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Hearing Disorders, 3/E
Jerry L. Northern, University of Colorado School of Medicine

ISBN-10: 0205152260
ISBN-13: 9780205152261

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 1996
Format: Paper; 384 pp
Published: 11/10/1995

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  • The long-awaited third edition of the successful text, Hearing Disorders is a collection of easy-to-read essays about the diagnosis, treatment and management of ear diseases and hearing disorders. Twenty-four free-standing chapters were written by a multidisciplinary group of authors, who are recognized experts in their respective areas.

  • This clinically oriented textbook is logically organized for use in a graduate course, though undergraduate students will also find various chapters to be of value in their understanding of the normal and disease processes of hearing. Students, clinicians, and professors will appreciate the programmed self-learning appendix which presents a programmed instruction course on the decibel.

  • The book is organized into five major sections including: (1) the anatomy and physiology of the hearing mechanism, (2) techniques used in the clinical evaluation of hearing disorders, including advanced audiologic techniques, medical laboratory tests and, radiologic imaging procedures, (3) specific chapters devoted to thorough, up-to-date discussions of nine common disorders of hearing and diseases of the ear, (4) vestibular evaluation and treatment of patients with severe dizziness, and (5) the management of specialized patients, including those with tinnitus, hearing aids, and/or cochlear implants.

In Hearing Disorders, 3/e the author has brought together health care professionals and basic scientists who provide new information for readers at all levels of expertise. This book will often be the easiest reference source for audiologists, educators, physicians, persons with hearing loss, parents of hearing-handicapped children and hearing-aid dispensers alike.

  • Essay type chapters offer a non-research oriented, practical and clinical multidisciplinary team approach to the management of hearing problems. The easy-to-read and comprehend style make the text ideal as a review for the national examination for certification of audiologists.
  • Five new case studies, presented in chapters 10, 11, 12, 16 and 17, demonstrate medical and audiological findings in a practical and easily understood style.
  • Charles I. Berlin's classic “Programmed Learning on the Decibel” has been included in an expanded form as an Appendix. Over the years this has proven effective for both students and faculty as they review this extremely complex unit of measurement.

  • A new chapter (Ch. 24) on aural rehabilitation presents increased coverage of the non-medical management of people with hearing disorders. This final chapter completes the scope of the book by extending from the medical aspects of hearing loss to the management aspects of hearing disorders.
  • A discussion of leading-edge techniques has been added, including coverage of otoacoustic emission measurement (Ch. 5), MRI X-rays (Ch. 7), and cochlear implants (Ch. 22).
  • Many new chapter authors have been added and every chapter has been thoroughly updated to reflect the changes in the field since the Second Edition was published in 1984.



Preface.


Contributing Authors.

I.MECHANISMS OF HEARING.

 1. Mechanisms of the Outer & Middle Ear. David M. Lipscomb, Ph.D.

 2. Physiology of the Cochlea. Allen F. Ryan, Ph.D. and Peter Dallos, Ph.D.

II.THE CLINICAL EVALUATION.

 3. The Otologic Evaluation. Bruce W. Jafek, M.D. and Dennis V. Barcz, M.D.

 4. The Basic Audiologic Evaluation. Robert W. Keith, Ph.D.

 5. Immittance Audiometry. Jerry L. Northern, Ph.D.

 6. Auditory Evoked Potentials. John T. Jacobson, Ph.D.

 7. Laboratory Diagnosis of Otologic Diseases. Joseph D. White, Jr., M.D., D.D.S.

 8. Diagnostic Imaging. Jeffrey S. Rose, M.D.

III.MEDICAL ASPECTS OF HEARING LOSS.

 9. Otitis Media. Robert Roark, M.S. and Stephen Berman, M.D.

10. Otosclerosis. Eugene L. Derlacki, M.D.

11. Ototoxicity. Stephen Fausti, Ph.D., James A. Henry, Ph.D. and Richard H. Frey.

12. Meniere's Disease. Jack L. Pulec, M.D.

13. Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. Julia Royster, Ph.D.

14. Medical Aspects of Congenital Hearing Loss. Janet Stewart, M.D.

15. Prebycusis. Fred Bess, Ph.D. and Anne L. Strouse, M.A.

16. The Acoustic Tumor. Michael Hart, M.D.

17. Central Auditory Disorders. Linda Hood, Ph.D. and Charles I. Berlin, Ph.D.

IV.VESTIBULAR EVALUATION, DISORDERS, AND TREATMENT.

18. Vestibular Anatomy and Physiology. David L. Asher, Ph.D.

19. Electronystagmograph. Thomas W. Norris, Ph.D.

20. Diagnosis and Medical Treatment of Dizziness. David Kelsall, M.D.

21. Surgical Management of Vertigo. Barbara Esses, M.D.

V.AUDIOLOGIC MANAGEMENT.

22. Cochlea Implants. Bradley Thedinger, M.D.

23. Tinnitus. Robert Sweetow, Ph.D.

24. Auditory Communication Problems. Patricia McCarthy. Ph.D.

Appendix: Programmed Instruction in the Decibel, Charles I. Berlin, Ph.D.

Index.

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