Hearing health professionals

Hearing aids help many patients seen in audiology clinics and dispensing practices. When the degree of hearing loss reaches the severe to profound range, hearing aid benefit becomes more limited and a cochlear implant (CI) may be the appropriate technology choice. Most CI recipients are counseled to continue to use a hearing aid in their opposite ear. As the first professional to come in contact with a potential cochlear implant candidate, you have a key role in increasing awareness for those individuals who may receive greater access to meaningful sound from a cochlear implant than from a hearing aid. The ability to preserve low frequency hearing in cochlear implantation means that your patients’ usable residual hearing may be preserved. We hope this information helps you to make appropriate referrals to a cochlear implant clinic. Your patients will thank you!

Information for Hearing Health Professionals

• What is a Cochlear Implant

• Steps to a Cochlear Implant

• Cochlear Implant Surgery

• Insurance

• Unilateral Hearing Loss
  

• Adult Webinars

• Addressing Patient Fears: 4 Recorded Webinars (courses are free if not seeking CEUs)

• When to Refer an Adult for a CI Evaluation

Cochlear Implant Candidacy for Adults:

• https://www.acialliance.org/page/AdultCandidacy

Young Adult Benefits

• https://www.acialliance.org/page/awareness_initiative

Advocacy/Awareness

• Additional Information