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“Can you hear me now?”: Insurance Coverage for Hearing Benefits in the United States [PDF]
, 2015 Public and private insurance coverage for hearing benefits underscores the gaps in coverage for treating hearing loss in the U.S. The commodification of the hearing benefits sector of healthcare in this country has detrimental consequences for personal ...
Whipple, Reegan
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Discourses Of Prejudice In The professions: The Case Of Sign Languages [PDF]
, 2017 There is no evidence that learning a natural human language is cognitively harmful to children. To the contrary, multilingualism has been argued to be beneficial to all.
Humphries, T. +6 more
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Evaluation of a De‐Escalated Post‐Operative Cochlear Implant Programming Protocol
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.This retrospective study found that reducing post‐cochlear implant programming to four visits in the first year is feasible, with no negative impact on available speech outcomes. Among 201 patients, over half adhered to the streamlined schedule, with compliance improving over time.
Leena Asfour +3 more
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Cochlear Implants and Adult Patient Experiences, Adaptation and Challenges: A Survey
Audiology ResearchBackground: Cochlear implants (CIs) are a life-changing treatment for individuals with severe to profound hearing loss, yet adult CI uptake remains low despite high clinical and economic effectiveness.
Sahar Bin Dehaish +13 more
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Effects of Marital Status on Cochlear Implant Outcomes
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.Marital status was evaluated as a predictor of post‐CI speech recognition and hearing‐related QoL in 604 adults undergoing cochlear implantation. Unmarried individuals had significantly poorer speech recognition outcomes, while QoL scores did not differ; benefits of marriage were most evident among women, employed individuals, and rural residents, and ...
Barak M. Spector +5 more
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BiomedicinesIntroduction: Transimpedance matrix measurement (TIM) is an electrophysiological measurement protocol of the impedance patterns of electrode contacts within the cochlea.
Katarzyna Radomska +5 more
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Development of audiovisual comprehension skills in prelingually deaf children with cochlear implants [PDF]
, 2005 Objective: The present study investigated the development of audiovisual comprehension skills in prelingually deaf children who received cochlear implants.
Bergeson, Tonya R. +2 more
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Regularity and asynchrony when tapping to tactile, auditory and combined pulses [PDF]
, 2017 This research is carried out with the aim to develop assistive technology that helps users following the beat in music, which is of interest to cohchlear implant users. The envisioned technology would use tactile feedback on each musical beat.
Arens, Laura +4 more
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Language skills of profoundly deaf children who received cochlear implants under 12 months of age: a preliminary study [PDF]
, 2008 Conclusion. This study demonstrated that children who receive a cochlear implant below the age of 2 years obtain higher mean receptive and expressive language scores than children implanted over the age of 2 years. Objective.
Bergeson-Dana, Tonya +4 more
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