Provides information and resources to assist in various stages of a client's implant program, building on a transdisciplinary model of practice. This book includes material covering a variety of topics ranging from assessment to speech language therapy intervention and psychosocial aspects of implant work.

This book provides information and resources to assist in all stages of a client's implant program, building on a transdisciplinary model of practice. It includes material covering a wide variety of topics including assessment, switch on, client focused auditory rehabilitation, techniques for telephone training, communication therapy for social interactions, speech language therapy intervention and psychosocial aspects of implant work. This is a practical text, and should appeal to a range of professionals new to cochlear implants including audiologists, hearing therapists and psychologists while providing the experienced clinician with new insights and fresh materials. The text's structure makes it ideal as a training tool for students.

Foreword.Preface.Acknowledgements.Contributors.Chapter 1 Inhtroduction: towards a more holistic and transdiciplinary model of rehabilitation, Anthony Hogan.Chapter 2 The assessment of adult cochlear implant candidates, Karen Pedley and Ellen Giles.Chapter 3 The 'switch-on' period, Karen Pedley and Ellen Giles.Chapter 4 Aural rehabilitation following cochlear implantation: key objectives of an aural rehabilitation programme, Karen Pedley and Ellen Giles.Chapter 5 Aural rehabilitation following cochlear implantation: a staged approach to auditory training, Karen Pedley and Ellen Giles.Chapter 6 Aural rehabilitation following cochlear implantation: forming an intervention plan, Karen Pedley and Ellen Giles.Chapter 7 Social-interactional elements of communication therapy for adult cochlear implant recipients, Christopher Lind and Lisa Dyer.Chapter 8 Speech and language therapy in the rehabilitation of an adult with a cochlear implant, Susan Hamrouge and Sarah Worsfold.Chapter 9 Integrating psychosocial aspects of rehabilitation in your programme, Anthony Hogan with Andrea Lynch.Chapter 10 Telephone training with a cochlear implant, Ellen Giles.Chapter 11 Practical aspects of cochlear implant use, Ellen Giles.Appendixes.Index.