Cochlear Implant Outcomes

Cochlear Implant Outcomes

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    1 Here's how I've described the topic Cochlear Implant Outcomes research. Any comments or suggestions?
    By Derek Houston · Indiana University-Purdue University School of Medicine
    Andrea Warner-Czyz · University of Texas at Dallas
    This is a very important definition, Derek. The population of cochlear implant users - whether infant, child, or adult - is immensely variable. We kno... [more]

About Cochlear Implant Outcomes

The study of how cochlear implantation affects deaf individuals' audiological, linguistic, cognitive, educational, vocational, and psychosocial outcomes as well as their quality of life. It also includes investigating factors that can influence cochlear implant outcomes, such as age at cochlear implantation, amount of pre-implant hearing loss, cognitive abilities, family environment, etiology, and speech-language therapy.

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