What is the Evaluation Process?
Adult Patients
Audiologic, medical, otologic and radiological examinations may include, but are not limited to:
- Hearing evaluation
- Testing with and without amplification
- It is imperative that the patient bring his/her hearing aids and earmolds to the cochlear implant evaluation
- Parent/ Family counseling
- Otologic examination (hearing history and health)
- CT and/or MRI radiographic studies
- Review of immunizations
- Some individuals may also require:
- Balance evaluation
- Other medical clearance, depending on specific health or medical issues
Pediatric Patients
Audiologic, medical, otologic and radiological examinations may include, but are not limited to:
- Sedated electrophysiologic measures
- Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)
- Auditory Steady State Response (ASSR)
- Hearing evaluation
- Testing completed with and without amplification
- Please bring hearing aids and earmolds to the cochlear implant evaluation
- Speech and Language evaluation
- Assessment of current speech/language and pre-lingual communication abilities
- Discussion of communication goals and realistic expectations
- Developmental evaluation
- Formal and informal evaluation of child’s developmental milestones and capacity to learn
- If your child has had a developmental assessment, please forward those results to the UVA CI team
- Otologic examination
- CT and/or MRI radiographic studies
- Review of immunizations
- Other medical clearance, depending on specific health or medical issues