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History of the Cochlear Implant
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Auditory Physiology
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Brain Plasticity
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From Hair Cell to Cortex
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Epidemiology of Hearing Loss
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Genetics of Hearing Loss
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Causes and Consequences of Sensorineural Hearing Loss
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The Psychophysics of Electric Hearing
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From Sound to Stimulation
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When Hearing Aids Aren't Enough
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Audiological Evaluation
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Candidacy & Evaluation
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Preoperative Imaging
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Devices & Electrode Arrays
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Speech-Coding Strategies: The Complete Lineage
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Preparing the Patient and Family: Work-up, Counselling and Realistic Expectations
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Into the Cochlea: The Medical and Surgical Path of Implantation
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Intraoperative Monitoring and Hearing Preservation
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Tuning the Electric Ear: Activation and Programming the Implant
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The Measure of Success: Speech, Hearing and Real-World Outcomes
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Learning to Listen: Rehabilitation and Habilitation
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Was It Worth It? Measuring Quality of Life and the Cost of an Implant
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Beyond the Standard Candidate: Special Populations
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Vestibulocochlear Anomalies: From Embryology to the Operating Room
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Two Ears Are Better Than One: Bilateral & Bimodal Hearing
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The Labyrinth Next Door: Balance and the Cochlear Implant
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When Things Go Wrong: Complications and Troubleshooting
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On the Horizon: Emerging Technology
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Hearing Music Through an Implant
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Beyond Hearing: The Implant for Tinnitus and the Balance System
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Beyond the Cochlear Implant: Other Implantable Hearing Devices
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Bypassing the Cochlea: The Auditory Brainstem Implant
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The Implant and the Deaf World: Ethics, Culture and Controversy
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Hearing in the Real World: Noise, Accessories and Connectivity
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Objective Measures
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- 01Overview — a 200-year ideaF
