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Adult Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation: What and Why (Adults, Professionals)

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1.  Rehabilitation should be considered for an adult if: An individual is late deafened An individual was deaf from early childhood An individual did not use hearing aids for more than 5 years prior to obtaining a cochlear implant An individual already understands what rehabilitation is and why it is important All of the above

2.  Adult rehabilitation is often considered to be: Less important than (re)habilitation for a child Up to the individual to pursue—not required Unnecessary if the individual has good memory of sound A requirement and someone must agree to pursuing rehab prior to obtaining a cochlear implant a, b, and c

3.  Auditory rehabilitation for an adult cochlear implant recipient might include: Mastering discrimination and identification of specific sounds Learning to listen in noise Improving one's ability to speechread or lipread a and b All of the above

4.  Using the telephone post cochlear implantation is: One of the easiest skills to master Different for different individuals Best done using a landline telephone because cell phones are often too difficult for recipients Easiest if the person always uses the telecoil in his/her sound processor All of the above

5.  Improving music appreciation with a cochlear implant is: Unlikely to be successful as the cochlear implant is designed for speech Best addressed with someone with specialized music training Positively impacted by practice in listening to music Overly difficult for most CI recipients especially if they have been deaf many years b, c, and d

6.  Cochlear implant recipients who do well with music tend to: Have a particular cochlear implant brand or particular device Practice listening to music only after one year of experience with their cochlear implant Practice listening regularly and begin with music that is "simple" and/or was familiar prior to getting a cochlear implant Listen to music with the volume up fairly high All of the above

7.  Interactive computer software products are best used by individuals post cochlear implantation: For a short period of time immediately following activation Preferably under the guidance of a rehabilitation professional and with results being shared with the recipient's CI audiologist Only if the individual was prelingually deafened Primarily to listen to complete sentences as this will promote skill building related to real world listening All of the above

8.  Audio books or books on tape are best used as part of a rehabilitation program when: Selections are quite difficult for the listener right from the start Readings are relatively easy initially and advance to more difficult selections over time Tapes include background noise or music, right from the start, to approximate real life Time is set aside for practice twice weekly a and d

9.  Useful home rehabilitation options for a recent recipient include: Listening to the radio Listening to children's books that have book and tape package Listening to music and identifying the words in the songs a and b All of the above

10.  Rehabilitation for adults post cochlear implantation is: Less important than (re)habilitation for children A requirement for adults A good thing to do but not as important with improvements in technology Beneficial for groups for a variety of users including those who experienced prelingual, progressive or sudden hearing loss All of the above