians will be expected to gain and maintain a level of experience surrounding the clinical management of this population. Though this book contains useful information for even the most seasoned clinicians, it will serve an especially important role in the education and training of students and clinicians being introduced to cochlear implant clinical practice.Having an experienced audiologist and speech-language pathologist authoring this work unites the inter-disciplinary nature of this practice.

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About the Author

Rene Gifford, Ph.D. is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University and the Director of the Cochlear Implant Program and Pediatric Audiology at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center. She is also the Director of the Cochlear Implant Research Laboratory at Vanderbilt where she carries out her NIH funded research on combined electric and acoustic stimulation (EAS). She received her undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees at Arizona State University and her M.S. at Vanderbilt University. She completed a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Cochlear Implant Laboratory at Arizona State University under the direction of Michael Dorman, Ph.D. Dr. Gifford has authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles, multiple book chapters, has delivered over 70 national and international presentations. When she's not in the lab or clinic, you will likely find her with her husband and three sons at the skate park or football field.

Edition details

• Publisher: Plural Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159756446X
• ISBN 13: 9781597564465
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160