- 02Volta & the first electrical hearingF
- 03Djourno & Eyriès — the 1957 firstFT
- 04William House & the single-channel implantFT
- 05The single- vs multi-channel debateTC
- 06The American multichannel pioneersTC
- 07Graeme Clark & the Nucleus implantFTC
- 08The European devices — Chouard & MED-ELTC
- 09The speech-coding breakthroughTC
- 10FDA approval & the 1988 NIH consensusFTC
- 11Widening the indicationsFTC
- 12The implant goes globalFTC
- 13From milestone to mainstreamF
- 01Overview — the hearing pathwayF
- 02Sound & acousticsF
- 03Outer & middle earFT
- 04Cochlear mechanics & tonotopyTC
- 05Organ of Corti & hair cellsTC
- 06Mechanoelectrical transductionTC
- 07The cochlear amplifierC
- 08Otoacoustic emissionsTC
- 09The auditory nerveTC
- 10Coding of intensity & loudnessTC
- 11Coding of frequency & pitchTC
- 12Central auditory pathwaysTC
- 13Binaural hearing & localizationC
- 01Overview — the plastic brainF
- 02Critical & sensitive periodsFT
- 03Lessons from the visual systemTC
- 04Competition & the pluripotent cortexTC
- 05The deaf brain — auditory deprivationTC
- 06Cross-modal plasticityTC
- 07The sensitive period for hearingFTC
- 08The implant as environmental inputTC
- 09Age at implantation & outcomesFTC
- 10Adult plasticity & rehabilitationTC
- 11Binaural plasticity & bilateral CIsTC
- 12The paradox of plasticityFC
- 01Overview — deprivation & rescueF
- 02The pathway in healthFT
- 03Hair-cell loss & deafferentationTC
- 04Spiral ganglion neuron degenerationTC
- 05The nerve & the electrodeTC
- 06The cochlear nucleus & the endbulbTC
- 07Up the brainstem & midbrainTC
- 08The deprived auditory cortexTC
- 09Stimulation as a trophic signalTC
- 10What stimulation restores — and its limitsTC
- 11From bench to bedsideFTC
- 12Protecting & rebuilding the substrateFTC
- 01Overview — counting hearing lossF
- 02Measuring the burden — grades, prevalence & DALYsFT
- 03The burden of hearing loss in IndiaFT
- 04Causes & risk factors in IndiaFT
- 05Chronic ear disease & preventable lossFT
- 06Noise-induced loss & ototoxicityFT
- 07Consanguinity & the genetics of deafnessTC
- 08Congenital & childhood hearing lossFT
- 09Newborn & infant hearing screeningFTC
- 10The global picture & projections to 2050FT
- 11The cost — economic, educational & cognitiveFTC
- 12Prevention & the cochlear-implant access gapFTC
- 01Overview — genes, deafness & the implantF
- 02Syndromic & non-syndromic deafnessFT
- 03Patterns of inheritanceFT
- 04GJB2 & the connexinsTC
- 05The deafness-gene landscapeTC
- 06Testing — from Sanger to next-generationTC
- 07Genetic testing in the CI work-upFTC
- 08The spiral-ganglion hypothesisTC
- 09Genotype-specific CI outcomesTC
- 10Auditory neuropathy & OTOFTC
- 11Counselling, recurrence & ethicsFTC
- 12Gene therapy & the genomic futureFTC
- 01Overview — why the cause mattersF
- 02Where the lesion sitsFT
- 03Congenital & perinatal causesFT
- 04Meningitis & cochlear ossificationFTC
- 05Congenital CMV & in-utero infectionsFT
- 06Ototoxicity — drugs that damage the earFTC
- 07Noise-induced hearing lossFT
- 08Presbycusis — the ageing cochleaTC
- 09Sudden & autoimmune hearing lossTC
- 10Ménière's & cochlear otosclerosisTC
- 11What the temporal bone revealsTC
- 12From cause to candidacyFTC
- 01Why Electric Hearing Is DifferentFFTC
- 02From Acoustic to Electric: What Is Lost in TranslationFTTC
- 03The Electric Dynamic Range: A Few Decibels to Work WithFTTC
- 04Steep and Fast: How Loudness Grows with Electric CurrentFTCC
- 05The Processor Must Do What the Cochlea No Longer CanFTCC
