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Overview"Modern Hearing Aids: Pre-Fitting Testing and Selection Considerations focuses on when the patients walk in the door and ends when they complete their post-fitting self-assessment surveys. The world renowned authors discuss the initial patient history and counseling, and a wide range of measures that can be used to determine patient needs. They have included numerous pre-fitting tests that can be conducted along with step-by-step protocols for their administration and scoring. They also review the selection of hearing aid styles and fitting arrangements, explain the process of obtaining an ear impression, and making critical decisions regarding earmolds and hearing aid plumbing. Key Features: *Included throughout the text are short paragraphs identified as ""Technical Tips"", ""Key Concepts"", ""Things to Remember"", ""Points to Ponder"", and ""On the Soapbox"". *Interesting tidbits of information not quite relevant enough to include in the chapters, but yet too good to toss aside, are featured in the back of the book as ""Endnotes"". *Infused with humor!* Written in an accessible and easy-to-ready style to be welcoming to university faculty and their students by including not just reference information, but tools supported by research and clinical experience, presented in a way that was accessible to clinical students with little experience in the field. *Contains enough depth that even the serious hearing aid researcher would also find many pearls. graduate-level textbook on amplification. The text is intended to be a handy companion for busy clinicians--a friendly resource where they can quickly find critical information needed for the next patient. The book is also appropriate as a supplementary textbook on amplification for graduate programs in audiology." Full Product DetailsAuthor: H. Gustav Mueller , Todd A. Ricketts , Ruth A. BentlerPublisher: Plural Publishing Inc Imprint: Plural Publishing Inc Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 1.293kg ISBN: 9781597561389ISBN 10: 159756138 Pages: 472 Publication Date: 01 March 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: The Audiologist and Hearing Aid Provision Chapter 2: Understanding the Hearing Aid Candidate Chapter 3: Speech Acoustics Chapter 4: Pre-Fitting Tests Using Frequency-Specific Measures Chapter 5: Speech Recognition Measures Chapter 6: Self-Assessment Scales for Pre-Fitting Testing Chapter 7: Hearing Aid Style and Fitting Applications Chapter 8: Ear Impressions, Ear Molds and Associated Plumbing References AppendixReviewsAuthor InformationDr. H. Gustav Mueller is Professor of Audiology, Vanderbilt University and holds faculty positions with the University of Northern Colorado and Rush University. Dr. Todd A. Ricketts is an Associate Professor at Vanderbilt Medical Center, the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, and the Director of the Dan Maddox Hearing Aid Research Laboratory. Dr. Ruth Bentler is Professor and Chair in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorder at the University of Iowa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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