Paediatric Audiological Medicine

Paediatric Audiological Medicine
By Valerie E. Newton

• Publisher: Wiley


• Number Of Pages: 536


• Publication Date: 2009-04-06


• ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470319879


• ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470319871

Product Description:

Professionals will find a wide range of topics relevant to their work with hearing impaired children or those suspected of having an impairment in this book. A chapter on epidemiology includes the prevalence of hearing impairment and several additional chapters are devoted to the various causative factors. Detection of a hearing loss, measurement of the degree of hearing loss and identification of the site of lesion are covered together with management of any hearing loss found. Individual chapters give coverage to balance disorders, tinnitus, progressive hearing loss, auditory neuropathy, central auditory processing disorders and unilateral hearing impairment. Methods of communication, communication disorders and the psychological effects of a hearing impairment are included together with consideration of education and employment issues.


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