Issues in Cochlear Implant Candidacy
In a recent survey by the British Cochlear Implant Group (BCIG) council, members were asked what the priority working areas for the BCIG council should be. The topic of candidacy was the emphatic winner. This is because those working in the cochlear implant (CI) field in the UK believe that the guidelines for candidacy no longer reflect the entire population of patients that the BCIG and the UK implant field consider to be potential CI candidates. There is a clear need to review these guidelines in light of new evidence, some of which is collated in this supplement.
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