This current and expanded edition of a bestselling text is divided into four sections, organized to follow the sequence in which decisions are made regarding hearing aid fittings, and featuring new chapters on middle ear implants, hearing aid counseling, and infection control. Other chapters have been revised to reflect the latest developments in the field, such as: improving speech recognition with directional microphones; changing standards for measuring real-ear performance; and new prescriptive procedures for severe hearing loss.

The text features contributions from internationally renowned experts in the field who share their extensive knowledge and clinical experience. It covers the six most common forms of hearing loss practitioners will encounter in their own practice--noise-induced, symmetrical, asymmetrical, unilateral, conductive, and severe hearing loss--with instructions on applying the newest technology to each hearing impaired group.

Key features

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  Addresses the six most common types of hearing loss that comprise 90-95% of the situations audiologists encounter daily


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  Organized to follow the decision-making progress in selecting and verifying hearing aid fittings


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  Fully updated with state-of-the-art technology on implantable hearing aids, directional microphones, and more


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  A valuable glossary of terms at the end of the text--helpful for students and specialists alike

Together with its updated companion text, HEARING AIDS: STANDARDS, OPTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS, this book forms the basis of a complete reference library on selecting, ordering, measuring, and verifying hearing aid fittings and performance.

Table of Contents

Preface

Contributors

1. Overview and Rationale for Prescriptive Formulas for Linear and 1

Nonlinear Hearing Aids

Catherine V. Palmer, George A. Lindley IV

2. Selection, Verification, and Validation of Maximum Output

H. Gustav Mueller, Benjamin Hornsby

3. Real-Ear Measures

Lawrence J. Revit

4. Paired Comparisons as a Fine-Tuning Tool in Hearing Aid Fittings

Francis K. Kuk

5. Assessing Hearing Aid Fittings: An Outcome Measures Battery

Approach

Victor Bray, Michael Nilsson

6. Fitting Strategies for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Robert W. Sweetow, Rebecca Bingea

7. Fitting Strategies for Patients with Symmetrical Hearing Loss

Catherine V. Palmer

8. Fitting Binaural Amplification to Asymmetrical Hearing Loss

Robert E. Sandlin, Rose Bongiovanni

9. Fitting Strategies for Patients with Unilateral Hearing Loss

Michael Valente, Maureen Valente, Jane Enrietto, Karen M. Layton

10. Fitting Strategies for Patients with Conductive or Mixed

Hearing Loss

Joel Goebel, Michael Valente, Maureen Valente, Jane Enrietto, Karen M. Layton,

Mark S. Wallace

11. Middle Ear Implants: An Alternative to Conventional Amplification

Douglas A. Miller, Carol A. Sammeth

12. Hearing Rehabilitation for Individuals with Severe and

Profound Hearing Impairment: Hearing Aids, Cochlear Implants,

and Counseling

Margaret W. Skinner, Susan M. Binzer, Lisa G. Potts, Laura K. Holden,

Roxanne J. Aaron

13. Hearing Aid Orientation and Counseling

Belinda C. Sinks, Diane F. Duddy

14. Hearing Aid Related Infection Control

A.U. Bankaitis, Robert J. Kemp

Index