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Introduction to Audiology

ISBN: 9780205195701 | 0205195709
Edition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
Pub. Date: 7/1/1996

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Table of Contents
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Prefacexi(2)
How to Use This Bookxiii
PART I Elements of Hearing and Sound1(62)
1 The Human Ear and Simple Tests of Hearing
3(12)
Anatomy and Physiology of the Ear
3(1)
Pathways of Sound
4(2)
Types of Hearing Loss
6(1)
Hearing Tests
6(1)
Tuning-Fork Tests
7(4)
Summary
11(1)
Study Questions
11(1)
Glossary
12(1)
Suggested Reading
12(1)
Review Tables
13(2)
2 Sound and Its Measurement
15(48)
Sound
15(1)
Waves
16(3)
Vibrations
19(2)
Frequency
21(1)
Resonance
22(1)
Sound Velocity
23(1)
Wavelength
24(1)
Phase
24(2)
Intensity
26(3)
The Decibel
29(6)
Complex Sounds
35(3)
Impedance
38(1)
Sound Measurement
39(12)
Environmental Sounds
51(1)
Psychoacoustics
51(3)
Summary
54(1)
Study Questions
55(1)
Glossary
56(2)
References
58(1)
Suggested Readings
59(1)
Review Tables
60(3)
Part II Audiometry63(148)
3 Pure-Tone Audiometry
65(48)
The Pure-Tone Audiometer
66(2)
Test Environment
68(2)
The Patient's Role in Manual Pure-tone Audiometry
70(3)
The Clinician's Role in Manual Pure-tone Audiometry
73(1)
Air-conduction Audiometry
74(9)
Bone-conduction Audiometry
83(4)
Audiogram Interpretation
87(5)
Masking
92(11)
The Audiometric Weber Test
103(1)
Automatic Audiometry
103(2)
Computerized Audiometry
105(2)
Summary
107(1)
Study Questions
107(1)
Glossary
107(2)
References
109(2)
Suggested Readings
111(1)
Review Table
111(2)
4 Speech Audiometry
113(38)
The Diagnostic Audiometer
114(1)
Test Environment
114(1)
The Patient's Role in Speech Audiometry
114(1)
The Clinician's Role in Speech Audiometry
115(1)
Speech-threshold Testing
116(8)
Masking for SRT
124(2)
Bone-conduction SRT
126(1)
Most Comfortable Loudness Level
126(1)
Uncomfortable Loudness Level
127(1)
Word-recognition Testing
128(11)
Computerized Speech Audiometry
139(1)
Summary
139(4)
Study Questions
143(1)
Glossary
143(1)
References
144(4)
Suggested Reading
148(1)
Review Table
149(2)
5 Auditory Tests for Site of Lesion
151(60)
Acoustic Immittance
152(17)
Auditory Evoked Potentials
169(12)
Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)
181(3)
Loudness Recruitment
184(2)
Implications of Loudness Recruitment
186(3)
The Short Increment Sensitivity Index
189(4)
Tone Decay
193(3)
Bekesy Audiometry
196(6)
Summary
202(1)
Study Questions
203(1)
Glossary
203(2)
References
205(3)
Suggested Readings
208(1)
Review Tables
208(3)
Part III The Auditory System: Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Etiology, and Therapy211(154)
6 The Outer Ear
213(20)
Anatomy and Physiology of the Outer Ear
213(6)
Development of the Outer Ear
219(1)
Hearing Loss and the Outer Ear
219(1)
Disorders of the External Ear and Their Treatments
220(8)
Summary
228(1)
Study Questions
229(1)
Glossary
229(1)
References
230(1)
Suggested Readings
230(1)
Review Table
231(2)
7 The Middle Ear
233(46)
Anatomy and Physiology of the Middle Ear
233(8)
Development of the Middle Ear
241(1)
Hearing Loss and the Middle Ear
241(1)
Disorders of the Middle Ear and Their Treatments
242(31)
Other Causes of Middle-Ear Hearing Loss
273(1)
Summary
273(1)
Study Questions
274(1)
Glossary
274(2)
References
276(1)
Suggested Readings
277(1)
Review Table
278(1)
8 The Inner Ear
279(46)
Anatomy and Physiology of the Inner Ear
279(14)
Development of the Inner Ear
293(1)
Hearing Loss and the Inner Ear
294(1)
Disorders of the Cochlea
294(1)
Causes of Inner-ear Disorders
295(19)
Summary
314(4)
Study Questions
318(1)
Glossary
318(4)
References
322(2)
Suggested Readings
324(1)
Review Table
324(1)
9 The Auditory Nerve and Central Auditory Pathways
325(40)
Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory Nerve and Ascending Auditory Pathways
326(3)
The Descending Auditory Pathways
329(1)
Development of the Auditory Nerve and Central Auditory Nervous System
330(1)
Summary of the Auditory Pathways
330(1)
Hearing Loss and the Auditory Nerve and Central Auditory Pathways
330(1)
Disorders of the Auditory Nerve
331(11)
Disorders of the Cochlear Nuclei
342(2)
Disorders of the Higher Auditory Pathways
344(2)
Tests for Central Auditory Disorders
346(11)
Summary
357(1)
Study Questions
358(1)
Glossary
358(2)
References
360(3)
Suggested Readings
363(1)
Review Table
363(2)
Part IV Special Problems in Audiology365(106)
10 Pseudohypacusis
367(20)
Terminology
367(1)
Patients with Pseudohypacusis
368(4)
Tests for Pseudohypacusis
372(9)
Management of the Patient with Pseudohypacusis
381(1)
Summary
382(1)
Study Questions
382(1)
Glossary
383(1)
References
383(2)
Suggested Readings
385(1)
Review Table
385(2)
11 The Pediatric Patient
387(42)
Auditory Responses
387(1)
Testing Infants under Three Months of Age
388(7)
Testing Children from Birth to One Year of Age
395(4)
Testing Children One to Five Years of Age
399(6)
Language Disorders
405(3)
Central Auditory Processing disorders
408(1)
Psychological Disorders
408(1)
Identifying Hearing Loss in the Schools
409(4)
Pseudohypacusis in Children
413(1)
Management of Children with Hearing Impairment
414(8)
Summary
422(1)
Study Questions
422(1)
Glossary
423(1)
References
424(4)
Suggested Readings
428(1)
Review Table
428(1)
12 Management of Hearing Impairment
429(42)
Patient Histories
430(1)
Referral to Other Specialists
430(6)
Hearing Aids
436(12)
Selecting Hearing Aids
448(6)
Assistive Listening Devices and Systems (ALDS)
454(1)
Management of Tinnitus
455(3)
Counseling
458(3)
Management of Adults with Hearing Impairments
461(2)
Auditory Training
463(1)
Speech-Reading
464(2)
Summary
466(1)
Study Questions
466(1)
Glossary
466(1)
References
467(2)
Suggested Readings
469(2)
Appendixes471(16)
I Instructions for Taking the Hearing Examination473(2)
II Word Lists for Use in Speech Audiometry475(8)
Spondaic Words475(1)
PB Word Lists476(1)
Kindergarten PB Word Lists477(1)
CNC Word Lists478(1)
California Consonant Test Items479(1)
High Frequency Consonant-Discrimination Word Lists480(1)
Children's Picture-Identification Test480(1)
Synthetic Sentences481(1)
Competing-Sentence Test481(2)
III Common Audiological Prefixes, Suffixes, and Abbreviations483(4)
Prefixes483(1)
Suffixes484(1)
Abbreviations484(3)
Author Index487(5)
Subject Index492

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