Introduction to Audiology: Global Edition

For courses in Introductory Audiology A comprehensive introduction to hearing and balance disorders. This comprehensive, well-organized introduction to hearing and balance disorders gives students a number of vital tools to help them better understand, retain, and analyze the material. The book continues to update the material to keep content current with recent research, while retaining and improving a user-friendly approach to the topics and an abundance of how-to information, which shows the rewarding, fascinating aspects of a career in audiology. This text is designed to provide the ultimate teaching and learning experience. * Organized to ensure maximum teaching and learning effectiveness and success through a highly useful, unique chapter arrangement, flexible depth of coverage, and helpful chapter organization. * Includes features designed to facilitate learning, including illustrative visual tools, clinical commentaries, evolving case studies, footnoted material, review tables, a comprehensive glossary, and 20 new video clips interspersed throughout.Part I Elements of Audiology Chapter 1 The Profession of Audiology Chapter 2 The Human Ear and Simple Tests of Hearing Chapter 3 Sound and Its Measurement Part II Hearing Assessment Chapter 4 Pure-Tone Audiometry Chapter 5 Speech Audiometry Chapter 6 Masking Chapter 7 Physiological Tests of the Auditory System Chapter 8 Pediatric Audiology Part III Hearing Disorders Chapter 9 The Outer Ear Chapter 10 The Middle Ear Chapter 11 The Inner Ear Chapter 12 The Auditory Nerve and Central Auditory Pathways Chapter 13 Nonorganic Hearing Loss Part IV Management of Hearing Loss Chapter 14 Amplification/Sensory Systems Chapter 15 Audiological Treatment