2015

Telephone Usage and Cochlear Implant: Auditory Training Benefits

Introduction

Difficulties with telephone use by adult users of cochlear implants (CIs) are reported as a limitation in daily life. Studies to improve the speech understanding of CI users on the telephone are scarce in the Brazilian scientific literature.

Objective

To develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a training program of auditory abilities on the telephone for an adult CI user.

Resumed Report

The subject was a 55-year-old woman with a degree in accounting who used a CI for 24 months. The program consis...

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