Handbook of Clinical Audiology

by Katz, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780683307658
• ISBN10: 0683307657
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-21
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

The Fifth Edition of this classic and user-friendly audiology text has been fully revised and updated to include a standard format for audiograms. This book is the only text of its kind that covers clinical methods and principles; updated content in this edition continues that tradition. Edited by a noted professor of communication disorders, with numerous contributors, this book features 300 illustrations and 41 comprehensive chapters. Chapter topics range from the basics of clinical audiology to developmental disorders, cochlear implants and tactile aids, management of hearing-impaired children and adults, and more.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Delbert F. Ault
Preface	ix
Contributors	xi
SECTION I: INTRODUCTION
Clinical Audiology	3	(6)
Jack Katz
Neuro-Otology for Audiologists	9	(24)
Jamie M. Rappaport
Christiane Provencal
Psychoacoustics	33	(17)
Gerald Kidd, Jr.
Calibration: Puretone, Speech, and Noise Signals	50	(21)
Laura Ann Wilber
SECTION II: BEHAVIORAL TESTS
Puretone Evaluation	71	(17)
Richard W. Harrell
Transducers for Audiologic Testing	88	(8)
Laura Ann Wilber
Speech Audiometry	96	(15)
William T. Brandy
Cochlear and Retrocochlear Behavioral Tests	111	(13)
Michael A. Brunt
Clinical Masking	124	(18)
Jack Katz
Jeffrey Lezynski
Case History Integrating Audiologic Results, and Clinical Decision Analysis	142	(17)
Martin S. Robinette
Michael J. Cevette
SECTION III: PHYSIOLOGIC TESTS OF AUDITORY AND RELATED FUNCTIONS
Basic Principles of Acoustic Immittance Measures	159	(16)
Terry L. Wiley
Daniel T. Stoppenbach
Tympanometry	175	(30)
Cynthia G. Fowler
Janet E. Shanks
The Acoustic Reflex	205	(28)
Stanley A. Gelfand
Overview of Auditory Evoked Potentials	233	(16)
Robert F. Burkard
Carrie Secor
Electrocochleography	249	(25)
John A. Ferraro
John D. Durrant
Auditory Brainstem Response: Differential Diagnosis	274	(24)
Manuel Don
Betty Kwong
Threshold Prediction Using Auditory Brainstem Response and Steady State Evoked Potentials with Infants and Young Children	298	(25)
Yvonne S. Sininger
Barbara Cone-Wesson
Intraoperative Monitoring of Auditory Evoked Potentials and Facial Nerve Electromyography	323	(26)
William Hal Martin
E. Tracy Mishler
Middle-Latency Auditory Evoked Potentials: Basic Issues and Potential Applications	349	(29)
Anthony T. Cacace
Dennis J. McFarland
Cortical Event-Related Potentials to Auditory Stimuli	378	(29)
David R. Stapells
Evaluation and Management of Balance System Disorders	407	(33)
Neil T. Shepard
Otoacoustic Emissions	440	(29)
Beth A. Prieve
Tracy S. Fitzgerald
SECTION IV: SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Detection and Assessment of Hearing Loss in Infants and Children	469	(12)
Allan O. Diefendorf
Hearing and Immittance Screening	481	(14)
Cheryl DeConde Johnson
Early Auditory Skill Development for Special Populations
Central Auditory Processing	495	(15)
Larry Medwetsky
Central Auditory Processing Testing: A Battery Approach	510	(15)
Larry Medwetsky
Behavioral Therapeutic Approaches for Central Auditory Problems	525	(7)
Jeanane M. Ferre
Central Auditory Evaluation of Patients with Neurologic Involvement	532	(13)
Frank E. Musiek
Jane A. Baran
Current Directions in Educational Audiology	545	(12)
Carolyn Edwards
Selected Auditory Assessment Tools
Selected Observational Tools
Mental Retardation and/or Developmental Disabilities	557	(10)
Carri Ray
Occupational Hearing Conservation	567	(17)
James F. Feuerstein
Pseudohypacusis	584	(13)
Frederick N. Martin
Hearing Loss in the Elderly: A New Look At an Old Problem	597	(10)
Barbara E. Weinstein
SECTION V: MANAGEMENT OF HEARING DISORDERS
Room Acoustics and Auditory Rehabilitation Technology	607	(24)
Carl C. Crandall
Joseph Smaldino
Characteristics and Use of Hearing Aids	631	(56)
Wayne J. Staab
Hearing Aid Fitting and Verification Procedures for Children	687	(20)
Susan Scollie
Richard Seewald
Hearing Aid Fitting And Verification Procedures for Adults	707	(22)
Michael Valente
Maureen Valente
The Role of Audiology in the Hearing Health Care Industry	729	(11)
Thomas P. White
Cochlear Implants	740	(18)
Teresa A. Zwolan
Management Options for Children with Hearing Loss	758	(9)
Diane Brackett
Facilitating Improved Communication for Adults with Hearing Impairment	767	(12)
Donna S. Wayner
Items Included on the Communication Performance Assessment
Communication Performance Assessment Score Sheet, Pre- and Post-Hearing Aid Fitting
Albany Medical Center's Hearing Aid Use and Satisfaction Measure for New Hearing Aid Users
Albany Medical Center's Hearing Aid Use and Satisfaction Measure for Experienced Hearing Aid Users
Author Index	779	(18)
Subject Index	797