Proposals appropriate for submission to this topic area encompass all aspects of middle ear, bone-anchored and cochlear implant devices including: candidacy, programming, outcomes and service delivery for both pediatric and adult recipients. We seek submissions that enhance understanding of basic mechanisms, factors that affect patient performance with an auditory implant as well as new clinical or research approaches or methods. Interprofessional education, practice, and/or research that addresses the implementation of interprofessional competencies within curricular or practice models or the evaluation of collaborative care outcomes specific to implantables should be included in this topic area.

Research

Translational, applied, or implementation research related to emerging, innovative, cochlear implants, middle ear implants, and bone anchored implants

Professional Education

• Pre-clinical through applied-to-system-level delivery of services in all practice settings
• Translational approaches (T1-T4) across the disciplines
• Neurodiagnostic measures associated with auditory implant function
• New and innovative technologies: devices, equipment, applications, assessments, neuroimaging
• Technology updates
• Interprofessional practice as related to auditory implants
• Innovations in device programming
• Candidacy
• Complex case studies

Related Topics

Proposals involving this population but with a primary focus on:

• Language, literacy, phonological processing, and auditory skill development of pediatric implant recipients should be submitted to the Listening, Language, and Speech in Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing topic area.
• Existing diagnostic tests with low clinical uptake in the pediatric population should be submitted to the Hearing, Balance, Tinnitus – Assessment and Intervention: Pediatric topic area.
• Existing diagnostic tests with low clinical uptake in the adult population should be submitted to the Hearing, Balance, Tinnitus – Assessment and Intervention: Adult topic area.