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An Auditory Approach: Focus on Children With Bilateral Cochlear Implants (HOPE)

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1.  Children who receive a 2nd implant and spend time each day during the first month listening with the new implant only tend to make faster progress than those who do not practice listening with the 2nd implant only.
  1. True
  2. False
2.  Children who have learned to listen with their 1st implant tend to make faster progress with their 2nd implant than they did with their 1st implant.
  1. True
  2. False
3.  Some of the expected benefits of bilateral cochlear implants could include: Better hearing in noise, better localization of sounds, and improved sound quality.
  1. True
  2. False
4.  Children learn to talk on the telephone with their 2nd implant before they learn to discriminate whether sounds are the same or different.
  1. True
  2. False
5.  It may be appropriate to make changes to a child's IEP after the child receives a 2nd cochlear implant
  1. true
  2. false