Overview

Written by the authors of the best-selling Introduction to Audiology, this review manual uses illustrative case histories and review-and-question style to give students feedback on their level of understanding about audiology before they enter the examination process.    Designed to accompany any audiology textbook or set of lecture notes, this text gives students a brief overview of twenty different topics in audiology, followed by a series of questions with answers. It employs different learning strategies such as matching, labeling, and outlining. Solving a series of case studies with the audiometric and historical information provided helps students access higher levels of learning.

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Author:   Frederick N. Martin ,  John Greer Clark
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780205486960

ISBN 10:   0205486967
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   03 August 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Preface How to Use This Book I. Review Units. Unit 1. Audiological Management Unit 2. Auditory Nervous System Unit 3. Basics of Auditory Anatomy and Hearing Loss Unit 4. Bone Conduction Unit 5. Educating Children with Hearing Loss Unit 6. Hearing Instruments and Assistive Listening Devices Unit 7. Hearing Test for Children Unit 8. The Inner Ear Unit 9. Masking for Pure-Tone Tests Unit 10. Masking for Speech Tests Unit 11. The Middle Ear Unit 12. Nonorganic Hearing Loss Unit 13. Noise Unit 14. Objective Tests of Hearing Unit 15. The Outer Ear Unit 16. Physics of Sound Unit 17. Professional Considerations Unit 18. Pure-Tone Audiometry Unit 19. Speech Audiometry Unit 20. Tuning Fork Tests II. Case Studies *Disorders Described in Case Studies Include Acoustic Neuroma, Brainstem Lesion, Central Auditory Lesion, Collapsed Ear Canal, Congenital Hearing Loss, Meniere Disease, Meningitis, Noise-induced Hearing Loss, Nonorganic Hearing Loss (Bilateral and Unilateral), Obscure Auditory Dysfunction, Otitis Media, Otosclerosis, Presbycusis, and Serous Effusion. Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5 Case 6 Case 7 Case 8 Case 9 Case 10 Case 11 Case 12 Case 13 Case 14 Case 15

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