Basics of Audiology

Jerry Cranford, Ph.D., M.C.D., C.C.C.-A. Jerry L. Cranford, Ph.D. Professor of Audiology/Hearing Science, Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences, Louisiana State University Health Services Center, School of Allied Health Professions.

• Preface Part I. The Scientific Background For Audiology Physics of Sound or Acoustics Functional Anatomy of the Auditory Nervous System Contributions from the Psychoacoustics Laboratory Part II. What Audiologists Do And What You Need To Know Intake History and Otoscopic Examination of the Patient's Ear Canal and Eardrum Pure Tone Air and Bone Conduction Audiometry - How to Interpret the Patient's Audiogram Speech Audiometry: What It Can and Cannot Reveal about Peripheral versus Central Auditory Function What Are Acoustic Reflexes and What Do They Reveal about the Patient's Auditory Functions Tympanometry and Tympanograms: What They Reveal about the Patient's Middle Ear and Hearing Status Electrocochleography and Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential Tests and What They Reveal about Auditory Functions Otoacoustic Emissions: The Latest Computerized Tool for Assessing Peripheral Hearing and Neural Function Common Forms of Behavioral Assessments Used by Audiologists to Assess Central Auditory Function Recent Advances in Electrophysiology Measurement Tools for Assessing Central Auditory Nervous System Problems Use of Medical Neuroimaging Techniques to Assist in Evaluating CANS Problems in Patients Index

I.G. Ashbaugh, Truman State University, CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, (2009): "...An excellent introduction to the field of audiology including important information about clinical practice and the underlying principles that have shaped the profession... Excellent anatomical diagrams and pictorial representations of anatomical features."