Medical-legal evaluation of hearing loss /
[edited by] Robert A. Dobie, MD.
- Third edition.
- xv, 419 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction and overview -- Acoustics -- The ear and hearing tests -- Audiologic evaluation for exaggerated hearing loss -- Impairment, handicap, and disability -- Age-related hearing loss -- Noise-induced hearing loss and acoustic trauma -- Nonoccupational NIHL -- The evolution of hearing conservation programs -- Other otologic disorders -- Legal remedies for hearing loss -- Otologic evaluation -- Diagnosis and allocation -- Reporting -- The expert witness.