title: Panel discussion IV: cochlear implant candidacy, elderly and residual hearing.
abstract: Cochlear implant technology continues to advance, placing new challenges on physicians, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and deaf educators to properly determine cochlear implant candidacy. This panel addressed the topics of new technology applied to elderly and to very young children. Six panelists were selected to represent varied regions of the world, prompting interesting discussion and interaction with the audience.
authors.affiliation: The Listen for Life Center at Virginia Mason, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98111-0900, USA. otoddb@vmc.org
authors.forename: Douglas D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Backous
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dowell
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manrique
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Waltzman
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Haynes
authors.forename: Juan Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Garcia-Gomez
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection