Christiansen, John B. <br/><br/>
Cochlear implants in children :  ethics and choices /  [book] 

 - Washington, D.C. :  Gallaudet University Press,  2002. 
 - xii, 360 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-348) and index. 
<br/><br/>Machine generated contents note: Preface vii -- Introduction 1 -- PART I -- Cochlear Implant History and Technology -- CHAPTER 1 -- History of Cochlear Implants 15 -- with Patricia Elizabeth Spencer -- CHAPTER 2 -- Cochlear Implants: A Technological Overview 45 -- Jay R. Lucker -- PART II -- Pediatric Cochlear Implants -- CHAPTER 3 -- Pre-Implant Issues 67 -- CHAPTER 4 -- Language Development and the Decision -- to Get a Cochlear Implant 99 -- CHAPTER 5 -- The Cochlear Implant Center, Surgery, -- and Short-Term Post-Implant Outcomes 118 -- CHAPTER 6 -- Adjusting to Life After the Implant 146 -- CHAPTER 7 -- Educating a Child With a Cochlear Implant 170 -- CHAPTER 8 -- Looking Back: Overall Progress and Satisfaction 203 -- CHAPTER 9 -- Language Development of Children -- With Cochlear Implants 222 -- Patricia Elizabeth Spencer -- PART III -- Current Issues -- CHAPTER 10 -- The Deaf Community: Perceptions of Parents, -- Young People, and Professionals 253 -- CHAPTER 11 -- Ethics and Choices: Ongoing Dilemma 290. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1563681161 (hbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001054318 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cochlear implants.<br/>Hearing impaired children.<br/>Medical ethics.<br/>Cochlear implants.<br/>Decision making.<br/>Ethics, Medical.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RF305  / .C485 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>617.8 CHR 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WV 274  / C555c 2001