Real-life cases enable students and practitioners to integrate adult-centered audiology knowledge into clinical practice! Adult Audiology Casebook, Second Edition by esteemed researchers and educators Michael Valente and L. Maureen Valente presents all new cases, reflecting issues that have become more prevalent in clinical settings. An impressive array of international authors provide expert advice, best practices, and vital tools clinicians need to successfully manage patient expectations and achieve optimal outcomes. Seven sections encompass a wide range of hearing, vestibular, and balance disorders, other conditions that result in hearing loss, diagnostic exams for auditory and vestibular function, and treatments. Key Features 50 comprehensive cases covering all aspects of adult audiology include thought-provoking questions and answers followed by a summary of key points Full color audiograms provide a reader-friendly hearing loss evaluation tool Simple and complex treatment approaches including aural rehabilitation, sound therapy, auditory processing disorder therapy, hearing aids, cochlear implants, and hearing assistive technologies Discussion of a wide variety of diagnostic tools used for audiometric assessment Essential reading for graduate level audiology students, this casebook is a must have for sharpening and enhancing clinical skills. It also provides a robust classroom tool for audiology and speech-language pathology professors, as well as a practical daily reference for audiologists, otolaryngologists, and ENT residents.
The book effectively bridges the gap between content knowledge and clinical application, enabling readers to put acquired theory into active practice by engaging in problem-based learning.
This text is also useful for SLPs who work with children with hearing loss, as well as for pediatricians and otolaryngologists.Pediatric Audiology Casebook is the ideal companion to the bestselling textbook Pediatric Audiology: Diagnosis, ...
The book effectively bridges the gap between content knowledge and clinical application, enabling readers to put acquired theory into active practice by engaging in problem-based learning.
Additionally, this book provides a through overview of hybrid cochlear implants, implantable bone conduction hearing technology, middle ear implantable devices, and auditory brainstem implants.
Key Features: * Contributions from more than 15 experts in the field of aural rehabilitation * Chapter outlines begin each chapter and highlight key topics * 15+ appendices with materials and scales for communication assessments New to the ...
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New to the Fourth Edition * Expanded exercises on the scientific foundations from the previous edition as well as new questions added on wavelength, resonance, decibels, signal-to-noise ratio, complex vibrations, stages of transduction ...
This text covers everything from professional issues to diagnosis and rehabilitation procedures for all age groups. This edition contains five new chapters, which cover: reimbursement issues in private practice; cochlear...
Key Highlights Background, references, and examples of specific conditions and interventions support audiology's scope while providing options for the practitioner who works with an otherwise underserved patient population Each case study ...
This three volume series is the new, definitive textbook of audiology.