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Foundations of Cochlear Implants: Expectations, Rehabilitation and Monitoring Performance

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1.  What does person-centered care mean? An approach in which the patient does not have to see an audiologist for care An approach considering the whole person, taking into account more than just the physical symptoms of a disorder An approach that stresses the experience and skills of the professional over the patient An approach which requires a specific set-up in your office

2.  Which of the following are common concerns that candidates have about cochlear implantation? That they might be too old to receive a cochlear implant That their hearing aids are providing them with some sound, so they are not a candidate A fear of having surgery and/or losing residual hearing All of the above

3.  What does informational counseling provide? A discussion about expectations and fears about the implant Factual information about the implant and process of getting an implant A discussion about feelings the person may have if they get an implant Addressing the person's concerns about getting an implant

4.  Which of the following factors has NOT been shown to have an influence on outcomes with a cochlear implant? Duration of hearing loss Preservation of residual hearing Hearing aid use prior to implantation Gender

5.  If an elderly candidate has concerns that they are too old for a cochlear implant, what strategy might be used by the clinician to address this concern? Provide information to the candidate that recipients who are older can do just as well as recipients who are younger Postpone cochlear implant surgery since the candidate is too old Ask more questions to fully understand the candidate's concerns A and C

6.  The Cochlear Concierge team is available to Help with customer service issues Answer clinician questions Help only Cochlear recipients Answer questions and support candidates no matter what they eventually decide

7.  Which of the following resources available from Cochlear can support rehabilitation for recipients? Telephone with Confidence Communication Corner Cochlear Family All of the above

8.  Which of the following benefits of Made for iPhone supports rehabilitation? Volume Control through the Smart App The ability to stream podcasts or audiobooks directly to the Nucleus 7 processor Master Volume Limit and Bass and Treble control in the Smart App Access to Live Listen through the iPhone

9.  The purpose of speech perception testing for cochlear implant recipients is to: Monitor performance over time Identify when a recipient is not performing as expected Provide a baseline to measure against if performance decreases in the future All of the above

10.  Which of the following is NOT an advantage of monitoring performance with speech perception tests in background noise: The recipient will not be able to hear in background noise so performance will be poor There is less chance that a ceiling effect will be achieved Testing in background noise is more representative of hearing in the "real world" Testing in background noise can be used to show the benefit of directional microphones