Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 754 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
A historical view / Samuel F. Lybarger and Edward H. Lybarger -- Speech perception and hearing aids / William H. McFarland and Karen Spayd -- Custom hearing aid earshells and earmolds / Chester Z. Pirzanski -- Principles of high-fidelity hearing aid amplification / Mead C. Killion and Patricia A. Johnson -- The many faces of compression / Theodore H. Venema -- Use of directional microphone technology to improve user performance in noise / Yu-Hsiang Wu and Ruth A. Bentler -- DSP hearing instruments / Ingo Holuba, Henning Puder, Therese M. Velde -- From analog to digital hearing aids / Soren Westermann, Hanne Pernille Anderson, Lars Bakgaard, et al -- Technical considerations for sound field audiometry / Gary Walker -- Psychology of individuals with hearing impairment / Robert W. Sweetow and Julie Bier -- Considerations for selecting and fitting of amplification for geriatric adults / Robert E. Novak -- Hearing technology for children / Jace Wolfe and Sara Neumann -- Principles and clinical utility of hearing aid fitting formulas / Phillip T. McCandless -- Real ear measures / George Frye -- Making hearing-aid-fitting decisions / Robert L. Martin -- Inventories of self-assessment measurements of hearing aid outcomes / Judy L. Huch -- Assistive technologies for the hearing impaired / Joseph J. Smaldino, Brian M. Kreisman, and Andrew John -- Cochlear implants / Dawn Burton Koch and Mary Jo Osberger -- Fitting options for adult patients with unilateral hearing loss / Michael Valente and L. Maureen Valente -- Future considerations / Michael J. Metz and Robert E. Sandlin |
Summary |
This is a valuable text for academic and clinical professionals involved in the selection and fitting of hearing aid devices for the acoustically impaired |
Notes |
Preceded by Textbook of hearing aid amplification / edited by Robert E. Sandlin. 2nd ed. 2000 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 5, 2017) |
Subject |
Hearing aids -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Hearing aids.
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Hearing Aids
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Hearing Loss -- rehabilitation
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Persons With Hearing Impairments -- psychology
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
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Hearing aids
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Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Metz, Michael J., editor.
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LC no. |
2013042554 |
ISBN |
9781597569231 |
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1597569232 |
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