About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 96. Chapters: Hearing impairment, Tinnitus, Cochlear implant, Hearing aid, Usher syndrome, Pure tone audiometry, Otitis externa, Balance disorder, Hearing range, Noise-induced hearing loss, Audiology, Sensorineural hearing loss, Microtia, Hearing loss with craniofacial syndromes, Superior canal dehiscence, Audiometer, Nonsyndromic deafness, Ototoxicity, Mastoiditis, Romberg's test, Adam Politzer, Hyperacusis, Pendred syndrome, Audiogram, Electric Acoustic Stimulation, Dizziness, DizzyFIX, Auditory brainstem implant, Auditory brainstem response, Otoacoustic emission, Unilateral hearing loss, ReSound, American Tinnitus Association, Hearing test, Otalgia, Vestibular evoked myogenic potential, Weber test, Misophonia, Myringotomy, Conductive hearing loss, Bone conduction, Rinne test, Tympanometry, Post-lingual deafness, Cochlear amplifier, Jack Paradise, Otoscope, Tinnitus masker, Tullio phenomenon, Auditory-verbal therapy, Samuel Theobald, Bilateral vestibulopathy, Vestibular hyperacusis, Audiometrist, Minimum audibility curve, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Rudolf Goldschmidt, Epley maneuver, Tinnitus retraining therapy, Occlusion effect, Head shadow, Verve Steinway Edition, Pneumatic otoscopy, Unterberger test, Bing test, CROS hearing aid, Videonystagmography, Audio boot, Cawthorne-Cooksey exercises, Stenvers projection. Excerpt: A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. The cochlear implant is often referred to as a bionic ear. As of April 2009, approximately 188,000 people worldwide had received cochlear implants; in the United States, about 40,000 adults and over 30,000 children are recipients. The vast majority are in developed countries due to the high cost of the device, surgery and post-impl...
