Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cochlear implants in children : historical perspectives and personal reflections / Laurie S. Eisenberg -- Clinical management of cochlear implants in children : an overview / Margaret E. Winter and Kristina Celani Rousso -- Acoustic amplification for infants and children : selection, fitting, and management / Patricia A. Roush and Richard C. Seewald -- Cochlear implants and auditory brainstem implants for children: surgical considerations / Ksenia A. Aaron, Elina Kari, Rick A. Friedman, and John K. Niparko -- Programming cochlear implants in children / Jace Wolfe and Erin C. Schafer -- Bilateral cochlear implants in children / Ruth Litovsky -- Electrically evoked auditory potentials : clinical applications / Carolyn J. Brown, Rachel Anna Scheperle, Viral D. Tejani, Eun Kyung Jeon, Shruti Balvalli Deshpande, and Paul J. Abbas -- Assessing spoken word recognition in children with cochlear implants / Karen Iler Kirk, Rene H. Gifford, and Kristin Uhler -- Issues and challenges in the development of evidence-based pediatric intervention programs / Sigfrid D. Soli and Yun Zheng -- The assessment role of the speech-language specialist on the clinical cochlear implant team / Dianne Hammes Ganguly, Sophie E. Ambrose, and Catherine Cronin Carotta -- Beyond hearing : use of parent questionnaires for assessing auditory functioning in hearing-impaired infants / Liat Kishon-Rabin and Osnat Segal -- Psychological factors in pediatric cochlear implantation : practical considerations / Carren J. Stika and John F. Knutson -- Neurocognitive assessment of children with cochlear implants / William G. Kronenberger and David B. Pisoni -- Vestibular assessment / Sharon L. Cushing and Blake C. Papsin -- Outcomes in cochlear implantation : assessment of quality of life impact and economic evaluation of the cochlear implant / Yevgeniy R. Semenov, Frank R. Lin, Howard W. Francis, and John K. Niparko -- Listening and spoken language at the John Tracy Clinic : dwelling in possibilities through hope, guidance and encouragement / Jane Freutel, Mary D. McGinnis, and Jill A. Muhs -- Literacy and educational considerations for children who are deaf and hard of hearing / Debra Kay Schrader and Vicki L. Reynolds -- Habilitation considerations and models for families who do not speak English / W. Michael Douglas -- Empowering families of children with cochlear implants : implications for early intervention and language development / Jean L. DesJardin -- Working with children from lower SES families : understanding health disparities / Rachel Umans and Dana L. Suskind -- Cochlear implantation in children with additional disabilities / Karen C. Johnson, Susan Wiley, and Jareen Meinzen-Derr -- Clinical management of children with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder / Holly F.B. Teagle, Patricia A. Roush, Lisa R. Park, Shuman He, Carlton J. Zdanski, and Craig A. Buchman -- New frontiers in auditory prostheses : auditory brainstem implants in prelingually deaf children / Laurel M. Fisher, Amy S. Martinez, Jamie L. Glater, and Robert V. Shannon.