title: Preliminary conversation with the parents before cochlear implantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide parents of hearing-impaired children about to undergo cochlear implantation with an opportunity to discuss their expectations and the pedagogical implications of surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Parents and children participate in discussions at the medical center where the cochlear implantation will take place.
  
  
  METHODS
  More than 700 children and their parents have participated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Parents of congenitally deaf children differ somewhat in their expectations and behavior from the parents of postlingually deafened children.
authors.affiliation: Cochlear Implant Centrum, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maneke
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bertram
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lenarz
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003638:Deafness / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents