Understanding Rehabilitation Needs of Adults with Cochlear Implants
Course: #1033756Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 84 Reviews
This course will provide an overview of the unique rehabilitation needs of older adults who receive cochlear implants. We will review recent studies exploring how cognitive functions contribute to speech recognition and quality of life outcomes in adults with cochlear implants, demonstrating a need to expand our perspective of how we define and measure outcomes.
Learning Outcomes
- After this course learners will be able to describe the rationale for a comprehensive auditory rehabilitation approach for adults with cochlear implants.
- After this course learners will be able to describe additional outcomes worth considering beyond speech recognition in adults with cochlear implants.
- After this course learners will be able to identify ways in which the rehabilitative needs of older adults with cochlear implants may differ from children and young adults with cochlear implants.
Course created on June 24, 2020
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction and Outline |
| 5-20 Minutes | Why comprehensive auditory rehabilitation? |
| 20-35 Minutes | What are we treating? |
| 35-50 Minutes | Whom are we treating? |
| 50-55 Minutes | Patient-centered approach |
| 55-60 Minutes | Q & A |
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84 ReviewsPresented By
Aaron Moberly
MD
Aaron C. Moberly, M.D., is Assistant Professor in the Division of Otology, Neurotology, & Cranial Base Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana, and he completed his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at Purdue University. He obtained his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and completed residency training in Otolaryngology - Head & Neck surgery at Indiana University in Indianapolis, followed by a two-year fellowship in Neurotology in the Department of Otolaryngology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Moberly’s clinical focus is diseases of the ear and cranial base. He has a special clinical and research interest in cochlear implants and rehabilitation of hearing after cochlear implantation.
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