Handbook of clinical audiology / editor-in-chief, Jack Katz, Ph. D., Director, Auditory Processing Service, Prairie Village, Kansas and Research Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas and Professor Emeritus, University at Buffalo State University of New York, Buffalo, New York ; editors, Marshall Chasin, Au. D., Director of Auditory Research, Musician's Clinics of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Kristina English, Ph. D., Professor and Interim School Director, School of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Akron/NOAC, Akron, Ohio, Linda J. Hood, Ph. D., Professor, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Honorary Professor, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, Kim L. Tillery, Ph. D., Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Disorders & Sciences, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, New York.
Section I: Basic tests and procedures -- A brief introduction to clinical auidiology and this handbook -- Calibration -- Puretone evaluation -- Bone conduction evaluation -- Speech audiometry -- Clinical maksing -- Case history -- Diagnostic audiology -- Section II: Physiological principles and measures -- Tympanometry and wideband acoustic immittance -- Acoustic stapedius reflex measurements -- Introduction to auditory evoked potentials -- Electrocochleography -- Auditory brainstem response: differential diagnosis -- Auditory brainstem response: estimation of hearing sensitivity -- Auditory steady-state response -- Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring -- Middle-latency auditory-evoked potentials -- Cortical auditory-evoked potentials -- Otoacoustic emissions -- Clinical neurophysiology of the vestibular system -- Evaluation of the patient with dizziness and balance disorders -- Vestibular rehabilitative therapy -- Section III: Special populations -- Newborn hearing screening -- Assessment of hearing loss in children -- Genetic hearing loss -- Educational audiology -- Central auditory processing: a functional perspective from neuroscience -- Auditory pathway representations of speech sounds in humans -- Central audiotry processing evaluation: a test battery approach -- Central auditory processing disorder: therapy and management -- Individuals with multiple disabilities -- Noise exposure -- Nonorganic hearing loss -- Hearing loss in the elderly: a new look at an old problem -- Tinnitus and hyperacusis -- Tele-audiology -- Section IV: Management of hearing disorders -- Room acoustics and auditory rehabilitation technology -- Hearing aid technology -- Troubleshooting and testing hearing aids -- Hearing aid fitting for children: selection, fitting, verification, and validation -- Hearing aid fitting for adults: selection, fitting, verification, and validation -- Building and growing an audiologic practice -- Implantable hearing devices -- Intervention, education, and therapy for children with hearing loss -- Audiologic rehabilitation -- Infection control.
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Packed with new research, relevant case studies, and today's best practices, the Seventh Edition has been extensively revised and updated throughout and features six all-new chapters, updated research, a streamlined table of contents, and new online teaching and learning resources to save you time and help your students succeed.
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