Vol.102 No.6 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 102 No. 6 June 2009
Clinical Treatment to a Child with Profound Hearing Impairment
-Attempt of Auditory and Cochlear Implant Center of Tokyo Medical University Hospital
(ACICTMU)-
Atsushi Kawano, Michio Hazama, Akira Hagiwara, Nobuhiro Nishiyama,
Sachie Kawaguchi, Hiroko Kose, Noriko Nagai, Tetsuya Yamada,
Naoko Tamura, Tomoko Kitahara, Tomoko Ono and Mayumi Nadayama
(Tokyo Medical Univercity Hospital)
Our basic purpose is to answer the question of what hospital or professional institutes should be doing to care for and/or support the upbringing of children with congenital or infant profound hearing impairment. The system which improves listening and language skills of such children is necessary. Unfortunately, there are various problems and there is no comprehensive system at present in Japan therefore, a system must be implemented in the near future. The Auditory and Cochlear Implant Center of Tokyo Medical University Hospital (ACICTMU) was established as a special clinical facility and institute of cochlear implant and hearing aid in April 2008, offering continuous effective medical treatment for hearing-impaired children during whole life. In this paper, clinical treatment of such children will be discussed.
Key words :cochlear implant, hearing aid, hearing-impaired children, listening skill, language skill,
Auditory and Cochlear Implant Center