Contemporary Perspectives in Hearing Assessment

Completely updating the material presented in Hearing Assessment, Second Edition, this book also offers new data on the more complex and sometimes controversial assessment procedures in contemporary audiology. In addition to covering the fundamental concepts of clinical audiology, it provides discussions of clinical decisions and hearing conservation approaches, as well as comprehensive explanations of important diagnostics, presented by a team of top experts with clinical and research experience. The book covers both clinical procedures that have changed little in the past decade (pure tone audiometry, clinical masking) and topics that have evolved and expanded in recent years (evoked potentials, otoacoustic emissions). Other topics include tympanometry; acoustic-reflex measurements; intraoperative monitoring; hearing assessment of newborns, children, and the elderly; behavioral assessment of the central auditory nervous system; pseudohypacusis; occupational hearing loss prevention; and instrumentation and calibration. For hearing professionals and others looking for the latest information on contemporary hearing assessment.