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| Preface | |
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| Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Ear | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Outer Ear | |
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| Tympanic Membrane | |
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| Middle Ear | |
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| Ossicular Chain Mastoid Process Eustachian Tube | |
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| Inner Ear | |
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| Vestibular System Cochlea Hair Cell Activity Auditory and Vestibular Nerves and Higher Centers | |
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| What We Hear | |
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| Acoustics | |
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| Wavelength Speed of Sound Hertz/Frequency Amplitude/Intensity | |
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| Psychoacoustics | |
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| Threshold Pitch Loudness Loudness Level | |
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| The Acoustics of Speech. | |
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| Basic Audiometric Testing | |
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| The Audiometer | |
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| Frequency Characteristics Intensity Characteristics General Audiometer Controls Alternative Stimuli Speech Stimuli | |
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| Calibration | |
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| Test Procedures | |
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| The Ascending-Descending Technique Masking Frequency Choice | |
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| Tests of Middle Ear Function | |
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| Bone Conduction Immitance Testing and Tympanometric Screening | |
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| Speech Audiometry | |
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| Speech Reception Threshold (SRT) Speech Discrimination | |
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| Acquired Disorders of the External Ear | |
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| Infective and Inflammatory Disorders of the Pinna | |
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| Trauma Seasonal Temperature Variations Otitis Externa Fungal Infections (Otomycosis) Herpes Infection | |
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| Obstructions | |
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| Collapsed Ear Canals Wax Impaction | |
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| Neoplasms | |
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| Exotoses Osteomas Granulomas Malignant Tumors. | |
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| Anomolies of the External Ear | |
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| Embryology | |
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| Otogenetic Development Auditory System Development Irregularities of the External Ear Microtia and Atresia Facial Anomalies Additional Terminology Complex Craniofacial Anomalies | |
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| Treatment for Complex Craniofacial Disorders | |
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| Surgical Approaches Audiological Approaches. | |
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| Otitis Media | |
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| The Middle Ear Transformer and Conductive Hearing Impairment | |
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| Pathology and Etiology | |
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| Acute Suppurative Otitis Media Acute Serous Otitis Media Chronic Serous Otitis Media Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media Complications of Middle Ear Disease | |
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| Audiological Considerations. | |
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| Bony Abnormalities of the Middle Ear | |
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| Congenital Malformations of the Middle Ear | |
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| Pathology and Etiology Audiological Considerations | |
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| Otosclerosis | |
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| Pathology and Etiology Medical and Surgical Management Audiological Management. | |
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| Congenital Hearing Impairment | |
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| Etiology and Pathology | |
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| Congenital Genetic Deafness Forms of Pathology Associated Anomalies | |
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| Congenital Non-Genetic Deafness | |
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| Viral Deafness Protozoal Infections TORCHS Syndromes | |
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| Medical Considerations | |
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| Audiological Considerations. | |
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| Acquired Hearing Impairment | |
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| Tinnitis and Recruitment | |
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| Tinnitis Recruitment | |
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| Acquired Disease | |
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| Viral Diseases Bacterial Diseases | |
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| Sudden Onset and Degenerative Disorders | |
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| Trauma | |
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| Hearing Loss Associated With Systemic Disease | |
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| Thyroid Disease Diabetes Mellitus Kidney Disease Multiple Sclerosis Connective Tissue Disease Meniere's Disease. | |
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| Ototoxicity | |
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| Pathology | |
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| Drugs and Chemicals That Affect Hearing | |
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| Antibiotics Loop Diuretics Analgesics and Antipyretics Anti-Malarial Agents Anti-Neoplastic or Chemotherapeutic Agents Miscellaneous Drugs Chemicals and General Toxins | |
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| Behavioral Toxins. | |
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| Noise Exposure and Hearing Loss | |
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| Epidemiology | |
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| Auditory Pathology | |
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| Role of the Middle Ear Damage | |