Basics of audiology : from vibrations to sounds / Jerry L. Cranford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cranford, Jerry Lynn, 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--Rehabilitation.

Deaf people.

Audiology.

Hearing disorders--Diagnosis.

Hearing disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Plural Publishing, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-59756-881-3