Cranford, Jerry Lynn,  1942- <br/><br/>
Basics of audiology :  from vibrations to sounds / 
Jerry L. Cranford. 
 - San Diego :  Plural Pub.,  c2008. 
 - viii, 132 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781597561808 (pbk.) 1597561800 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007010321 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Deaf--Rehabilitation.<br/>Audiology.<br/>Hearing disorders--Diagnosis.<br/>Hearing Tests--methods.<br/>Audiology.<br/>Auditory Diseases, Central--diagnosis.<br/>Hearing--physiology.<br/>Hearing Disorders--diagnosis.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RF297  / .C73 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>617.8 CRA 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WV 272  / C891b 2008