Jerger, James creator author. text bibliography Case Reports cau 2022 monographic eng

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xxi, 195 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm "As a pioneer in the field of audiology, Dr. James Jerger has been involved in cutting-edge resource throughout the development of the field. In his new text, Audiological Research Over Six Decades, readers can experience the evolution of diagnostic audiology through his unique perspective. By detailing case studies from his own work over the years, Dr. Jerger gives his audience a chance to be a fly on the wall for major moments throughout the history of audiology"-- Foreword by Brad A, Stach Introduction Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chapter 1. The Early Years A Diagnostic Challenge Professor Doctor Eberhart Lüscher The Quantal Psychophysical Method The SISI Test Abnormal Auditory Adaptation The Békésy Audiogram Speech Audiometry Synthetic Sentence Identification (SSI) Brainstem Versus Temporal Lobe Related Readings Chapter 2. Immittance Audiometry The Tympanogram The Stapedius Muscle Reflex Reflex Averaging Other Reflex Oddities An Educational Adventure Related Readings Chapter 3. Auditory Processing Disorder The Birth of APD The Italian Pioneers Early Efforts in the U.S. The Other Side of the Coin An Account of an Interesting Patient Medical Report Neuropsychological Examination Audiological Examination Related Readings Chapter 4. A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity An Important Point History and Medical Findings First Admission Second Admission Basic Testing Basic Audiometry Some Psychoacoustic Measures Auditory Localization in Space Final Thoughts Related Reading Chapter 5. Binaural Hearing Aids An Early Study But Is the Group Representative of Everyone in It? Binaural Interference A Very Intact Nonagenerian Can We Explain AK’s Findings by Invoking a Relevant Cognitive Deficit? A Possible Explanation Related Readings Chapter 6. Cued Listening Group Results Three Illustrative Individual Patients Last Thoughts Related Readings Chapter 7. Aging and Gender Effects Can Speech Understanding Problems in Elderly Persons Be Explained by the Audiogram? Auditory Processing Disorder and Dichotic Listening Auditory Processing Disorder Versus Cognitive Decline A Longitudinal Case Study Some Gender Differences Another Gender Effect — The Shape of the Audiogram Overview Related Readings Chapter 8. Auditory Event-Related Potentials to Words Waveforms The Importance of Forcing a Decision The Framework of an Auditory Event-Related Potential Procedure (AERP) The Late Positive Component (LPC) The Right Ear Advantage But What About the Nontarget Words? Processing Negativity (PN) Repeating Words Back Versus Making Decisions About Them More PN Examples A Case of Multiple Sclerosis A Clarification Final Thoughts Related Reading Chapter 9. A Twin Study Basic Audiometry Behavioral Psychoacoustic Measures of Auditory Processing Standardized Cognitive/ Linguistic Evaluations Activation Patterns Dichotic Listening Diffusion Tensor Imaging Related Readings Chapter 10. Odds and Ends A Visit to Montreal “Normal Audiometric Findings” Simian Surgery A Researcher’s Dream A Voice From the Past A Herculean Effort Finis Related Readings Index James Jerger, PhD. Includes bibliographical references and index. Jerger, James Audiology history Hearing Disorders history Biomedical Research history History, 20th Century History, 21st Century United States 617.8 JER Jerger, James. San Diego, CA : Plural Publishing, Inc., 2021 (DLC) 2021017669 9781635503708 2021017668 DNLM/DLC 210414 20240820111530.0 21995930 eng