Evaluating hearing loss for individuals with cochlear implants / Committee on Evaluating Hearing Loss for Individuals with Cochlear Implants ; Board on Health Care Services, Health and Medicine Division.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2021]
Series:Consensus study report.
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Table of Contents:
  • Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Considerations for evaluating hearing function
  • 3. Characteristics and limitations of the hearing in noise test
  • 4. Characteristics of hearing and speech tests
  • 5. Evaluating hearing ability in persons with Cochlear implants with single-sided deafness or asymmetric hearing loss
  • 6. Test comparisons and recommendations.