Essentials of modern hearing aids :
Ricketts, Todd,
Essentials of modern hearing aids : selection, fitting, and verification / Todd A. Ricketts, PhD, Ruth Bentler, PhD, H. Gustav Mueller, PhD. - ix, 888 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 819-855) and index.
Evidenced-based practice -- The audiologist and hearing aid provision -- Understanding the hearing aid candidate -- Speech acoustics -- Pre-fitting tests using frequency-specific measures -- Pre-fitting testing using speech material -- Self-assessment scales for pre-fitting testing -- Hearing aid styles and fitting applications -- Ear impressions, earmolds, and associated plumbing -- Hearing aid hardware and software : the basics -- Signal classification and sound cleaning technologies -- More hearing aid features and algorithms -- Electroacoustic (and other) quality control techniques -- Prescriptive formulas and programming -- Behavioral assessment during clinical fittings -- Probe-microphone measures : rationale and procedures -- Probe microphone clinical uses -- Hearing aid orientation and troubleshooting -- Validation : self-report outcomes -- Supplemental information : corrections, conversions, and calculations.
9781597568531 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1597568538 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2017041447
Hearing aids.
Deafness--Treatment.
Hearing aids--Fitting.
Evidence-based medicine.
Hearing Aids
Hearing Tests
Evidence-Based Practice
Quality Control
RF300 / .R53 2019
617.8 RIC
WV 274
Essentials of modern hearing aids : selection, fitting, and verification / Todd A. Ricketts, PhD, Ruth Bentler, PhD, H. Gustav Mueller, PhD. - ix, 888 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 819-855) and index.
Evidenced-based practice -- The audiologist and hearing aid provision -- Understanding the hearing aid candidate -- Speech acoustics -- Pre-fitting tests using frequency-specific measures -- Pre-fitting testing using speech material -- Self-assessment scales for pre-fitting testing -- Hearing aid styles and fitting applications -- Ear impressions, earmolds, and associated plumbing -- Hearing aid hardware and software : the basics -- Signal classification and sound cleaning technologies -- More hearing aid features and algorithms -- Electroacoustic (and other) quality control techniques -- Prescriptive formulas and programming -- Behavioral assessment during clinical fittings -- Probe-microphone measures : rationale and procedures -- Probe microphone clinical uses -- Hearing aid orientation and troubleshooting -- Validation : self-report outcomes -- Supplemental information : corrections, conversions, and calculations.
9781597568531 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1597568538 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2017041447
Hearing aids.
Deafness--Treatment.
Hearing aids--Fitting.
Evidence-based medicine.
Hearing Aids
Hearing Tests
Evidence-Based Practice
Quality Control
RF300 / .R53 2019
617.8 RIC
WV 274