Fitting and Dispensing Hearing AIDS

Name: Fitting and Dispensing Hearing AIDS
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ISBN: 9781597563475

ISBN-10: 1597563471

ISBN-13: 9781597563475

Edition: 2011

Authors: Brian Taylor, Gustav Mueller

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This introductory textbook is written for undergraduate students in audiology, speech pathologists working with hearing impaired adults, audiology assistants, and prospective hearing instrument specialists studying to obtain their state license. It also is an excellent introduction for Au.D. students or practicing audiologists just beginning work with hearing aid dispensing.This extremely practical and engaging book logically takes the reader from beginning to end of the entire hearing aid selection and fitting process. The chapters sequentially provide the reader with the essential knowledge needed to fit modern hearing aids, along with links to handy websites for further study and…

Book details

List price: $69.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Plural Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/25/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Professor Brian Taylor is course director for the MSc in Professional Development in Social Work at the University of Ulster.. Brian had a lead role in contributing to the development of a new post qualifying education and training framework for social work in Northern Ireland (2005-07) and the development of new programmes in partnership with all major employers of social workers. His major area of research is decision-making in social work as well as evidence based practice. He is editor of Working with Agression and Resistance in Social Work.



Preface



Basic Psychology of Hearing Loss in Adults



Acoustics at the Speed of Sound



Basic Anatomy and Physiology of the Ear



Measurement of Hearing



Hearing Disorders and Audiogram Interpretation



The Hearing Aid Selection Process



All About Style: Hearing Aids and Earmolds



Hearing Aids: How They Work!



Advanced Hearing Aid Features



Hearing Aid Fitting Procedures



Outcome Assessments and Postfitting Issues



ï¿½Sellingï¿½ Hearing Aids: It's Not a Bad Thing!


Appendix


References


Index