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Preliminary conversation with the parents before cochlear implantation
I Maneke1, B Bertram, T Lenarz
1Cochlear Implant Centrum, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany.
The American Journal of Otology
|December 10, 1997
Abstract
Objective:
To provide parents of hearing-impaired children about to undergo cochlear implantation with an opportunity to discuss their expectations and the pedagogical implications of surgery.
Setting:
Parents and children participate in discussions at the medical center where the cochlear implantation will take place.
Patients:
More than 700 children and their parents have participated.
Outcomes:
Parents of congenitally deaf children differ somewhat in their expectations and behavior from the parents of postlingually deafened children.