TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jerger,James
TI  - Audiological research over six decades
SN  - 9781635503708
U1  - 617.8 JER 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - San Diego, CA
PB  - Plural Publishing Inc.
KW  - Jerger, James.
KW  - Audiology
KW  - history
KW  - Hearing Disorders
KW  - Biomedical Research
KW  - History, 20th Century
KW  - History, 21st Century
KW  - United States
KW  - Case Reports
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
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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
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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
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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
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Chapter 6. Cued Listening

Group Results
Three Illustrative Individual Patients
Last Thoughts
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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
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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 
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Chapter 9. A Twin Study

Basic Audiometry
Behavioral Psychoacoustic Measures of Auditory Processing
Standardized Cognitive/ Linguistic Evaluations
Activation Patterns
Dichotic Listening
Diffusion Tensor Imaging
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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 
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Index
N2  - "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"--
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