- 06Just Detectable: What Sets the Electric ThresholdFTCC
- 07Reading the Envelope: Temporal Processing in Electric HearingFTCC
- 08Pitch from Timing: The 300-Hz CeilingFTCC
- 09Pitch from Place: Tonotopy, Mismatch, and the MapFTCC
- 10Blurred Frequencies: Spectral Resolution and Current SpreadFTCC
- 11When Channels Talk to Each Other: Channel InteractionFTCC
- 12Twelve Wires, Eight Voices: The Number of Effective ChannelsFTCC
- 13Why Speech in Noise Is the Hardest TestFTCC
- 14Why Music Is the Hardest Signal of AllFTCC
- 15Measuring Electric Hearing, and Using What You FindFTCC
- 01Overview — recreating hearingF
- 02What normal hearing doesFT
- 03The processor's signal pathFT
- 04Filter banks & the place codeTC
- 05Envelope, fine structure & the vocoderTC
- 06CIS — the breakthroughFTC
- 07Channel interaction & current spreadTC
- 08Peak-picking — SPEAK & ACETC
- 09Fine structure & temporal codingTC
- 10Current focusing & virtual channelsTC
- 11Front-end pre-processingTC
- 12The future of sound codingFTC
- 01Overview — the limits of amplificationF
- 02Beyond the audiogramFT
- 03Audibility — what amplification doesFT
- 04Recruitment & the narrowed dynamic rangeFTC
- 05Why recruitment happensTC
- 06Blurred frequency resolutionTC
- 07Reduced temporal resolutionTC
- 08Cochlear dead regionsTC
- 09Audibility vs distortionTC
- 10When a hearing aid has done all it canFTC
- 11When the lesion changes the calculusTC
- 12From hearing aid to implantFTC
- 01The test battery & cross-checkF
- 02Pure-tone audiometry & calibrationFT
- 03Masking — isolating the test earTC
- 04Bone conduction & the air–bone gapFT
- 05Speech audiometry & rolloverTC
- 06Tympanometry & immittanceFT
- 07The acoustic reflexTC
- 08Otoacoustic emissionsTC
- 09The auditory brainstem responseTC
- 10ASSR, ECochG & cortical responsesTC
- 11Paediatric behavioural audiometryFTC
- 12Paediatric speech perceptionTC
- 13Speech-in-noise & valid testingTC
- 14Real-ear measurement & verificationTC
- 15Loudness, tinnitus & non-organic lossTC
- 16Self-report & functional outcomesFT
- 17Tele-audiology & the futureFT
- 18Putting the battery togetherFTC
- 01Overview — will the implant beat the aid?F
- 02How the criteria evolvedFT
- 03The audiological batteryFT
- 04Audiometric criteria & levelTC
- 05Speech-in-noise & valid testingTC
- 06Regulation & reimbursementTC
- 07Predicting the outcomeTC
- 08The actuarial odds modelTC
- 09Medical & otologic assessmentTC
- 10Imaging in the work-upTC
- 11Vestibular assessmentTC
- 12Paediatric candidacyFTC
- 13The expanding indicationsTC
- 14Cognition, dementia & the elderlyFTC
- 15Psychosocial assessment & expectationsFTC
- 16Cost, funding & accessTC
- 17Counselling, ethics & consentFTC
- 18Which ear, one or bothTC
- 19Bilateral & bimodal candidacyTC
- 20The team decisionFTC
- 01Our Philosophy: The Rational ChecklistFC
- 02Imaging as the surgical blueprintF
- 03HRCT technique & planesTC
- 04MRI sequences & the nerve viewTC
- 05Normal temporal-bone anatomyFT
- 06Cochleovestibular malformationsTC
- 07Hypoplasia, IP & EVA in detailTC
- 08Cochlear nerve, IAC & the ABI boundaryTC
- 09Ossification & fibrosis — patencyTC
- 10The facial nerveTC
- 11Middle ear, mastoid & vesselsTC
- 12Measurements & electrode selectionTC
- 13Paediatric imaging & radiation safetyFTC
- 14Intra-operative imagingTC
- 15Post-op electrode positionTC
- 16MRI compatibility of the implantTC
- 17Recent & emerging imagingTC
- 18The structured reportFTC
- 01Anatomy of a Cochlear Implant SystemFTC
- 02From Sound to Nerve: The End-to-End Signal PathFT
- 03The Transcutaneous Link and TelemetryTC
- 04The Nucleus Family Tree: From CI22 to CI600TC
- 05Choosing a Nucleus Array: Perimodiolar vs Lateral WallTC
- 06Advanced Bionics: 16 Current Sources and Current SteeringTC
- 07The HiFocus Array Family and Naida ProcessorsTC
- 08The MED-EL Philosophy: Long, Flexible, Lateral-WallTC
- 09SYNCHRONY, FSP and the SONNET/RONDO SystemTC
- 10The Electrode Array as a Frequency RulerTC
- 11Why 22 Electrodes Behave Like 8 ChannelsTC
- 12The Three Array Families: Lateral-Wall, Perimodiolar, Mid-ScalaTC
- 13Stimulation Modes: From Monopolar to TripolarTC
- 14Dynamic Range and Electrode-to-Neuron DistanceTC
- 15Materials, Reliability and MRITC
- 16Electric-Acoustic Stimulation and Hearing PreservationFTC
- 17Special Arrays for the Difficult CochleaTC
- 18The Wider World: Other Manufacturers and the Pioneers' ElectrodesFTC
- 19Device Comparison: Every System Side by SideFTC
- 20The Cochlear Implant of the Future and Choosing a DeviceTC
- 01The Lineage at a Glance: Why Coding Strategies Keep ChangingFT
- 02One Electrode, One Sound: The Single-Channel EraFT
- 03Compressed Analog: The First Multichannel Waveform StrategyTC
- 04Continuous Interleaved Sampling: The Pulse That Changed EverythingTC
- 05Tracking the Voice: F0/F2 Formant ExtractionTC
- 06Adding F1: The F0/F1/F2 ProcessorTC
- 07Multipeak (MPEAK): Formants Plus High-Frequency BandsTC
- 08SMSP: Letting the Spectrum ChooseTC
- 09The n-of-m Family: SPEAK and the Rise of Peak PickingTC
- 10ACE: Spectral Maxima Meet High RateTC
- 11Chasing Fine Structure: FSP, FS4 and the Temporal-Pitch CeilingTC
- 12Virtual Channels: Current Steering and Current FocusingTC
- 13The Present Commercial Landscape: Four Makers, Five PhilosophiesTC
- 14The Frontier: Deep Learning, Closed Loops and LightTC
- 01From Decision to Theatre: What Preparation Must AchieveF
- 02Fit for Surgery: The Medical and Anaesthetic Work-upTC
- 03Vaccination and Meningitis ProphylaxisC
- 04The Multidisciplinary Sign-off and the Final PlanFC
- 05Counselling and Shared Decision-MakingFC
- 06Informed Consent: Risks, Benefits and AlternativesC
- 07Preparing the Family and the HomeFC
- 08What an Implant Can and Cannot DoFC
- 09Why Outcomes Vary: The Predictors Behind ExpectationsTC
- 10Realistic Expectations by GroupTC
- 11Measuring Expectations and Psychological ReadinessTC
- 12Pre-habilitation and Patient EducationTC
- 13Bringing It Together: The Preparation ChecklistFC
- 01The Operation in Context: What Implant Surgery Must AchieveFFTC
- 02Surgical Anatomy of the Temporal BoneFFTC
- 03Medical Fitness and Anaesthesia for SurgeryFTFC
- 04The Incision and the Receiver BedFTTC
- 05Mastoidectomy and the Facial Recess ApproachFTCC
- 06Surgical Approaches Compared: Recess, Suprameatal and BeyondTTTC
- 07Reaching the Scala Tympani: Round Window vs CochleostomyFTCC
- 08Atraumatic Electrode Insertion: The Soft-Surgery PrinciplesFTCC
- 09Hearing-Preservation Surgery and EASFTCC
- 10Securing the Receiver-StimulatorFTCC
- 11The Ossified CochleaTTCT
- 12Malformed Cochleae and the CSF GusherTTCC
- 13Intraoperative Monitoring and VerificationTCCC
- 14Revision and Reimplantation SurgeryTTCT
- 15Minimally Invasive, Image-Guided and Robotic SurgeryTCCT
- 16Postoperative Care and the Road to Switch-OnTTTF
- 01The Watchful Operation: Why We Monitor and PreserveFCT
- 02Guarding the Face: Intraoperative Facial-Nerve MonitoringFTCC
- 03Is the Device Working? Intraoperative Impedance and IntegrityFTTC
- 04Listening to the Nerve: Intraoperative ECAP/NRTFCTC
- 05Reflex and Brainstem: Intraoperative ESRT and eABRCCTC
- 06Catching the Fold-Over: Intraoperative Imaging and Field TelemetryCTTC
- 07Where Is the Array? Verifying Electrode PositionFTTC
- 08Why Save the Hearing You HaveFTCC
- 09How the Cochlea Gets Hurt: Mechanisms of Insertion TraumaFTTC
- 10Soft Surgery: The Atraumatic TechniqueFTTC
- 11The Gentle Electrode: Atraumatic Array DesignFTTC
- 12Protecting the Cochlea with DrugsFTCC
- 13Listening as You Insert: Real-Time ElectrocochleographyFTCC
- 14Counting What Is Saved: Measuring Hearing PreservationFTCC
- 15What Preserved Hearing Buys, and Where This Is GoingFTCC
- 01What Programming AchievesFCCT
- 02Anatomy of the MAP: Thresholds, Comfort and Dynamic RangeTTCT
- 03The First Switch-OnCFCC
- 04Setting Threshold (T) LevelsFCTC
- 05Setting Comfort Levels and Loudness BalancingFCCT
- 06Frequency Allocation and the Filter MapFTCC
- 07Strategy, Rate and Maxima in the ClinicCTTC
- 08Front-End Processing: IDR, Sensitivity and NoiseTTCC
- 09Programming the Young ChildCTCC
- 10Objective Measures at the FittingFTCC
- 11Troubleshooting the MAPTTCC
- 12The Poor Performer: A Systematic Work-upTCTC
- 13Bimodal and Bilateral FittingFCCT
- 14EAS and Special MapsCTTC
- 15Longitudinal Care, Datalogging and VerificationCTTC
- 01What We Mean by OutcomesFTCC
- 02The Outcome Test BatteryTCTC
- 03The Adult Learning CurveFCTC
- 04The Variability ProblemFTCC
- 05Duration of Deafness and AgeFFTC
- 06The Ear and the Nerve: Peripheral PredictorsFTCC
- 07Cognition and the Listening BrainCCCC
- 08Paediatric Outcomes: Language, Literacy and SchoolCCCC
- 09Speech and Language Development in ChildrenCCCC
- 10Hearing in Noise and in SpaceFTCC
- 11Music and the Human VoiceFTCC
- 12Two Ears Are Better: Bilateral, Bimodal and SSD OutcomesFTCC
- 13Patient-Reported OutcomesFTTC
- 14Outcomes in Special GroupsFTTC
- 15Predicting and Benchmarking OutcomesFTTC
- 01Why Rehabilitation MattersFFTC
- 02The Rehabilitation Team and PathwayFFTC
- 03Plasticity and the Window of OpportunityFTTC
- 04The Principles of Auditory TrainingFTTC
- 05Auditory-Verbal TherapyFTCC
- 06Family-Centred Early InterventionFTCC
- 07Developing Spoken Language in ChildrenFTTC
- 08Speech Production and ArticulationFTTC
- 09Adult Aural RehabilitationFTTC
- 10Communication Strategies and RepairFTTC
- 11Training for Noise and the Real WorldFTTC
- 12Music RehabilitationFTTC
- 13Technology and Telepractice in RehabilitationCTTC
- 14School Transition and Educational SupportCTCC
- 15Measuring Progress and Steering TherapyTTTC
- 01Beyond the Audiogram: Why Outcomes and Value MatterF
- 02What Is Quality of Life, and How Do You Put a Number on It?F
- 03The Generic Yardsticks: HUI3, EQ-5D and UtilityFT
- 04Hearing Through the Patient's Ears: Disease-Specific InstrumentsT
- 05Does It Help? Quality-of-Life Gains in AdultsTC
- 06The Child and the Family: Quality of Life in Pediatric ImplantationTC
- 07The Economist's Toolkit: QALYs, ICERs and ThresholdsFT
- 08Counting the Costs: A Lifetime of an ImplantT
- 09Was It Worth It? Cost-Effectiveness in AdultsTC
- 10The Strongest Case: Cost-Effectiveness in ChildrenTC
- 11The Second Ear and the Hard CasesTC
- 12Value Beyond the Clinic: Education, Work and SocietyT
- 13Worth It for Whom? Access, Equity and the Global PictureCT
- 01Who Are the Special Populations?FFTC
- 02Single-Sided Deafness and Asymmetric LossFTCC
- 03Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum DisorderFTCC
