Trening słuchowy u dorosłych pacjentów z jednostronnym głębokim niedosłuchem, użytkowników implantów ślimakowych

Abstract

People with unilateral profound hearing loss constitute a new group of patients who have been subjected to therapeutic treatment with the use of a cochlear implant system. Forms of medical treatment proposed so far for this group of patients included the use of CROS hearing devices or BAHA bone conduction implants. None of them restores the auditory function in the deaf ear. The auditory signal is transmitted from the deaf ear to the hearing ear, which improves the functioning of the patient only in certain situations. A cochlear implant can restore auditory functions in the deaf ear. In order to make this possible to happen, proper hearing rehabilitation is necessary after implantation. Until now, the program of such rehabilitation was adapted to deaf people or people with partial deafness. For people with normal hearing in one ear, there was no proper therapeutic program. The aim of the work is to present the concept of auditory training based on knowledge about brain neuroplasticity and the assumption that the implanted ear is trained in an isolated way. The largest group of patients with unilateral deep hearing loss are adults, therefore the work presents an exemplary program of exercises designed precisely for this group of patients.