International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Melissa Hall

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• Review Article
  How can the Success Post Cochlear Implant be Measured or Defined in Older Adults? Implications of the International Classification of Functioning Brief Core Set for Hearing Loss
  
  Author(s): Razan Alfakir, Melissa Hall and Alice Holmes Razan Alfakir, Melissa Hall and Alice Holmes
  
  Objectives: Hearing loss (HL) represents a broad category of normal age-related changes that lead to several diminished domains of functions including sensory, cognition, emotional, social, and overall quality of life which may increase loss of independence. Despite the enormous success of cochlear implantation (CI) to treat profound HL in older adults, the individual differences in outcome measures due to several functional deteriorations raise an important question: “How can the success post-CI be measured or defined in older adults?” In 2012, the International classification of functioning (ICF) brief core set of hearing loss was designed to provide clinicians an international standard of what to assess and report on persons with HL. The main objective of this pilot study is to demonstrate success post-CI in older adults using the ICF concepts and brief.. View More»
  

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