Handbook of Clinical Audiology

• Dedication

  Foreword by Moe Bergman

  Preface

  Contributors

  Section I:: Introduction and Basic Tests and Procedures

  • Chapter 1:: Clinical Audiology
  • Chapter 2:: Calibration:: Puretone, Speech, and Noise Signals
  • Chapter 3:: Puretone Evaluation
  • Chapter 4:: Assessing Bone Conduction Thresholds in Clinical Practice
  • Chapter 5:: Speech Audiometry
  • Chapter 6:: Clinical Masking
  • Chapter 7:: Case History

  Section II:: Physiological Principles and Measures

• Chapter 8:: Principles of Acoustic Immittance and Acoustic Transfer Functions
• Chapter 9:: Tympanometry in Clinical Practice
• Chapter 10:: The Acoustic Reflex
• Chapter 11:: Introduction to Auditory Evoked Potentials
• Chapter 12:: Electrocochleography
• Chapter 13:: Auditory Brainstem Response:: Differential Diagnosis
• Chapter 14:: Auditory Brainstem Response in Threshold Prediction
• Chapter 15:: The Auditory Steady-State Response
• Chapter 16:: Intraoperative Neurophysiology Monitoring of Auditory Evoked Potentials
• Chapter 17:: Middle Latency Auditory Evoked Potentials:: Update
• Chapter 18:: Cortical Event-Related Potentials to Auditory Stimuli
• Chapter 19:: Clinical Neurophysiology of the Vestibular System
• Chapter 20:: Evaluation of the Patient with Dizziness and Balance Disorders
• Chapter 21:: Otoacoustic Emissions
• Chapter 22:: Current Physiologic Bases of Audiologic Interpretation and Management

Section III:: Special Populations

Chapter 23:: Assessment of Hearing Loss in Children Chapter 24:: Educational Audiology Chapter 25:: Mechanisms Underlying Central Auditory Processing Chapter 26:: Auditory Pathway Representation of Speech Sounds in Humans Chapter 27:: Central Auditory Processing Evaluation:: A Test Battery Approach Chapter 28:: Management of Central Auditory Processing Disorders Chapter 29:: Individuals with Multiple Disabilities Chapter 30:: Noise Exposure and Issues in Hearing Conversation Chapter 31:: Nonorganic Hearing Loss Chapter 32:: Hearing Loss in the Elderly:: A New Look at an Old Problem Chapter 33:: Tinnitus and Hyperacusis

Section IV:: Management of Hearing Disorders

Chapter 34:: Room Acoustics and Auditory Rehabilitative Technology Chapter 35:: Hearing Aid Technology Chapter 36:: Troubleshooting Hearing Aids Chapter 37:: Hearing Instrument Fitting and Verification for Children Chapter 38:: Hearing Aid Fitting for Adults:: Selection, Fitting, Verification, and Validation Chapter 39:: Building and Growing a Successful Audiology Practice Chapter 40:: Cochlear Implants Chapter 41:: Intervention, Education, and Therapy for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Chapter 42:: Management of Adults with Hearing Loss Chapter 43:: Counseling:: How Audiologists Can Help Patients Adjust to Hearing Loss

Author Index

Subject Index