Overview

Key Features: Completely revised to reflect the research and technological advances of the last decade New chapters on directional microphones and the latest digital signal processing strategies Extensive coverage of all aspects of open-canal, thin-tube hearing aids Practical tips, tables, and procedures designed to be pinned on the walls of clinics Each cross-referenced chapter builds on the previous chapters Hearing Aids, Second Edition, is a book within a book: Each chapter has a one-page synopsis that captures the key concepts of each topic The material that students most need is contained in marked paragraphs that flow after each other to form a coherent thin book inside the larger book Intervening additional paragraphs add satisfying depth Written, comprehensively referenced, and extensively reviewed by leaders in the field, this book is ideal as a core graduate text as well as a standard reference for clinicians. ""

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Author:   Harvey Dillon
Publisher:   Thieme Medical Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Thieme Medical Publishers Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.80cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 27.40cm
Weight:   2.359kg
ISBN:  

9781604068108

ISBN 10:   1604068108
Pages:   631
Publication Date:   15 June 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introductory Concepts 2. Hearing Aid Components 3. Hearing Aid Systems 4. Electroacoustic Performance and Measurement 5. Hearing Aid Earmolds, Ear Shells, and Coupling Systems 6. Compression Systems in Hearing Aids 7. Directional Microphones and Arrays 8. Advanced Signal Processing Schemes 9. Assessing Candidacy for Hearing Aids 10. Prescribing Hearing Aid Amplification 11. Selecting, Adjusting and Verifying Hearing Aids 12. Problem Solving and Fine-Tuning 13. Patient Education and Counseling for Hearing Aid Wearers 14. Assessing the Outcomes of Hearing Rehabilitation 15. Binaural and Bilateral Considerations in Hearing Aid Fitting 16. Special Hearing Aid Issues for Children 17. Cros, Bone-Conduction, and Implanted Hearing Aids

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Praise for this book: This book succeeds in its aim of providing a practically useful and theoretically sound comprehensive book on hearing aids ... It makes the most complicated concepts easy to understand, with excellent cross referencing ... I certainly wouldn't want to be without this book and I highly recommend it to everyone with an interest in hearing aids. -- Pauline Smith, ENT & Audiology News

Praise for this book: This book succeeds in its aim of providing a practically useful and theoretically sound comprehensive book on hearing aids ... It makes the most complicated concepts easy to understand, with excellent cross referencing ... I certainly wouldn't want to be without this book and I highly recommend it to everyone with an interest in hearing aids. -- Pauline Smith, ENT & Audiology News

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