Cochlear Implants in Children: Ethics and Choices

by Irene W. Leigh and John B. Christiansen

Book Overview

Cochlear Implants in Children: Ethics and Choices addresses every facet of the ongoing controversy about implanting cochlear hearing devices in children as young as 12 months old and in some cases, younger. Authors John B. Christiansen and Irene W. Leigh and contributors Jay Lucker and Patricia Elizabeth Spencer analyzed the sensitive issues connected with the procedure by reviewing 439 responses to a survey of parents with children who...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563681161
• ISBN13: 9781563681165
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.4"