TITLE: OUTCOMES OF COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION IN IRANIAN COCHLEAR IMPLANT CENTER |
AUTHORS: Farhadi M, Daneshi A, Emamdjomeh H, Hassanzadeh S Iranian cochlear implant center, # 47,Eilvarchi st.,Nejatolahi st. Tehran,lran E-mail: Irancic@hbi.dmr.or.ir PUBLISHED IN: JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA VOLUME 32 / NUMBER 1 / JULY 2001 |
ABSTRACT The Iranian Cochlear
Implant Center was formed in 1991 with the objective of cochlear implant
technology to help profoundly pre and post lingual hearing impaired
persons. Since the, over 400 children and adults benefited from this new
sensation of hearing with their cochlear implant . This paper
presents the selection criteria, including medical, radiological,
audioligical, speech and language and educational , present
characteristics and outcomes in auditory performance, language
development, speech intelligibility and social achievement. |
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