Feb 24 2022 23 mins
Senior Implant Audiologist Ronel Chester-Browne will share with us her knowledge & insights into Cochlear Implants. This marvelous Australian invention truly changes lives & now-a-days Cochlear Implants are routinely recommended for when hearing aids are just not enough.
In this episode, you will learn
1.00 | What are cochlear implants? Differences between hearing aid & implant?
2.04 | Who might get a hearing implant?
3.28 | How has technology & candidacy changed over the last 30 years?
5.00 | Are hearing implants just for children?
6.00 | How is technology expanding options eg. remote adjustments/telehealth?
7:35 | Identifying a cochlear implant candidate.
10.13 | Latest research on hearing implants? Why do only 10% of people who need a cochlear implant have one?
13.58 | How to find out if a cochlear implant might be right for you or your loved one.
16.25 | What motivates Ronel in her work as an implant audiologist?
17.38 | Ear Science Clinic Mentor Service, to match candidates with someone who has gone through the journey
20.00 | Key take-aways
This podcast provides information of a general nature and does not constitute medical advice.
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Glossary of terms
14.13 | "Ski Slope" hearing Loss - This is when a person has very good low frequency hearing and it gradually drops towards the high frequencies. In these cases they have limited or no high frequency hearing.
4.13 | Residual hearing - The hearing that is still present inside the ear, without the use of amplification. This can also refer to the hearing that is still present following a cochlear implant, when no amplification devices are worn.
4.13 | Low frequency hearing loss - A hearing loss in the low tones that provide access to low pitch speech sounds, eg /aa/ / oo/ /mm/, in other words, the deeper tones.
4.45 | Single sided deafness - This is when a person has normal hearing in the one ear and a severe to profound hearing loss (very limited hearing) in the other ear.
About Ronel Chester-Browne
Ronel has been involved in Cochlear Implantation for the last 28 years. Ronel has been working at the Ear Science Institute, Ear Science Implant Clinic, as Clinical Coordination & Senior Implant Audiologist for the last 11 years. She became a member of the Pretoria Cochlear Implant Program in South Africa in 1993. Her experience includes complex audiological assessments, implant candidacy assessments, device activation & management, programming & rehabilitation of cochlear implant devices.
She is very involved in education and training of university students and other professionals in the field of implantable hearing devices and has been involved in several research projects.
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