Overview
Affirmative legislative action in many countries now requires that public spaces and services be made accessible to disabled people. Although this is often interpreted as access for people with mobility impairments, such legislation also covers those who are hearing or vision impaired. In these cases, it is often the provision of advanced technological devices and aids which enables people with sensory impairments to enjoy the theatre, cinema or a public meeting to the full. Assistive Technology for the Hearing-impaired, Deaf and Deafblind shows the student of rehabilitation technology how this growing technical provision can be used to support those with varying reductions in auditory ability and the deafblind in modern society. Features: instruction in the physiology of the ear together with methods of measurement of hearing levels and loss; the principles of electrical engineering used in assistive technology for the hearing impaired; description and demonstration of electrical engineering used in hearing aids and other communications enhancement technologies; explanation of many devices designed for every-day living in terms of generic electrical engineering.
Full Product Details
Author: Marion A. Hersh ,
C. Andersson ,
Michael A Johnson ,
D. Campbell
Publisher: Springer London Ltd
Imprint: Springer London Ltd
Edition: 2003 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 16.50cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.620kg
ISBN: 9781852333829
ISBN 10: 1852333820
Pages: 319
Publication Date: 24 July 2003
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
,
Tertiary & Higher Education
,
Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
From the reviews: Once in a while a book is published which you think should have been written years before. Assistive Technology for the Hearing-impaired, Deaf and Deafblind is such a book. ! Each chapter concludes with a series of specific questions concerning the topics addressed, contains elaborate lists of references ! . references to relevant web-sites are given, which are very valuable. ! authors have succeeded in writing a book which is likely to become the standard textbook for students in the field of AT ! . (Dr. Ben A.G. Elsendoorn, Technology and Disability, Vol. 16 (2), 2004)
From the reviews: <p> Once in a while a book is published which you think should have been written years before. Assistive Technology for the Hearing-impaired, Deaf and Deafblind is such a book. a ] Each chapter concludes with a series of specific questions concerning the topics addressed, contains elaborate lists of references a ] . references to relevant web-sites are given, which are very valuable. a ] authors have succeeded in writing a book which is likely to become the standard textbook for students in the field of AT a ] . (Dr. Ben A.G. Elsendoorn, Technology and Disability, Vol. 16 (2), 2004)
