Cochlear Implant Patient Assessment

Rene H. Gifford, PhD, CCC-A, is a Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences with a joint appointment in the Department of Otolaryngology. She is the Director of the Cochlear Implant Program at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center in the Division of Audiology as well as the Director of the Cochlear Implant Research Laboratory. Her NIH-funded research investigates auditory function and spatial hearing as well as electrophysiologic correlates of auditory perception for adults and children with hearing loss using cochlear implants and hearing aids. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and delivered nearly 300 presentations around the world. She was the 2015 recipient of the ASHA Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement as well as the 2017 recipient of the Vanderbilt Chancellor's Award for Research, both awarded for her work in auditory outcomes following hearing preservation cochlear implantation.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsContributors Chapter 1. FDA Candidacy for Cochlear ImplantationRene H. Gifford, Cedric Navarro, Patricia B. Macy, and Laura BlairChapter 2. Adult Cochlear Implant Candidate SelectionRene H. GiffordChapter 3. Pediatric Cochlear Implant Candidate SelectionRene H. GiffordChapter 4. Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist in the Assessment of Pediatric Cochlear Implant CandidacyEmily Lund Chapter 5. Cochlear Implant Surgery: Clinical Implications of Variable AnatomyRobert F. Labadie Chapter 6. Nontraditional Candidates for Cochlear ImplantationRene H. GiffordChapter 7. Elements of Postoperative Assessment in Adult Implant RecipientsRene H. GiffordChapter 8. Elements of Postoperative Assessment: Pediatric Implant RecipientsRene H. GiffordChapter 9. Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist and Teacher of the Deaf in the Postoperative Assessment of ChildrenEmily LundChapter 10. Assessing Pre- and Postoperative Outcomes for Adults and Children: What Does the Future Hold and What Might We Be Missing?Rene H. GiffordIndex

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