Cochlear Implants: What Parents Should Know

Betty Loy $$, is the Clinical Research Manager for the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and conducts pediatric cochlear implant research there. Her research interests include health-related quality of life in young cochlear implant users and parental decision making in the cochlear implant process. She serves as a special assistant to the board of directors of the Dallas Cochlear Implant Program. Peter Roland $$, is the Medical Director of the Dallas Cochlear Implant Program. He has worked with adults and children seeking cochlear implantation since 1986. Dr. Roland has performed hundreds of CI surgeries and is respected internationally for his cochlear implant expertise. At the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, he is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, and holds the Arthur E. Meyerhoff Chair in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery.Loy, Betty is the author of 'Cochlear Implants: What Parents Should Know', published 2009 under ISBN 9781597562966 and ISBN 1597562963.