- 04Cochlear Nerve DeficiencyFTCC
- 05Malformed Inner Ears: Candidacy and ExpectationsFTCC
- 06Post-Meningitic Deafness and the Ossified CochleaFTTC
- 07Otosclerosis, Meniere's and the Diseased EarCCCC
- 08The Very Young InfantFTCC
- 09The Older Adult and CognitionCCTC
- 10Children with Additional DisabilitiesFCCT
- 11Syndromic DeafnessFCTC
- 12Prelingual Adolescents and AdultsFCCC
- 13The Only-Hearing Ear and the Medically Complex PatientTCCT
- 14When the Cochlea or Nerve Cannot Be Used: ABI CandidatesTTCC
- 15Special Populations in Low-Resource SettingsCCCC
- 01When the Cochlea Is Built DifferentlyFTC
- 02How the Inner Ear Is Made — and Mis-MadeFTCT
- 03Naming the Malformations: Jackler, Sennaroğlu and GroverFTTC
- 04The Empty Promontory: Michel Aplasia and the Rudimentary OtocystFFCC
- 05Too Little Cochlea: Aplasia and HypoplasiaFFTC
- 06One Chamber for Everything: The Common CavityFTCC
- 07The Incomplete Partitions: IP-I, IP-II and IP-IIIFTTC
- 08The Enlarged Vestibular AqueductFTTC
- 09The Decider: The Cochlear Nerve and Its Bony CanalFTTC
- 10Reading the Malformed Ear: CT and MRIFTTC
- 11The Genes Behind the ShapesFTTC
- 12In the Operating Room: Gusher, Facial Nerve and the Difficult InsertionFTTC
- 13Choosing the Array, Setting Expectations: Electrodes and OutcomesCCTT
- 14A Prognosis-Oriented Algorithm for Decision-MakingFTCF
- 15From Diagnosis to Decision: Putting It All TogetherTTCF
- 01Why Two Ears Are Better Than OneFFC
- 02The Cues the Brain Uses: ITD, ILD and Spatial HearingTTTC
- 03The Three Binaural Benefits: Head Shadow, Summation and SquelchTTTC
- 04Finding the Sound: Localization With Two DevicesFTCF
- 05Speech in Noise: The Real PayoffFTCC
- 06Beyond the Booth: Real-World and Quality-of-Life BenefitsFFTC
- 07One Surgery or Two: Simultaneous vs Sequential ImplantationFTC
- 08Mind the Gap: The Inter-Implant IntervalFTTC
- 09Two Ears for a Developing Brain: Bilateral CI in ChildrenFTTC
- 10The Second Ear in Adults: Evidence and CandidacyFTCC
- 11Best of Both Worlds: Bimodal Hearing (CI + Hearing Aid)FTTC
- 12Making Two Different Ears Work Together: Bimodal FittingFTTC
- 13The Missing Timing: Why Two Implants Aren't Two Normal EarsFCCC
- 14Choosing the Strategy: Bilateral, Bimodal or WaitFCCC
- 15Worth the Second Ear? Cost, Access and the Binaural FutureCTCC
- 01Why Implanting the Cochlea Touches BalanceFT
- 02Anatomy and Physiology of the Balance OrgansFT
- 03How Implant Surgery Injures the LabyrinthTC
- 04Who Already Has Vestibular Loss: Etiology and BaselineFT
- 05Reading the Dizzy History and the Five-Minute ScreenFT
- 06The Vestibular Audiogram I: Canal Tests Across FrequencyTC
- 07The Vestibular Audiogram II: VEMP, Otoliths and Function TestsTC
- 08The Dizzy Patient After ImplantationFTC
- 09Choosing the Ear: Vestibular Risk and Bilateral ImplantsTC
- 10Atraumatic Surgery: Preserving Hearing and Balance TogetherTC
- 11The Child's Balance and Motor DevelopmentFTC
- 12Falls and the Older RecipientFT
- 13The Vestibular and Cochleovestibular Implant FrontierTC
- 01The Complication Landscape: Classifying What Can Go WrongFTTC
- 02The Wound and the Flap: Skin, Healing and BreakdownFTTC
- 03Infection and the Implant: From Pocket Infection to BiofilmFTTC
- 04In the Operating Room: Intraoperative ComplicationsTTCC
- 05Wrong Place, Wrong Path: Electrode Misplacement and MigrationCCCC
- 06When the Device Fails: Hard and Soft FailureTCCC
- 07The Twitch: Facial-Nerve StimulationFCCT
- 08Beyond Sound: Non-Auditory Percepts and PainFCTC
