TY - BOOK AU - Metz,Michael J. TI - Sandlin's textbook of hearing aid amplification: technical and clinical considerations SN - 9781597565639 (alk. paper) AV - RF300 .H36 2014 U1 - 617.89 MET; 1 23 PY - 2014///] CY - San Diego, CA PB - Plural Publishing KW - Hearing Aids KW - Hearing Impaired Persons KW - psychology KW - Hearing Loss KW - rehabilitation N1 - Preceded by Textbook of hearing aid amplification / edited by Robert E. Sandlin. 2nd ed. 2000; Includes bibliographical references and index; A historical view / Samuel F. Lybarger and Edward H. Lybarger -- Speech perception and hearing aids / William H. McFarland and Karen Spayd -- Custom hearing aid earshells and earmolds / Chester Z. Pirzanski -- Principles of high-fidelity hearing aid amplification / Mead C. Killion and Patricia A. Johnson -- The many faces of compression / Theodore H. Venema -- Use of directional microphone technology to improve user performance in noise / Yu-Hsiang Wu and Ruth A. Bentler -- DSP hearing instruments / Ingo Holuba, Henning Puder, Therese M. Velde -- From analog to digital hearing aids / Soren Westermann, Hanne Pernille Anderson, Lars Bakgaard, et al -- Technical considerations for sound field audiometry / Gary Walker -- Psychology of individuals with hearing impairment / Robert W. Sweetow and Julie Bier -- Considerations for selecting and fitting of amplification for geriatric adults / Robert E. Novak -- Hearing technology for children / Jace Wolfe and Sara Neumann -- Principles and clinical utility of hearing aid fitting formulas / Phillip T. McCandless -- Real ear measures / George Frye -- Making hearing-aid-fitting decisions / Robert L. Martin -- Inventories of self-assessment measurements of hearing aid outcomes / Judy L. Huch -- Assistive technologies for the hearing impaired / Joseph J. Smaldino, Brian M. Kreisman, and Andrew John -- Cochlear implants / Dawn Burton Koch and Mary Jo Osberger -- Fitting options for adult patients with unilateral hearing loss / Michael Valente and L. Maureen Valente -- Future considerations / Michael J. Metz and Robert E. Sandlin ER -