Session: Global Access Panel: Improving Global Access to Cochlear Implant: Cost Effectiveness and Workforce Issues
Moderator: James Saunders, MD

Panelists: 

• The Importance and Challenges of Cost-effective Analysis for Cochlear Implantation: James Saunders, MD
• Practical cost-benefit considerations in Developing Countries: Howard Francis, MD
• Effectiveness of Early Intervention in Improving Child Outcomes: a Longitudinal Population Study: Robert Cowan, MD
• Improving Global Access to Cochlear Implant: Cost Effectiveness and Workforce Issues: Piotr Skarzynski, MD
• Increasing Access Through Professional Development & Technology: K. Todd Houston, PhD