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Hearing Loss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Plural Publishing, Incorporated.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hearing aids.
- Hearing Disorders--therapy.
- Amplifiers, Electronic.
- Hearing Aids.
- Medical Subjects:
- Hearing Disorders--therapy.
- Amplifiers, Electronic.
- Hearing Aids.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (341 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego : Plural Publishing, Incorporated, 2009.
- Summary:
- This textbook is designed for otolaryngologists, both those in training as well as in practice, to enhance the basic knowledge of hearing aid mechanics and dispensing taught in residency programs. The text has informative chapters on special testing, real-ear measurements, the requirements of fitting the pediatric patient with hearing loss, as well as the patient with tinnitus and hearing loss that otolaryngologists can expect to see commonly in practice.
- Contents:
- Why should I use hearing aids? talking to the patient about hearing loss / William Luxford and Sergei Kochkin
- Review of audiometry / Michael Nilsson and Michelle Hicks
- Hearing aid types / David Barrs
- Subjective and objective measures of hearing aid performance / Stephen Sanders and John Coleman
- Hearing aid candidacy in adults / Marcia Raggio
- Verification of hearing aid fitting / David Fabry
- Hearing aid amplification in pediatric patients / Margaret Winter
- Medical reasons for hearing aid failure / M. Jennifer Derebery
- The management of tinnitus in the hearing impaired patient / John W. House
- The role of hearing aids in tinnitus management / Pawel Jastreboff and Margaret Jastreboff
- Nutritional supplements for the hearing-impaired patient / Michael J.A. Robb and Michael D. Seidman
- Implantable hearing devices / William H. Slattery, III
- Assistive listening devices / Randy Drullinger
- Hearing aid dispensing for otolaryngologists / Neil Giddings
- Economics of hearing aid dispensing / Brad Volkmer
- Lessons from the real world / Michael Valente
- The future of hearing aid research / Brent Edwards.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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