Online Articles

These articles by experts in the field are available in their entirety online.
Just click on the title of the article to read the full article. We have noted those that are available in Spanish.

Accessing Programs for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers with Disabilities
A publication of the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. Available in Spanish at http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/spanish/spanpg.asp#pa2sp

Advanced Bionics
Full text versions of their online newsletter Loud and Clear discuss practical issues of interest to parents of children with cochlear implants.

Auditory Neuropathy Information
A series of articles, frequently asked questions, position statements, newspaper and magazine articles, and more. The website was developed by the mother of a child with Auditory Neuropathy to provide access to information to the parents of children diagnosed with this hearing disorder.

“Cochlear Implant Candidacy and Outcomes: 2002 Update”
Explains the changes in recent years in both outcomes and candidacy criteria for cochlear implants.

“Cochlear Implants and Insurance Reimbursement: Consumers and Industry Collaborate”
Covers the history of reimbursement for hearing technology, trends, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates and future directions. Written by Donna L. Sorkin, past executive director of SHHH.

“Cochlear Implants: My Perspective”
An online monograph by William F. House, D.D.S, M.D., founder of AllHear, Inc, a company that manufactures cochlear implants

“Cochlear Implants: Restoring Hearing to the Deaf”
The Harvard Mahoney Neuroscience Institute Newsletter. Volume3, Issue 4, 1994.
Written by Dr. Donald K. Eddington, Director, Cochlear Implant Research Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Michael L. Pierschalla, an artist and teacher who collaborates as a subject with researchers at Harvard, MIT and Duke Universities.

“Cochlear Implants in Children”
Otoscope. Volume IX, issue 2, Fall 1993. The newsletter of The Ear Foundation.
Provides a clear overview of cochlear implants in children.

“Early Childhood Hearing Screening”
American Academy of Otology
A fact sheet explaining important information about early hearing screening.

Genetics Evaluation Guidelines for the Etiologic Diagnosis of Congenital Hearing Loss
An American College of Medical Genetics expert panel statement, 2002.

Hearing Assessment in Infants and Children: Recommendations Beyond Neonatal Screening
A policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics

Healthy Hearing
This section of the Healthy Hearing web site offers a series of articles on cochlear implants. Healthy Hearing features current news, information and resources on the causes and treatment of hearing loss and on amplification systems.

Hearing and Hearing-Related Issues Medem Medical Library
An electronic health information network with links to articles on hearing loss and newborn hearing screening from the National Institutes of Health, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association and the Journal of the American Medical Association archives.

Hearing Exchange
A series of practical articles for parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Hearing Review
A free online magazine designed for people who experience any degree of hearing loss, tinnitus, or other ear disorder.

Kids and Cochlear Implants: Getting Connected
Provides a good overview of cochlear implants by the Alexander Graham Bell Association and Advanced Bionics Corporation.

“Low levels of insurance reimbursement impede access to cochlear implants”
The RAND study was sponsored by Advanced Bionics Corp., a manufacturer of cochlear implant systems. The study was done independently by RAND's research staff.

Mimicking the Human Ear
This comprehensive article on cochlear implants by Phillip Loizou of the University of Texas at Dallas covers background, single-channel implants, multi-channel implants, state-of-the-art processors (Nucleus 22, Clarion and Med-El), cochlear implants in children, factors affecting performance and acoustic simulations of cochlear implants.

Noise and Hearing Protection
Written by the American Academy of Otolaryngology, this fact sheet describes how noise can effect the ear and what to do to protect your hearing.

"Opening Doors: Technology and Communication Options for Children with Hearing Loss"
Written by the U.S. Department of Education, this educational article and resource guide discusses hearing aids and cochlear implants and communication options and provides leads to further information including government and private agencies.

“Something to Talk About: Spoken Language Approaches for Children with Hearing Loss”
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Describes the different kinds of spoken language approaches to teaching children with hearing loss.

Sound from Silence: the Development of Cochlear Implants
The National Academy of Sciences
This article tells the story of how research into the structure of the inner ear was combined with research in the telecommunications industry to produce a device which enables deaf people to hear, the cochlear implant.

“Tips for Enjoying Music”
Kate Gfeller, PhD. has researched music perception and enjoyment in cochlear implant users. This article presents some of her research findings.

“Variations on a Melody: Music Appreciation with a Cochlear Implant”
Hearing Loss, July/August 2004 issue. By Susan Boswell, associate editor/writer for The ASHA Leader, the news-magazine of the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association.

“Your Child and Hearing Loss”
An American Academy of Otology online booklet written for parents of children of all ages and all degrees of hearing loss. The booklet provides a brief overview, supplemented with a variety of references and resource materials for further information.

“Your Genes and Hearing Loss”
This fact sheet from the American Academy of Otology provides basic information on the role inherited genetic defects play in congenital hearing loss.

What is a Pediatric Otolaryngologist?
American Academy of Pediatrics

“What Parents Should Know About Hearing Loss: Pointers for Parents”
Written by the League for the Hard of Hearing, New York City.