Clinical Audiology: An Introduction - Hardcover

Stach, Brad A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0766862887 ISBN 13: 9780766862883

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2008

Synopsis

Whether you are planning a career as an audiologist or speech-language pathologist, Clinical Audiology: An Introduction, 2nd edition, is the most comprehensive, easy-to-understand book designed to give you the clinical knowledge base needed to advance in your chosen profession. Coverage of audiology basics is broadly based and includes topics such as hearing instruments, various assessment techniques, and the treatment process, in order to offer you a well-rounded view of the clinical practice of audiology.

About this title

About the Author:

Director of Audiology and Clinical Services-Central Institute for the Deaf Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing-Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Review:

Preface. Acknowledgments. 1: The Profession of Audiology in the United States. 2: The Nature of Hearing. 3: The Nature of Hearing Impairment. 4: Causes of Hearing Impairment. 5: Introduction to Hearing Assessment. 6: The Audiologist's Assessment Tools: Behavioral Measures. 7: The Audiologist's Assessment Tools: Electroacoustic and Electrophysiological Measures. 8: Different Assessment Approaches for Different Populations. 9: Reporting and Referring. 10: Introduction to Hearing Rehabilitation. 11: The Audiologist's Rehabilitative Tools: Hearing Instruments. 12: The Audiologist's Rehabilitative Strategies. 13: Different Rehabilitative Approaches For Different Populations. Index.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0766862887
• ISBN 13: 9780766862883
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 816