Modern Hearing AIDS: Verification, Outcome Measures, and Follow-Up - Tapa dura

Modern Hearing Aids: Verification, Outcome Measures, and Follow-Up focuses on the selection and fitting of hearing aids and the outcome procedures and measures that follow. The world-renowned authors provide guidance for selecting prescriptive fitting approaches and detailed protocols for the use of behavioral measures and real-ear speech mapping to both verify the fitting and assess special hearing aid features. Extensive discussion is included regarding the techniques, procedures, and test protocols for probe-microphone measures. The authors have included numerous postfitting tests that can be conducted along with step-by-step protocols for their administration and scoring. Follow-up care and auditory training options also are reviewed.Written in an accessible and easy-to-read style, this text includes not only reference information, but also tools supported by research and clinical experience. The information is presented in a way that is both accessible to clinical students with little experience in the field and with enough depth for even the serious hearing aid researcher.Key features include:*Brief paragraphs identified as "Technical Tips," "Key Concepts," "Things to Remember," "Points to Ponder," and "Soapbox" for quick reference*"Endnotes" at the back of the book--interesting tidbits of information not quite relevant enough to include in the chapters, but too good to toss aside*Humor infused throughout

Dr. H. Gustav Mueller is Professor of Audiology, Vanderbilt University and holds faculty positions with the University of Northern Colorado and Rush University. He is the Senior Audiology consultant for Siemens Hearing Instruments and Contributing Editor for AudiologyOnline. Dr. Mueller is a Founder of the American Academy of Audiology and a Fellow of the American Speech and Hearing Association. He has published extensively in the areas of diagnostic audiology and hearing aid applications, and has co-authored several books, including the Audiologists' Desk Reference (Volumes I and II) and Fitting and Dispensing Hearing Aids. Gus is the co-founder of the popular website www.earTunes.com, and resides on a North Dakota island, just outside of Bismarck. Dr. Ruth Bentler is Professor and Chair in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorder at the University of Iowa. A native Iowan, Ruth has not strayed far from her roots, as her 40 year professional career has been at the University of Iowa, which is also where she obtained her professional degrees. She is a Fellow of the American Speech and Hearing Association and the American Academy of Audiology. As the Director of the Hearing Aid Laboratory for Basic and Applied Research there, Dr. Bentler has been involved in numerous research endeavors involving efficacy and effectiveness of modern hearing aid features. She teaches graduate students in courses related to hearing aids and adult auditory rehabilitation and has published over 100 articles and book chapters on the topic. Dr. Todd A. Ricketts is an Associate Professor at Vanderbilt Medical Center, the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, and the Director of the Dan Maddox Hearing Aid Research Laboratory. He is a Fellow of the American Speech and Hearing Association and the American Academy of Audiology. Dr. Ricketts' research focuses on various aspects of hearing, hearing aids and cochlear implants and he has published more than 100 articles and book chapters on the topics. Although Todd grew up a Midwesterner, and completed his academic training at the University of Iowa, he left the plains and cornfields for the beautiful hills and trees of Tennessee, where he has made his home the past decade.