TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cranford,Jerry Lynn
TI  - Basics of audiology: from vibrations to sounds 
SN  - 9781597561808 (pbk.)
AV  - RF297 .C73 2008
U1  - 617.8 CRA 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - San Diego
PB  - Plural Pub.
KW  - Deaf
KW  - Rehabilitation
KW  - Audiology
KW  - Hearing disorders
KW  - Diagnosis
KW  - Hearing Tests
KW  - methods
KW  - Auditory Diseases, Central
KW  - diagnosis
KW  - Hearing
KW  - physiology
KW  - Hearing Disorders
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007010321.html
ER  -