Cochlear Implants: A Handbook

by Bonnie Poitras Tucker

Overview

Cochlear implants continue to change the lives of children and adults with severe or profound hearing loss. This book explains, in a simple and accessible style, the manner in which cochlear implants work, for whom they work, and the extent to which they help deaf people hear. The author tells the story of her own experience with the implant procedure, along with its advantages and benefits.

Comprehensively explaining the basic concept, history, and evolution of cochlear implants, the book includes questionnaire responses, case studies, and general information--all provided by foremost clinicians in the field--that provide a full picture of how implant recipients and their families feel about the procedure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786445141
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	10/15/2009
Pages:	215
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Bonnie Poitras Tucker, deaf since infancy and unable to wear hearing aids, received a cochlear implant in 1991. An attorney and professor of law at Arizona State University, she is the author of six books and over 100 articles, and has been on television’s Nightline and Good Morning America Sunday.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Preface     

1. An Overview of Cochlear Implants
Michael F. Dorman, Ph.D.     
2. Me and My Implant: The Story of an “Unsuccessful” Cochlear Implant Recipient
Bonnie Poitras Tucker, J.D.     
3. Perspective of Bonnie’s Implant Audiologist
Dawna Mills, M.A., CCC-A     
4. Perspective of Bonnie’s Auditory-Verbal Therapist
Maxine Turnbull, M.Ed., Cert. AVT     
5. Survey of Implanted Adults and Parents of Implanted Children     
6. The Auditory-Verbal Approach: The Voices of Experience     
Cochlear Implants for Children from Auditory-Verbal and Speech-Language Pathology Perspectives
Carol Flexer, Ph.D., CCC-A, FAAA, Cert. AVT
Denise Wray, Ph.D., Cert. AVT     
Evolving Views of Cochlear Implants in Children
Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, M.S., AUD(C), Cert. AVT     
Experience with Cochlear Implants: Case Studies
Linda Daniel, M.A., M.S., Cert. AVT     
Cochlear Implants: The Furtherance of Auditory-Verbal Therapy
Sally Tannenbaum, M.A., M.Ed., C.E.D., Cert. AVT     
Cochlear Implants and Children Who Are Prelingually Deaf
Judith I. Simser, O. Ont., B.Ed., Cert. AVT     
Changing the Lives of Children Who Are Deaf
Catherine McEnroe, B.A., M.A.T.     
Defining Success with Cochlear Implants
Nancy M. Young. M.D.     
7. Education: The Teaching Perspective     
Auditory-Oral Education: Making a Difference for Children with Cochlear Implants
Jean Sachar Moog, M.S.     
Children with Cochlear Implants at St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf
Srs. Joyce Buckler, Ed.D., and Roseanne Siebert, M.A.     
Tucker-Maxon Oral School Children’s Cochlear Implant Center
Patrick Stone, Ed.D.     
8. Cochlear Implants and Deaf Culture     
9. Conclusion     

Index     

Editorial Reviews

an insightful and powerful must-read”—Volta Voices; “a winning compilation...important”—Newswaves; “Attorney/Law Professor Tucker comes through once again...a wealth of information....important”—Hearing Loss; “explains in accessible terms all about cochlear implants”—The Forest Bookshop.

From the Publisher

Attorney/Law Professor Tucker comes through once again...a wealth of information....important

Hearing Loss

a winning compilation...important

Newswaves

an insightful and powerful must-read

Volta Voices