| Description |
1 online resource (x, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The history of audiology in the schools / Donna F. Smiley and Cynthia M. Richburg -- Classroom acoustics / Cynthia M. Richburg and Donna F. Smiley -- Speech, language, and academic achievement of students who are deaf/hard-of- hearing / Dee Lance -- The role of the school-based audiologist / Cynthia M. Richburg and Donna F. Smiley -- Shearing screening in the schools / Jackie Davie, Cynthia M. Richburg, and Donna F. Smiley -- Diagnostic evaluations for school-based audiology / Donna F. Smiley and Cynthia M. Richburg -- Amplification for the classroom / Donna F. Smiley and Cynthia M. Richburg -- The school-based audiologist and hearing loss prevention programs / Cynthia M. Richburg and Donna F. Smiley -- Classroom management / Donna F. Smiley -- Program management / Donna F. Smiley and Cynthia M. Richburg -- Collaboration with other school-based professionals / Cynthia M. Richburg -- School-based audiology in schools for the deaf / Katie Tonkovich -- Cochlear implants in the classroom / Erin Schafer & Jace Wolfe -- Auditory processing disorders in the school population / Frank E. Musiek -- Growth of school-based audiology in the future / Donna F. Smiley and Cynthia M. Richburg |
| Summary |
Written principally with the AuD student in mind, Cynthia Richburg and Donna Smiley takes the reader through the history of audiology in the schools, focusing on legislation that has shaped the face of school-based audiology as it is practiced throughout the United States. Core concepts involving academic achievement in students who are deaf/hard-of-hearing, classroom acoustics, hearing screening programs, hearing loss prevention programs, diagnostic evaluation protocols, hearing aid and FM system verification procedures, and classroom amplification are covered throughout the chapters. Concepts regarding collaboration with other school-based professionals and classroom accommodations and modifications are outlined and provide examples for real-life application. Instructors using this textbook will be able to supplement their lectures with the information described here, and will appreciate the structured approach wherein concepts contained in the chapters progressively advance in tune with the reader's knowledge. Instructors' goals will be met, as well as KASA requirements, because this textbook provides students the necessary knowledge needed to serve in an educational audiology position |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hearing disorders in children -- Diagnosis.
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Audiology.
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Deaf children -- Services for
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Audiology
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Hearing & Speech.
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MEDICAL -- Audiology & Speech Pathology.
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Audiology
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Deaf children -- Services for
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Hearing disorders in children -- Diagnosis
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smiley, Donna Fisher, 1966-
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| LC no. |
2011028502 |
| ISBN |
9781597566957 |
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1597566950 |
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