- 09The Dizzy Recipient: Vestibular Symptoms After ImplantationCFTC
- 10The Poor Performer: A Structured WorkupCCCT
- 11Listening to the Device: Objective Measures in TroubleshootingTTTC
- 12Seeing the Problem: Imaging the Implanted EarTTCC
- 13Going Back In: Revision and ReimplantationCTCC
- 14Living With the Device: MRI, Magnets and External HazardsCCCC
- 15Children, Prevention and Building a Safer ProgrammeCTCC
- 01The Frontier: What Still Needs SolvingFTTC
- 02The Steady Hand: Robotics-Assisted Electrode InsertionFTTC
- 03A Keyhole to the Cochlea: Image-Guided and Minimally Invasive SurgeryFTTC
- 04The Pharmacological Electrode: Drug-Eluting and Bioactive ArraysFTCC
- 05More Contacts, Less Trauma: Next-Generation ArraysFTCC
- 06Closing the Gap: The Electrode-Neuron InterfaceFTCC
- 07Nothing on the Outside: The Totally Implantable ImplantFCTC
- 08The Microphone Under the Skin and the Power to Run ItTTTF
- 09A Smarter Processor: AI and Sound ProcessingTCTF
- 10Care at a Distance: Remote Programming and Self-FittingCCCT
- 11Regrowing the Ear: Hair-Cell and Neural RegenerationFTTC
- 12A Genetic Cure: Gene Therapy Restoring HearingCTCC
- 13Hearing in Light: The Optical Cochlear ImplantFTTC
- 14The Self-Tuning Implant: Closed-Loop FittingFCCC
- 15The Bionic Ear: Putting It TogetherFCFC
- 01Why Music Is the Implant's Hardest SoundFTT
- 02The Building Blocks: Pitch, Timbre and RhythmFTT
- 03What the Implant Keeps and What It Throws AwayFTC
- 04The Hardest Part: Pitch and MelodyFTTC
- 05Which Instrument Is That? Timbre PerceptionFTTC
- 06Rhythm: The One That SurvivesFTCC
- 07Many Notes at Once: Harmony and PolyphonyTTC
- 08Putting a Number on It: Measuring Music PerceptionCTT
- 09Can Better Coding Help? Strategies and MusicTTC
- 10Out of Tune: Frequency-to-Place MismatchFTCC
- 11Growing Up Musical: Children and the ImplantFTCC
- 12Rescuing the Melody: Bimodal and Electric-Acoustic HearingFTCC
- 13Training the Musical Ear: RehabilitationCCCC
- 14Enjoyment, Identity and Quality of LifeCCCC
- 15Toward a Musical Implant: The FutureCCCC
- 01Beyond Hearing: The Implant's Other Two JobsFFFC
- 02The Ringing in Silence: Tinnitus in the Deafened EarFFCT
- 03How the Implant Quietens the RingingFFTC
- 04What the Evidence Shows: Tinnitus OutcomesCTTC
- 05The Clearest Case: Single-Sided Deafness and TinnitusCCT
- 06The Hard Cases: When Tinnitus Persists or WorsensCTCC
- 07Setting Expectations: Counselling and Managing TinnitusCCCC
- 08The Electrode and the Labyrinth: How Implantation Affects BalanceFTTC
- 09Checking the Balance System Around SurgeryFTCC
- 10Restoring the Sixth Sense: Why a Vestibular ImplantFFTT
- 11Building a Vestibular Implant: The DeviceFTCT
- 12Encoding Head Movement: How It StimulatesFTCT
- 13Does It Work? Vestibular Implant OutcomesFFCT
- 14Hearing and Balance Together: The Combined Cochleovestibular ImplantFCTT
- 15One Device, Three Senses: The Road AheadFTCF
- 01When the Cochlear Implant Is the Wrong AnswerFFCC
- 02Mapping the Implantable Hearing LandscapeFTCC
- 03How Bone Conduction WorksFTTC
- 04Through the Skin: Percutaneous Bone ConductionFTCC
- 05Across Intact Skin: Passive Transcutaneous Bone ConductionFTCC
- 06Power Beneath the Skin: Active Transcutaneous Bone ConductionFTCC
- 07Anchoring Sound to Bone: Implanting Bone-Conduction DevicesFTCC
- 08Driving the Ossicles: Active Middle-Ear ImplantsFTCC
- 09Where to Clip the Transducer: Coupling and Surgery for Middle-Ear ImplantsFTCC
- 10When the Sound Cannot Get In: Conductive and Mixed LossFTCC
