Main description:

This pocket reference guide covers the routine and special tests audiologists must conduct and interpret in their practices. Disorders such as nonorganic hearing loss, middle and inner ear disorders, and systemic disorders are covered with a separate chapter set aside for audiogram examples are covered in the middle section. The final chapter is devoted to medical referral decision-making criteria.The audiologist that has this handy guide in his or her pocket will have a valuable and quick reference for every day audiologic diagnosis and referral!Key features:*Concise and approachable outline format for quick reference*Small size for ease of portability*Over 75 figures and tables to enhance the content

Contents:

Preface. Acknowledgments. Chapter 1. Physical Examination and Otoscopy. Chapter 2. Pure-Tone Audiometry: Air Conduction. Chapter 3. Pure-Tone Audiometry: Bone Conduction. Chapter 4. Pure Tone Air Conduction Masking. Chapter 5. Pure Tone Bone Conduction Masking. Chapter 6. Speech Recognition Threshold. Chapter 7. Speech Recognition Threshold Masking. Chapter 8. Word Recognition. Chapter 9. Word Recognition Masking. Chapter 10. Tympanometry. Chapter 11. Multi-Frequency and Multi-Component Tympanometry. Chapter 12. Acoustic Reflex Evaluation for Site of Lesion. Chapter 13. Hearing Threshold Estimation by Acoustic Reflex Threshold. Chapter 14. Eustachian Tube and Vascular Anomalies Tests. Chapter 15. Wideband Acoustic Immittance. Chapter 16. Otoacoustic Emissions. Chapter 17. Auditory Evoked Potentials. Chapter 18. Nonorganic Hearing Loss.Chapter 19. Tinnitus Evaluation. Chapter 20. (Central) Auditory Processing. Chapter 21. Middle Ear Disorders. Chapter 22. Inner Ear Disorders. Chapter 23. VIII Nerve/Brainstem Disorders. Chapter 24. Systemic Disorders. Chapter 25. Skull Content Disorder: Intracranial Hypertension. Chapter 26. Select Audiogram Examples. Chapter 27. Medical Referral Criteria. Index.