Diagnostic audiology pocket guide : evaluation of hearing, tinnitus, and middle ear function [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical examination and otoscopy -- Pure-tone audiometry : air conduction -- Pure-tone audiometry : bone conduction -- Pure tone air conduction masking -- Pure tone bone conduction masking -- Speech recognition threshold -- Speech recognition threshold masking -- Word recognition -- Word recognition masking -- Tympanometry -- Multi-frequency and multi-component tympanometry -- Acoustic reflex evaluation for site of lesion -- Hearing threshold estimation by acoustic reflex threshold -- Eustachian tube and vascular anomalies tests -- Wideband acoustic immittance -- Otoacoustic emissions -- Auditory evoked potentials -- Nonorganic hearing loss -- Tinnitus evaluation -- (Central) auditory processing -- Middle ear disorders -- Inner ear disorders -- VIII nerve/brainstem disorders -- Systemic disorders -- Skull content disorder : intracranial hypertension -- Select audiogram examples -- Medical referral criteria.

"The first part of this guide covers the routine and special tests audiologists must conduct and interpret in their practices. Next, disorders such as nonorganic hearing loss, middle and inner ear disorders, and systemic disorders are covered with a separate chapter set aside for audiogram examples. The final chapter is devoted to medical referral decision-making criteria." -- Publisher.

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