Preface

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Contributors

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1

History of Implantable Hearing Devices   Marc D. Eisen

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2

Designing and Building a Cochlear Implant Program   Linda S. Burg, David Friedland, and Christina Runge

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3

Electrode Design for Cochlear Implantation   Charles G. Wright and Peter S. Roland

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4

Signal Processing Strategies for Cochlear Implants   Blake S. Wilson and Michael F. Dorman

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5

Cochlear Implant Candidate Selection   Rene H. Gifford

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6

Imaging of Cochlear Implantation   Suyash Mohan, Ellen G. Hoeffner, and Laurie A. Loevner

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7

Surgical Technique for Cochlear Implants in Adults   Jason Brant, D. C. Bigelow, and Michael J. Ruckenstein

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Cochlear Implants: Surgical Techniques, Special Considerations—Pediatric and Malformed Cochleae   Luv javia

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9

The Suprameatal Approach: An Alternative Surgical Technique for Cochlear Implantation   Lela Migirov and jona Kronenberg

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10

Hearing Preservation: Cochlear Implantation and Electroacoustic Stimulation   Sandra Prentiss and Hinrich Staecker

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Bilateral Cochlear Implantation   Robert R. Peters

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12

Adult Cochlear Implant Programming: A Basic Introduction   Michelle L. Montes and Jennifer Rotz

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13

Pediatric Cochlear Implant Programming: A Basic Introduction   Michael F. Jackson

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14

Measuring Auditory Outcomes of Cochlear Implant Use in Children with Behavioral and Electrophysiologic Tests   Karen A. Gordon and Blake C. Papsin

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Treatment Outcomes of Adult Cochlear Implantation   Paul T, Mick, Lendra M. Friesen, David B. Shipp, and Joseph M. Chen

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Cochlear Implant-Mediated Perception of Environmental Sounds and Music   Yell Inverso

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Cochlear Implantation: Reliability and Reimplantation   Robert D. Cullen and Craig A. Buchman

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Auditory Brainstem Implants   Harrison W. Lin, Barbara S. Herrmann, and Daniel J. Lee

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19

Bone-Conduction Hearing Devices   Manohar Bance, Robert B. A. Adamson, and Ross William Deas

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20

Baha® Surgery: Evolution, Techniques, and Complications   David A. Gudis and Michael J, Ruckenstein

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Middle Ear Implantable Hearing Devices: Present and Future   Jeffery J. Kuhn

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Appendix

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Index

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