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Medical-legal evaluation of hearing loss / Robert A. Dobie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dobie, Robert A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forensic audiology.
- Audiometry--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Audiometry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (460 pages)
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego, CA : Plural Publishing, Incorporated, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English.
- Summary:
- This comprehensive guide on hearing loss and the law examines claims, court cases, and the evolution of hearing conservation.
- Contents:
- Introduction and overview
- Acoustics
- The ear and hearing tests
- Audiologic evaluation for exaggerated hearing loss
- Impairment, handicap, and disability
- Age-related hearing loss
- Noise-induced hearing loss and acoustic trauma
- Nonoccupational NIHL
- The evolution of hearing conservation programs
- Other otologic disorders
- Legal remedies for hearing loss
- Otologic evaluation
- Diagnosis and allocation
- Reporting
- The expert witness.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-59756-856-2
- OCLC:
- 1243546354
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