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    Cochlear implants for adults and children
    Clark, Graeme M. (Martin Dunitz, 2002)
    Cochlear implants which use multiple-electrode speech-processing strategies are now established clinical entity for children and adults, as a result, preoperative selection and (re)habilitation are key issues. It is hard to realize that it was only in the 1960s and 1970s when many scientists and clinicians said that successful cochlear implants were not possible in the foreseeable future. The questions that had to be addressed by a multi disciplinary research effort are discussed, and the solutions achieved from the University of Melbourne's perspective are presented. However, the main aim of this chapter is to focus on preoperative selection, and (re)habilitation, including the results obtained. These issues are discussed primarily with reference to data from the University of Melbourne's Cochlear Implant Clinic at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. As this is a book on audiological medicine only, an overview of surgical principles is presented. The surgical management of the patient is, of course, very important, so for more details the reader is referred elsewhere. Cochlear implantation has also been the subject of quite intense ethical debate, particularly over its use for children. For this reason, a discussion of ethical issues is included. Finally, the chapter concludes with a vision of research in the next Millennium.
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    Ethical issues
    Clark, Graeme M. ; Cowan, Robert S. C. ; Dowell, Richard C. (Singular Publishing, 1997)
    The ethics of cochlear implantation in infants and children is an important issue which has received a lot of attention, in particular from the signing deaf community and their advocates. Many of the issues raised by the signing deaf community are in regard to human experimentation and are therefore ethical in nature. Others are concerned with whether it is natural to have a hearing loss, and this goes beyond the realm of ethics. This chapter examines cochlear implantation in children in light of generally accepted ethical principles.