Cochlear implants can improve hearing for patients with severe hearing loss. Join Dr. Gerry Clancy and Dr. Alexander Claussen as they discuss how cochlear implants function, how to determine which patients are candidates, and recent advances in the technology.

CME Credit Available: https://uiowa.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=xxxxx

Host: Gerard Clancy, MD Senior Associate Dean for External Affairs Professor of Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Guest:

Alexander D. Claussen, MD Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology/Neurotology University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Financial Disclosures:

• Dr. Claussen has disclosed the following relevant financial relationship: iotaMotion, Inc. - sponsored research

• Dr. Clancy and the members of the Rounding@IOWA planning committee have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

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Other Health Care Providers: A certificate of completion will be available after successful completion of the course. (It is the responsibility of licensees to determine if this continuing education activity meets the requirements of their professional licensure board.)

References/Resources:

American Cochlear Implant Alliance Task Force Guidelines for Determining Cochlear Implant Candidacy in Children https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35213891/

American Cochlear Implant Alliance Task Force: Recommendations for Determining Cochlear Implant Candidacy in Adults https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37435829/