Audiology: An Introduction for Teachers & Other Professionals

by Maltby Tate Mar

• ISBN13: 9781853466656
• ISBN10: 1853466654
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-07-28
• Publisher: David Fulton Pub

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Acknowledgements	vi
Introduction	vii
Glossary	ix
The Ear and How it Works	1	(12)
Anatomy and physiology of the ear	1	(4)
Aetiology: types and causes of deafness	5	(1)
Conductive hearing loss	6	(2)
Sensori-neural or nerve hearing loss	8	(2)
Implications of unilateral hearing loss	10	(1)
Non-organic hearing loss	11	(2)
The Physics of Hearing	13	(11)
An introduction to sound	13	(1)
Frequency (pitch)	14	(1)
Intensity (loudness)	15	(2)
Phase and phase cancellation	17	(2)
Hearing threshold	19	(5)
Assessment of Hearing Loss	24	(14)
Hearing tests	24	(5)
Behavioural tests	29	(7)
Objective hearing tests	36	(1)
Assessment of children with complex needs	37	(1)
Implications for teachers	38	(1)
Amplification Systems	38	(16)
Hearing aids	38	(1)
How the hearing aid works	38	(5)
Types of hearing aid	43	(11)
The Acoustic Environment	54	(7)
Factors within the acoustic environment affecting speech intelligibility	54	(3)
Controlling the acoustic environment	57	(4)
Systems in the Classroom	61	(9)
The problem in the classroom	61	(1)
Alternative forms of amplification	61	(9)
Cochlear Implants	70	(9)
Components of a cochlear implant system	71	(1)
The paediatric cochlear implant team	72	(1)
Guidelines and criteria	73	(1)
Stages of implantation	74	(1)
The role of the teacher of the deaf	75	(1)
Issues relating to cochlear implants	76	(3)
Management and Maintenance of Hearing Aids	79	(9)
Personal hearing aids	79	(3)
Radio hearing aids	82	(2)
Cochlear implants	84	(1)
The hearing aid test box	85	(3)
Assessing the Benefits of Hearing Aids	88	(7)
Tests used in the assessment of hearing aid benefit	88	(7)
Teachers' Roles and Responsibilities	95	(7)
Audiological services	95	(1)
The educational audiologist	96	(1)
The role of the teacher of the deaf	96	(6)
Developing Spoken Language	102	(7)
Developing listening skills	102	(2)
Facilitating language development	104	(1)
The role of the teacher of the deaf	105	(1)
The role of the speech and language therapist	106	(3)
Appendix 1: Audiological descriptors	109	(1)
Appendix 2: Checking hearing aids	110	(2)
Appendix 3: Checking radio hearing aids	112	(1)
Appendix 4: General instructions for using a test box	113	(1)
References	114	(2)
Index	116