TY - BOOK ID - 69563762 TI - Cochlear Implant Research Updates AU - Umat and Rinze Anthony Tange, Cila AU - Umat, Cila AU - Tange, Rinze Anthony PY - 2012 SN - 9535169882 9535105825 PB - IntechOpen DB - UniCat KW - Speech therapy KW - Vocational guidance. KW - Speech therapy as a profession KW - Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:69563762 AB - For many years or decades, cochlear implants have been an exciting research area covering multiple disciplines which include surgery, engineering, audiology, speech language pathology, education and psychology, among others. Through these research studies, we have started to learn or have better understanding on various aspects of cochlear implant surgery and what follows after the surgery, the implant technology and other related aspects of cochlear implantation. Some are much better than the others but nevertheless, many are yet to be learnt. This book is intended to fill up some gaps in cochlear implant research studies. The compilation of the studies cover a fairly wide range of topics including surgical issues, some basic auditory research, and work to improve the speech or sound processing strategies, some ethical issues in language development and cochlear implantation in cases with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder. The book is meant for postgraduate students, researchers and clinicians in the field to get some updates in their respective areas. ER -