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What is Cochlear Implant

Chapter 14
Meaningful and Active Family Engagement: IEP, Transition and Technology Integration in Special Education
An advanced hearing technology that uses electrodes to directly stimulate the auditory/hearing nerve. It involves a surgically implanted internal component and an external speech processor. Sounds are picked up by a microphone, sent to the speech processor, which converts them into electrical impulses, and then transmitted to electrodes implanted in the cochlea/inner ear. Cochlear implants are used with individuals who have severe/profound hearing loss. They have been approved for use in children since 1990 and the age of implantation continues to be reduced as the benefits early implantation continue to be scientifically demonstrated.
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Improving Listening and Spoken Language Through Family Coaching and Distance Intervention/Telepractice
K. Todd Houston (The University of Akron, USA) and Christina Barris Perigoe (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 32
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-1384-8.ch014
Abstract
This chapter will introduce the listening and spoken language approach (LSL). Originally developed for children who are deaf/hard of hearing (D/HH), LSL is an evidence-based, family-centered approach that focuses on coaching parents/caregivers to provide the environment and input necessary for children to optimize language learning through listening. The role of the interventionist/educator is to guide, coach, and support caregivers. The therapist/educator models specific evidence-based strategies for the caregiver to use in natural environments, such as the home. LSL is well-suited to distance intervention or telepractice/teleintervention—the delivery of services via videoconferencing technology. LSL has been used successfully with children who are D/HH, including those with multiple special needs. Primarily used in early intervention, it has also been used with school-aged children and adults. LSL can be adapted to children with a variety of learning needs who need to strengthen auditory attention, listening skills, and overall spoken language.
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Chapter 28
Empirical Study Using Alternative Early Warning Systems to Address Fire in the Homes of Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Individuals
“A cochlear implant is a small electronic device that helps people hear. It can be used for people who are deaf or very hard of hearing.” Retrieved from http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/007203.htm#ixzz1vnXxhfjC .
Published in Chapter: Empirical Study Using Alternative Early Warning Systems to Address Fire in the Homes of Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Individuals; From: Handbook of Research on Education and Technology in a Changing Society
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Chapter 63
Interactive Television Accessibility and Usability
A cochlear implant is an electronic prosthetic device surgically implanted in the inner ear under the skin behind the ear to provide useful sound perception via electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve. Cochlear implants are intended to provide prelingually or postlingually deaf children who obtain limited functional benefit from conventional amplification with improved sound and speech detection and improved auditory perception and speech.
Published in Chapter: Interactive Television Accessibility and Usability; From: Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology
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Chapter 8
Working With Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children From Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds
Hearing technology that converts the acoustic signal into an electrical signal and directly stimulates the auditory nerve.
Published in Chapter: Working With Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children From Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds; From: Cases on Communication Disorders in Culturally Diverse Populations
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Chapter 4
The Hardships of COVID-19: The Deaf and Visually Impaired Experience
A device that electrically stimulates the cochlear nerve. Has a microphone that picks up sounds, processes it, and then transmits it to the main device. Is typically implanted as a toddler.
Published in Chapter: The Hardships of COVID-19: The Deaf and Visually Impaired Experience; From: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Child, Adolescent, and Adult Development
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Chapter 8
Biomedical Instrumentation
For the totally deaf, electrodes placed within the cochlea to stimulate the auditory nerve and restore partial hearing.
Published in Chapter: Biomedical Instrumentation; From: Handbook of Research on Biomedical Engineering Education and Advanced Bioengineering Learning: Interdisciplinary Concepts
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