Hearing Aids - Rilegato

Dillon, Harvey

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 3131289414 ISBN 13: 9783131289414

Casa editrice: Thieme Publishing Group, 2001

Riassunto

This highly anticipated work is the complete, one-stop guide to hearing aids, covering everything you need to know to prescribe, select, fit, measure, and evaluate their performance. Dr. Dillon is a sought-after speaker and instructor throughout the world.

Some of the benefits of this acclaimed text:

*COMPREHENSIVE--From basic concepts of hearing loss, hearing aid software and hardware, to assessment guidelines and results-oriented counseling methods, the book covers it all!

*THEORETICALLY SOUND--All findings explained in detail to clarify concepts, making the book ideal as a standard reference for clinicians as well as a core text in graduate courses

*PRACTICAL--Easy-to-use tips, tables, and procedures designed to be pinned to clinic walls for instant reference

*ACCESSIBLE--Synopses, key paragraphs, and detailed materials help you progress from basic to highly sophisticated concepts easily

*INTEGRATED AND CROSS-REFERENCED--Each cross-referenced chapter builds on previous chapters, with the flow and consistency of a single author

*INNOVATIVE--You will discover research results and procedures that have not yet appeared in the literature, giving you an important professional edge

Opinion leaders in the field have been uniformly enthusiastic:

"The book is smashing...Should be a required reference for anyone who deals with hearing aids. All of the materials, including an outstanding chapter on pediatric amplification, are presented in a practical and immediately useful manner."

--Jerry Northern, author and editor, HearX*

"Packed with concise, up-to-date, useful information concerning the selection and fitting of hearing aids. I'd highly recommend this text for graduate audiology students to anyone involved in hearing aid dispensing."--Gus Mueller, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University

Su questo libro

Contenuti:

1. Introductory Concepts; 2. Hearing Aid Components; 3. Hearing Aid Systems; 4. Electroacoustic Performance and Measurement; 5. Hearing Aid Earmolds, Ear Shells, and Coupling Systems; 6. Compression System in Hearing Aids; 7. Advanced Signal Processing Schemes for Hearing Aids; 8. Assessing Candidacy for Hearing Aids; 9. Prescribing Hearing Aid Performance; 10. Selecting and Adjusting Hearing Aids; 11. Problem Solving and Fine-Tuning of Hearing Aids; 12. Counseling the New Hearing Aid Wearer; 13. Assessing the Outcomes of Hearing Aid Rehabilitation; 14. Biaural and Bilateral Considerations in Hearing Aid Fitting; 15. Special Hearing Aid Issues for Children; 16. Cors, Bone-Conduction, and Implanted Hearing Aids.

Product Description:

Book by Dillon Harvey

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Thieme Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 3131289414
• ISBN 13: 9783131289414
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 528