TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cranford, Jerry
TI  - Basics of audiology: from vibrations to sounds
SN  - 1597561800
PY  - 2007///
CY  - San Diego
PB  - Plural Pub.
KW  - Otolaryngology
N1  - Physics of sound or acoustics -- Functional anatomy of the auditory nervous system -- Contributions from the psychoacoustics research laboratory -- Intake history and otoscopic examination of the patient's ear canal and eardrum -- Pure tone air and bone conduction audiometry: how to interpret the patient's audiogram -- Speech audiometry: what it can and cannot reveal about peripheral versus central auditory function -- What are acoustic reflexes and what do they reveal about the patient's auditory function -- Tympanometry and tympanograms: what they reveal about the patient's middle ear function and hearing status -- Electrocochleography and brainstem auditory evoked potential tests and what they reveal about cochlear and brainstem functions -- Otoacoustic emissions: the latest computerized tool for assessing peripheral hearing and neural function -- Common forms of behavioral assessments used by audiologists to assess central auditory function -- Recent advances in electrophysiology measurement tools for assessing central auditory nervous system (CANS) problems -- Use of medical neuroimaging techniques to assist in evaluating cans problems in patients
N2  - CIP record. Publication date: 07 07; Includes bibliographical references
ER  -