Committee for cochlear implants evaluation

Frachet C, Garabedian M, Meyer N, Roulleau S
Record ID 31996008301
French
Authors' objectives:

Clinical decision-making. Recommendations for setting up a cochlear implants program.

Authors' results and conclusions: Clinical: For children - the benefits of cochlear implementation must be evaluated within the larger system in which the child lives with a greater emphasis on the psychological processes accompanying implantation.
Authors' recommendations: Recommendations:Practice guidelines for the pre- and postoperative steps of the process of care (promontory stimulation test, round window stimulation test, social insertion follow-up for children). Evaluation of speech perception (battery of tests adapted to the different teams involved, differences between multichannel implants). Recommendations to setting up a cochlear implants program (program of diffusion, information consent). Implications: Developing similar practices in order to improve quality of care.
Authors' methods: Review
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: http://cedit.aphp.fr/
Year Published: 1996
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
MeSH Terms
  • Cochlear Implants
  • Deafness
  • Informed Consent
  • Speech Perception
  • Utilization Review
Contact
Organisation Name: Cellule Innovation of the AP-HP
Copyright: Comite d'Evaluation et de Diffusion des Innovations Technologiques (CEDIT)
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