| Description |
1 online resource (145 pages) |
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text file |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes all the necessary audiological principles needed for any SLP student to become competent in test assessment and the diagnosis of hearing disorders. Mastery of this text will enable the future clinician practice in a wider patient base. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Physics of sound or acoustics -- Functional anatomy of the auditory nervous system -- Contributions from the psychoacoustics research laboratory -- Intake history and otoscopic examination of the patient's ear canal and eardrum -- Pure tone air and bone conduction audiometry: how to interpret the patient's audiogram -- Speech audiometry: what it can and cannot reveal about peripheral versus central auditory function -- What are acoustic reflexes and what do they reveal about the patient's auditory function -- Tympanometry and tympanograms: what they reveal about the patient's middle ear function and hearing status -- Electrocochleography and brainstem auditory evoked potential tests and what they reveal about cochlear and brainstem functions -- Otoacoustic emissions: the latest computerized tool for assessing peripheral hearing and neural function -- Common forms of behavioral assessments used by audiologists to assess central auditory function -- Recent advances in electrophysiology measurement tools for assessing central auditory nervous system (CANS) problems -- Use of medical neuroimaging techniques to assist in evaluating cans problems in patients. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Deaf -- Rehabilitation.
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Deaf -- Rehabilitation. |
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Audiology.
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Audiology. |
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Hearing disorders -- Diagnosis.
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Hearing disorders -- Diagnosis. |
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
1-59756-180-0 |
| ISBN |
1597568813 |
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9781597568814 |
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9781597561808 |
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1597561800 |
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