Hearing in Children

by Northern, Jerry L.; Downs, Marion P.

• ISBN13: 9780683307641
• ISBN10: 0683307649
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-19
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

This totally revised edition is a thoroughly referenced and an exhaustive description of the current state of knowledge on hearing and auditory disorders in infants, toddlers and young children. Presented with emphasis on medical aspects of pediatric hearing loss, it covers identification, evaluation and management of children with hearing impairments and deafness. Features updates and discussions of new hearing tests and screening technologies, guidelines and position statements, discussions on the role of the family in childhood deafness and schools of thought in the management of children with hearing loss, and hearing aid fitting and management issues. A new chapter addresses Otitis Media. Features an alphabetized appendix of ninety syndromes and common disorders associated with childhood deafness presented in encyclopedia-like format.

Author Biography

Jerry L. Northern is Professor Emeritus, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado; and Vice-President, Professional Services, HEARx LTD., West Palm Beach, Florida.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Hearing and Hearing Loss in Children	p. 1
The Auditory System	p. 33
Otitis Media	p. 65
Medical Aspects of Hearing Loss	p. 91
Auditory Development and Early Intervention	p. 127
Behavioral Hearing Testing	p. 159
Physiologic Hearing Tests	p. 209
Hearing Screening in Children	p. 259
Amplification	p. 303
Education of Hearing-Impaired Children	p. 341
Appendix of Hearing Disorders	p. 377
References	p. 397
Index	p. 435
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