- 11One Dead Ear, Three Different AnswersFTCC
- 12Reading the Audiogram to Pick the DeviceFTCC
- 13Reading the Evidence: How Well Do Other Implantable Hearing Devices Work?FTCC
- 14Choosing the Right Device: A Decision FrameworkFTCC
- 15Children and the Horizon: Paediatric Use and the Future of Implantable HearingFTCC
- 01When the Cochlea Won't Do: Why a Central Auditory Implant ExistsFFCC
- 02The Cochlear Nucleus Target: A Crowded Corner of the BrainstemFTTC
- 03From One Electrode to Open-Set Speech: A History of the ABIFFCC
- 04Who Needs an Auditory Brainstem Implant?FTCC
- 05The ABI Device: A Cochlear Implant With a Different ElectrodeFTCC
- 06The ABI in NF2: Implanting a Distorted BrainstemFTCC
- 07When the Tumour Is Not the Problem: The Non-Tumour ABIFTCC
- 08Hearing for a Brain That Has Never Heard: The Paediatric ABIFTCC
- 09Finding the Lateral Recess: The ABI OperationFTCC
- 10Finding the Sweet Spot: Intraoperative MonitoringFTCC
- 11Activating and Programming the Electric BrainstemFTCC
- 12The Non-Auditory Side-Effect ProblemFTCC
- 13What an ABI Can Deliver: Outcomes and Honest ExpectationsFTCC
- 14Nerve If You Can, Nucleus If You Must: ABI versus CIFTCC
- 15Higher Up the Pathway: The Auditory Midbrain Implant and the FrontierFTCC
- 01The Implant and the Deaf World: Why This Chapter ExistsFTCC
- 02Deaf Culture and Identity: A Linguistic Minority, Not a Disability GroupFTCC
- 03Two Models of Deafness: Why the Models Clash, Not the DeviceFTCC
- 04From Alarm to Dialogue: A History of the ControversyFTCC
- 05Deciding for a Child: The Core Ethical TensionFTCC
- 06Best Interests and Real Consent: Deciding Well for a Deaf ChildFTCC
- 07The Child's Right to an Open FutureFTCC
- 08Language Deprivation: The Danger Both Sides FearFTCC
- 09Bilingual-Bimodal: Sign and Spoken TogetherFTCC
- 10Is Deafness a Problem to Be Fixed? The Disability-Rights CritiqueFTCC
- 11Who Gets to Hear? Equity, Access and JusticeFTCC
- 12Choosing Hearing, Choosing Deafness: Genetics and Reproductive EthicsFTCC
- 13Counselling Families with Cultural HumilityFTCC
- 14The Adult and Late-Deafened ExperienceFTCC
- 15Toward Common GroundFTCC
- 01Hearing in the Real World: Beyond the Test BoothFFCC
- 02The Problem of Noise: Why a Crowd Is the EnemyFTCC
- 03Reverberation, Distance and the Tyranny of the RoomFTCC
- 04The First Link: Where the Microphone LivesFTCC
- 05Pointing the Ear: Directionality and BeamformingFTCC
- 06Cleaning the Signal: Noise Reduction and Scene AnalysisFTCC
- 07Set and Forget: How the Processor Reads the RoomFTCC
- 08Bring the Mic to the Talker: Remote and FM/DM SystemsFTCC
- 09The Invisible Cable: Telecoils and Hearing LoopsFTCC
- 10Cutting Out the Room: Bluetooth and Direct Audio StreamingFTCC
- 11The Ecosystem Around the Ear: Accessories, Apps and TelecareFTCC
- 12Beyond the Device: Assistive Listening and Real-World AccessibilityFTCC
- 13Beyond the Booth: Measuring Real-World BenefitFTCC
- 14The Coached Listener: Counselling for Daily ListeningFTCC
- 15The Listening Machine: The Future of Real-World HearingFTCC
- 01Overview & rationaleF
- 02Impedance & electrode interfaceFTC
- 03ECAP / Neural Response TelemetryFTC
- 04ECAP threshold & functionsTC
- 05Electrical stapedius reflexFTC
- 06Electrically-evoked ABRTC
- 07Electrical cortical responsesTC
- 08Intraoperative ECochGTC
- 09Objective measures → the MAPFTC
- 10Troubleshooting & special casesTC
- 11Manufacturer systems comparedTC
- 12Interactive toolsF
- 13Future directions, AI & emerging techFTC