Programming Cochlear Implants

Cochlear implants offer significant benefits for children and adults with severe to profound hearing loss; however, to realize these benefits, the device must be carefully and correctly programmed. With current information on cochlear implant technology, Programming Cochlear Implants, Third Edition, a volume in the Core Clinical Concepts in Audiology Series, is a valuable guide for clinicians providing services to cochlear implant users or as a teaching tool for graduate-level students

Programming Cochlear Implants, Third Edition introduces the basics of cochlear implant hardware and programming and continues through advanced programming techniques, with manufacturer-specific information and case studies. The text reviews clinical protocols for cochlear implant management; programming considerations for bilateral cochlear implant; troubleshooting during the programming process; device-specific programming techniques; use of objective measures to set cochlear implant programs; use of assistive listening devices with cochlear implants; and providing support to difficult-to-program users, such as infants, individuals with cognitive impairment, persons with disabilities, and so forth.

New to the Third Edition

• The latest hardware innovations in modern cochlear implant systems
• Advancements in software and programming approaches for cochlear implants
• New content on methods used to code sound intensity in cochlear implant systems
• Updates on the latest signal processing and input processing schemes and technologies used in cochlear implants 
• Expanded discussion of programming considerations related to electric-acoustic stimulation and bimodal use
• Recent developments in hearing assistive technologies used by cochlear implant recipients
• New and updated information on objective measures in cochlear implant programming

Jace Wolfe, PhD, is the Senior Vice President of Innovation at the Oberkotter Foundation. He also is an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Audiology Department at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Salus University. He previously served as the Editor for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Division 9 journal and is currently a co-editor for the Plural Publishing, Inc. Core Clinical Concept Series on Cochlear Implants. Dr. Wolfe is a member of the Better Hearing Institute’s Pediatric Advisory Board as well as the Audiology Advisory Boards for Cochlear Americas, Advanced Bionics, and the Phonak Hearing Aid Company. He is also serves on the Editorial Board of The Hearing Journal, and he is a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, Dr. Wolfe co-authors a periodic column entitled the “Tot Ten” in The Hearing Journal and has published numerous articles in professional peer-reviewed and trade journals. His areas of interests are pediatric amplification and cochlear implantation, personal FM systems, and signal processing for children. He provides clinical services for children and adults with hearing loss and is actively engaged in research in several areas pertaining to hearing aids, cochlear implants, hybrid cochlear implants, and personal FM systems.

Erin C. Schafer, PhD, is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology at the University of North Texas, where she has been a faculty member since 2005. Her research programs focus on the assessment and (re)habilitation of adults and children with hearing loss and auditory disorders and have produced over 100 publications and four textbooks. She is the Editor of Audiology Today for the American Academy of Audiology and past President and Journal Editor for the Educational Audiology Association.