Trends in educational services for children with cochlear implants

Sorkin, Donna L.; Zwolan, Terry A.

doi:10.1016/j.ics.2004.08.066

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“…This is in line with the fi ndings of Sorkin and Zwolan (2004) where parents had diffi culty in seeking out the services they felt their child needed after implantation. Implant centre teachers were often supportive but cannot infl uence school placement.…”

Section: Parental Refl Ectionssupporting

confidence: 78%

Children with cochlear implants: The communication journey

Wheeler¹,

Archbold²,

Hardie³

et al. 2009

Cochlear Implants Int.

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Section: Parental Refl Ectionssupporting

confidence: 78%

Children with cochlear implants: The communication journey

Wheeler¹,

Archbold²,

Hardie³

et al. 2009

Cochlear Implants Int.

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“…Information that helped them make their decision regarding CI for their deaf child came from other sources—audiologists, physicians, parents, parent organizations, or the Internet. This was the case in 2003 and was still true 7 years later (Sorkin and Zwolan 2008, 2012). …”

Section: Factors Impacting Utilization Of Cis In the United Statesmentioning

confidence: 86%

Cochlear implantation in the world's largest medical device market: Utilization and awareness of cochlear implants in the United States

Sorkin

2013

Cochlear Implants International

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Provision of cochlear implants (CIs) for those within the criteria for implantation remains lower in the United States than in some other developed nations. When adults and children are grouped together, the rate of utilization/provision remains low at around 6%. For children, the provision rate is about 50% of those who could benefit from an implant, compared with figures of about 90% for the Flanders part of Belgium, the United Kingdom and other European countries. The probable reasons for this underprovision include: low awareness of the benefits of CIs among the population; low awareness among health-care professionals; the lack of specific referral pathways; some political issues relating to the Deaf Community; and financial issues related to health provision. Such financial issues result in situations which either fail to provide for access to implants or provide too low a level of the necessary funding, especially for low-income individuals covered by public health-care programs such as Medicaid. These issues might be mitigated by adoption and publication of standards for best clinical practices for CI provision, availability of current cost-effectiveness data, and the existence of an organization dedicated to cochlear implantation. Such an organization, the American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACI Alliance), was recently organized and is described in the paper by Niparko et al. in this Supplement.

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“…Such evaluations may reveal maximal performance of the CI user but are not necessarily predictive of performance under real-world listening conditions. This is of concern because most children with CIs who are implanted at a relatively young age are educated in mainstream classrooms (Daya et al, 2000;Sorkin and Zwolan, 2004) and are expected to function in the same listening environments as their normal hearing peers.…”

Section: Speech Testing In Realistic Conditions: Cochlear Implants Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

Current and Planned Cochlear Implant Research at New York University Laboratory for Translational Auditory Research

Svirsky

Fitzgerald²,

Neuman³

et al. 2012

J Am Acad Audiol

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The Laboratory of Translational Auditory Research (LTAR/NYUSM) is part of the Department of Otolaryngology at the New York University School of Medicine and has close ties to the New York University Cochlear Implant Center. LTAR investigators have expertise in multiple related disciplines including speech and hearing science, audiology, engineering, and physiology. The lines of research in the laboratory deal mostly with speech perception by hearing impaired listeners, and particularly those who use cochlear implants (CIs) or hearing aids (HAs). Although the laboratory's research interests are diverse, there are common threads that permeate and tie all of its work. In particular, a strong interest in translational research underlies even the most basic studies carried out in the laboratory. Another important element is the development of engineering and computational tools, which range from mathematical models of speech perception to software and hardware that bypass clinical speech processors and stimulate cochlear implants directly, to novel ways of analyzing clinical outcomes data. If the appropriate tool to conduct an important experiment does not exist, we may work to develop it, either in house or in collaboration with academic or industrial partners. Another notable characteristic of the laboratory is its interdisciplinary nature where, for example, an audiologistandan engineer might work closely to develop an approach that would not have been feasible if each had worked singly on the project. Similarly, investigators with expertise in hearing aids and cochlear implants might join forces to study how human listeners integrate information provided by a CI and a HA. The following pages provide a flavor of the diversity and the commonalities of our research interests.

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Trends in educational services for children with cochlear implants

Cited by 18 publications

References 2 publications

Children with cochlear implants: The communication journey

Children with cochlear implants: The communication journey

Cochlear implantation in the world's largest medical device market: Utilization and awareness of cochlear implants in the United States

Current and Planned Cochlear Implant Research at New York University Laboratory for Translational Auditory Research

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