Basics of audiology :
Cranford, Jerry Lynn, 1942-
Basics of audiology : from vibrations to sounds / Jerry L. Cranford. - San Diego : Plural Pub., c2008. - viii, 132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781597561808 (pbk.) 1597561800 (pbk.)
2007010321
Deaf--Rehabilitation.
Audiology.
Hearing disorders--Diagnosis.
Hearing Tests--methods.
Audiology.
Auditory Diseases, Central--diagnosis.
Hearing--physiology.
Hearing Disorders--diagnosis.
RF297 / .C73 2008
617.8 CRA
WV 272 / C891b 2008
Basics of audiology : from vibrations to sounds / Jerry L. Cranford. - San Diego : Plural Pub., c2008. - viii, 132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781597561808 (pbk.) 1597561800 (pbk.)
2007010321
Deaf--Rehabilitation.
Audiology.
Hearing disorders--Diagnosis.
Hearing Tests--methods.
Audiology.
Auditory Diseases, Central--diagnosis.
Hearing--physiology.
Hearing Disorders--diagnosis.
RF297 / .C73 2008
617.8 CRA
WV 272 / C891b 2008