The psychologist’s role in the cochlear implant program from the Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais

The purpose of this paper is to report the psychologist’s role on the Cochlear Implant Program at the Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais, Universidade de São Paulo, Bauru, developed by an interdisciplinary team focused on hearing impairment patients’ rehabilitation. The psychologist...

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Autores: YAMADA, Midori Otake, BEVILACQUA, Maria Cecília
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS)
Repositorio:Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br:article/6755
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/6755
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:psicologo
deficiente auditivo
implante coclear
surdez
psychologist
aurally disabled
cochlear implants
deaf
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Sumario:The purpose of this paper is to report the psychologist’s role on the Cochlear Implant Program at the Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais, Universidade de São Paulo, Bauru, developed by an interdisciplinary team focused on hearing impairment patients’ rehabilitation. The psychologist’s responsibilities are: case study, pre-surgical case, post-surgical management and rehabilitation follow-up.These four stages are permeated by a continuous task that concerns the patients’ feelings, familiar relations and a careful investigation about the changes occurred in their and their families lives throughout this process.