Diagnosis and prevention of total deafness in relation to selection criteria of cochlear implant.
The authors present their general phylosophy in their approach of the selection of candidates for cochlear implant. They stress the fact that although a great effort is spent in the development of cochlear implant projects, an equal amount of energy has to be spent to the prevention of deafness, especially of the iatrogenic type.
D001300:Audiometry, Evoked Response; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D004899:Erythroblastosis, Fetal / Q000150:complications; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010347:Patient Care Planning