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020 _a1597561800
020 _a9781597561808 (pbk.)
100 _aCranford, Jerry
245 0 _aBasics of audiology: from vibrations to sounds
260 _aSan Diego :
_bPlural Pub.
_cc2007
300 _ap. ; cm. (pbk)
505 _aPhysics 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.
520 _aCIP record. Publication date: 07 07
520 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
650 _aOtolaryngology
690 _aHearing Tests-methods
690 _aHearing Disorders-diagnosis
690 _aAuditory Diseases, Central-diagnosis
690 _aHearing-physiology
690 _aAudiology
999 _c83470
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