The third edition
of
Fitting and Dispensing Hearing Aids provides clinical audiologists, hearing instrument specialists and graduate students with the latest in practical information reflecting current clinical practice standards. Authored by two of the industry's leading authorities on adult amplification and audiology practice management, the book is sequenced to match the patient's journey through a clinical practice. Its 12 chapters are packed with the latest commercial innovations in hearing aids, basic hearing assessment procedures, patient-related outcome measures, and innovative counseling techniques. Experienced clinicians will also find the updated chapters on help-seeking behavior and hearing aid features and benefits to be valuable to their continued professional development.
Hearing aid dispensing always has been a technology-driven profession, heavily dependent on the expertise, thoughtfulness, and good judgment of the licensed professional. Over the past few years, even as technology has continued to evolve at breakneck speed, these skills have become more relevant than ever in the delivery of high-quality patient care, especially to the rapidly aging Baby Boomer population.
This bestselling text is required reading for those studying to obtain their hearing aid dispensing license or audiology or speech pathology students looking for the latest in dispensing and fitting hearing aids in a succinct, entertaining format. Because each chapter is written around a specific theme, like wine tasting, travel, baseball, country music, and more, this succinct and entertaining textbook is actually fun to read!
New to the Third Edition
- The chapters devoted to fitting modern hearing aids have thoroughly updated
- Thoroughly updated chapter on connectivity
- Material on over-the-counter hearing aids and automated real ear measures
- Information on newer outcome measures and updated approaches to counseling patients
- Information on hearables, self-fitting hearing aids, over-the-counter hearing aids and personal sound amplification products (PSAPs)
- Complete review of all special features with case study examples
- Revised appendix with several up-to-date industry resources
Brian Taylor, AuD, is the Senior Director of Clinical Affairs at Turtle Beach. He is also a clinical audiology advisor for the Fuel Medical Group. He is an adjunct professor for A.T. Still University Arizona School of Health Sciences and editor of Audiology Practices, the quarterly journal of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology. In April 2015, he was appointed editor of the Hearing News Section of the Hearing Healthcare and Technology Matters (HHTM), the most widely read blog in the industry. He is a highly sought-out lecturer who has authored four textbooks and dozens of articles on a variety of topics related to audiology and clinical practice management. Dr. Taylor received his AuD from Central Michigan University and lives in Golden Valley, Minnesota.
H. Gustav Mueller, PhD, is a professor of audiology at Vanderbilt University and has faculty appointments at the University of Northern Colorado and Rush University. He also serves as the senior contributing editor for AudiologyOnline and consulting editor for Plural Publishing. He is a founder of the American Academy of Audiology and a fellow of the American Speech and Hearing Association, and has co-authored numerous books, including the recent Plural Publications: Fitting and Dispensing Hearing Aids, Speech Mapping and Probe Microphone Measurements, and Modern Hearing Aids (Volumes I and II).
