Sentences with phrase «for cochlear»

As a result, we see two types of deaf children being considered for cochlear implant candidacy: (a) young deaf infants and toddlers as part of early intervention plan promoting better language and behavioral development in deaf infants, and (b) older deaf children as the next alternate to other choices that have been attempted and did not satisfy family's expectation.

Poorna Kushalnagar, Kevin Krull, Julia Hannay, Paras Mehta, Susan Caudle, John Oghalai; Intelligence, Parental Depression, and Behavior Adaptability in Deaf Children Being Considered for Cochlear Implantation, The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, Volume 12, Issue 3, 1 July 2007, Pages 335 — 349, https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enm006

Last fall, he decided to combine his love for baseball, bike riding and helping others in hopes of raising money and awareness for cochlear implants.

I've been fortunate to have worked with an Educational Audiologist for three years and attend an intensive training on cochlear implants, Professional Preparation for Cochlear Implants.

Eden is a candidate for cochlear implants and later this month (Feb 20) she is having surgery to receive bilateral cochlear implants.

Not exact matches

Sarah Herrlinger, director of global accessibility policy for Apple, said a key challenge with implants was fact that audiologists do not always prescribe a matched set of Cochlear implants.

Cochlear announced on Wednesday that its hearing implants will now work with the iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices without the need for an intermediary device (a step that's been necessary up until this point).

Prior to joining Cochlear, Dig worked as a consultant for the Boston Consulting Group and held general management positions in Boral and Sunstate Cement.

Giving every deaf person cochlear implants, for example, would mean the end of sign language and «deaf culture.»

Cochlear implants do not work for all children, implants are not always successful and should not be portrayed as a «cure» for deafness.

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Wilmouth works closely with our audiologists to adjust the cochlear implant or hearing aid to achieve the best possible results for each child.

Cochlear implants for hearing are quite sophisticated now, and we're just at the beginning with retinal implants.

«Cochlear implants are great, but your own hearing is better in terms of range of frequencies, nuance for hearing voices, music and background noise, and figuring out which direction a sound is coming from.

A team of researchers led by Dr. Jian Zuo screened over 4,000 drugs for their ability to protect cochlear cells from the chemotherapy agent cisplatin.

Understanding the mechanisms that allow cells of the cochlear nucleus to compute with temporal precision has implications for understanding the evolution of the auditory system.

Previous research by Burger and Stefan Oline — a former Ph.D. candidate at Lehigh, now a postdoctoral fellow at New York University Medical School — demonstrated for the first time that synaptic inputs — the messages being sent between cells — are distinct across frequencies and that these different impulse patterns are «mapped» onto the cells of the cochlear nucleus.

Though an established and effective treatment for many, cochlear implants can not currently simulate the precision of sound experienced by those with a naturally - developed auditory system.

Timing precision is important to cochlear nucleus neurons because their firing pattern is specific for each sound frequency.

Some deaf and hard of hearing use cochlear implants and hearing aids for spoken English, but many prefer ASL, which is an important part of deaf culture.

Understanding these processes may also be important for advancing the technology used to make cochlear implants.

Brain Fitness was developed by a team of neuroscientists led by Michael Merzenich, a coinventor of both the cochlear implant and a highly regarded software package for treating dyslexia in children (see «The Elastic Brain» by Katherine Ellison in DISCOVER, May 2007).

• Speech language pathologists work with many types of patients including those who have cochlear implantation surgery, suffer from a voice disorder or during rehabilitation following treatment for head and neck cancer.

Like Wi - Fi for hearing aids, the technology uses an inductive loop to transmit sound signals directly into an in - ear hearing aid or cochlear implant, where it is received by an inductive device called a telecoil.

CYBORGS have walked among us for many years: humans fused with devices such as pacemakers, prosthetics and cochlear and retinal implants.

In the family, two out of the six children use cochlear implants for their hearing loss.

Treatment for this kind of hearing loss includes cochlear implants and hearing aids, but there is no fundamental therapy.

There is no treatment specifically for EVA, however children experiencing hearing loss who have EVA are candidates for hearing aids or cochlear implantation depending on the degree of hearing loss.

The technique could one day provide an autonomous power source for brain and cochlear implants, says Tina Stankovic, an auditory neuroscientist at Harvard University Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.

A similar approach is employed with cochlear implants for hearing loss which translate sounds into electrical stimulation of the inner ear and, over time, the brain learns to interpret these inputs as sound.

Already, researchers have developed devices such as deep brain stimulators for treating Parkinson's disease, cochlear implants for restoring minimal hearing in profoundly deaf people, and a computer interface called BrainGate that allows fully paralyzed individuals to accomplish simple tasks via a robotic arm.

Here's the retraction notice for «Assessment of the influence of whole body vibration on Cochlear function»: Continue reading Journal retracts paper it says authors published twice.

Treatment options include hearing aids, cochlear implants, and educational programs for people with hearing loss.

At the age of 42, after cochlear ear surgery, and after getting fat because I was not able to train for a while, I decided to get into my best shape, become a personal trainer and start my own company.

There is no cure for chronic severe tinnitus that is caused by non-regenerative cochlear cell damage.

Lee has sealed off a basement bunker where he has been attempting to not only contact other survivors but also to construct a cochlear hearing device for Regan, which only fitfully works.

Even more likely to get a nod would be Jessica Chastain, who's terrific here as Shannon's wife, trying to stand by her man while also wondering how he's going to pay for their deaf daughter's cochlear implants if this storm never hits.

When he's not prepping for the baby or hunting their dinner, Lee is ever - tinkering with new tech, trying to create a cochlear implant for his hearing impaired daughter (Simmonds) that actually works.

Additionally, all of her students have hearing aids or a cochlear implant, which could make an emergency situation more imperative for her to handle swiftly.

Cochlear implants are highly reliable but must be accompanied by an intensive auditory rehabilitation component for successful use.

There is no cure for chronic severe tinnitus that is caused by non-regenerative cochlear cell damage.

But Lee still spends all his spare time researching cochlear implants, building various hearing aids for her out of spare parts.

There is no cure for chronic severe tinnitus that is caused by non-regenerative cochlear cell damage.

I am able to provide the following types of formal assessment for deaf, hard of hearing, and cochlear implanted individuals of all ages:

A variety of psychotherapy services are available within my practice for deaf and hard of hearing clients of all ages, including those with cochlear implants.

For instance, most parents in this study frequently met with the cochlear implant program coordinator and health care staff before the deaf child was brought in for the neuropsychological evaluatiFor instance, most parents in this study frequently met with the cochlear implant program coordinator and health care staff before the deaf child was brought in for the neuropsychological evaluatifor the neuropsychological evaluation.