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Aural Rehabilitation in Bilateral Cochlear Implantation of Adults (Adults, Professionals)

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1.  An optimal candidate for simultaneous CI surgery has which of the following factors: sudden bilateral deafness congenital deafness with oral training good lip reading skills strong family support

2.  The rehabilitation specialist on the CI team is: the least integrated member of the team in terms of sharing information frequently knows the patient's circumstances better than other team members only communicates with the programming audiologist may or may not be involved in the second implant process

3.  The best predictor of successful use of the second CI in sequential candidates is: performance of the first ear on speech recognition tasks history of progressive hearing loss there are not reliable predictors strength of the aural rehabilitation program and expertise of the provider

4.  The aural rehabilitation program for simultaneously implanted adults is: the same as for sequentially implanted adults sometimes different than that of sequentially implanted adults requires less time in aural rehab than sequentially implanted adults requires more time in aural rehab than sequentially implanted adults

5.  Which of the following is not true: patients who live alone with little interaction with people: are considered good candidates for bilateral implantation may not be considered to be appropriate for bilateral implantation may not have the support for assisting with the home program typically want BCI for improved speech recognition

6.  Most sequential BCI patients are told to: never wear only the new implant wear only the new implant as advised by their aural rehab specialist wear the new CI with louder settings than the first CI wear the first CI on louder settings than the second CI

7.  Most sequential CI users have: similar performance in both ears noticeably different performance in the two ears unpredictable performance when comparing the two ears a clear ear preference after 3 months of use

8.  With sequential CI users, aural rehab procedures need to include: a review of how the CI adjustment phase may go discussion of the stages of listening development involvement of family members all of the above

9.  If a sequential CI patient has had good speech recognition in the first CI: aural rehab can start at a higher developmental listening level after activation the patient can be advised to call the AR person if desired the programming audiologist can make the decision about referral to AR none of the above

10.  The physician's role on the BCI team: is completed after the post-op visit is never officially terminated is completed after therapy has been terminated by the patient or the AR team member is completed after a successful activation