Download or read book Acoustic Reflex Threshold Differences Between the Ears written by Juan Bradley Allard and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Acoustic Reflex written by Shlomo Silman and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Acoustic Reflex discusses the acoustic reflex - its magnitude in differential diagnosis, threshold, latency, and other related topics. The book covers different topics such as the neurophysiological basis of the acoustic middle-ear reflex and its characteristics; impedance concepts relating to it; and theories of middle-ear muscle function. The text also encompasses the evaluation of the response time of acoustic-immittance instruments; the contralateral acoustic-reflex threshold and its application for prediction of hearing loss; the magnitude and growth of the acoustic; the ipsilateral acoustic reflex; and the acoustic reflex latency. The monograph is recommended for clinicians and researchers in audiology, deaf education, hearing science, neurology, otolaryngology, physiology, and psychology. The book will also serve as a reference text in a course on impedance.

Download or read book Hearing Loss written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-12-17 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of Americans experience some degree of hearing loss. The Social Security Administration (SSA) operates programs that provide cash disability benefits to people with permanent impairments like hearing loss, if they can show that their impairments meet stringent SSA criteria and their earnings are below an SSA threshold. The National Research Council convened an expert committee at the request of the SSA to study the issues related to disability determination for people with hearing loss. This volume is the product of that study. Hearing Loss: Determining Eligibility for Social Security Benefits reviews current knowledge about hearing loss and its measurement and treatment, and provides an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the current processes and criteria. It recommends changes to strengthen the disability determination process and ensure its reliability and fairness. The book addresses criteria for selection of pure tone and speech tests, guidelines for test administration, testing of hearing in noise, special issues related to testing children, and the difficulty of predicting work capacity from clinical hearing test results. It should be useful to audiologists, otolaryngologists, disability advocates, and others who are concerned with people who have hearing loss.

Download or read book Update On Hearing Loss written by Fayez Bahmad and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Update on Hearing Loss encompasses both the theoretical background on the different forms of hearing loss and a detailed knowledge on state-of-the-art treatment for hearing loss, written for clinicians by specialists and researchers. Realizing the complexity of hearing loss has highlighted the importance of interdisciplinary research. Therefore, all the authors contributing to this book were chosen from many different specialties of medicine, including surgery, psychology, and neuroscience, and came from diverse areas of expertise, such as neurology, otolaryngology, psychiatry, and clinical and experimental audiology.

Download or read book Geriatric Rehabilitation written by David X. Cifu and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2018-01-20 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rehabilitation of the geriatric patient poses a unique set of challenges and conditions often not seen in younger patients, but which are common among older adults. This quick, practical resource helps physiatrists and other members of the rehabilitation team overcome these challenges, covering the wide range of topics necessary to provide the highest level of care to this rapidly increasing population. - Presents practical guidance on arthritis and joint replacement, polypharmacy and mobility, swallowing dysfunction, nutritional recommendations, psychiatric and cognitive disorders, assistive technology, and more. - Covers the physiologic changes and epidemiology of aging, osteoporosis and fragility fractures, fall prevention and intervention, and prevention of hospital-acquired deconditioning. - Consolidates today's available information on geriatric rehabilitation into one convenient resource.

Download or read book Acoustic Immittance Measures written by Lisa L. Hunter and published by Plural Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comparison of Acoustic Reflex Latency in Normal and Cochlear impaired Ears written by Janene L. Bauhofer and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Diagnostic Audiology Pocket Guide written by James Steiger and published by Plural Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diagnostic Audiology Pocket Guide: Evaluation of Hearing, Tinnitus, and Middle Ear Function is intended as a quick reference for audiology students, new clinicians, and any experienced audiologists who want easy access to diagnostic information for rapid review. The first part of this guide covers the routine and special tests audiologists must conduct and interpret in their practices. Next, disorders such as nonorganic hearing loss, middle and inner ear disorders, and systemic disorders are covered with a separate chapter set aside for audiogram examples. The final chapter is devoted to medical referral decision-making criteria.

Download or read book The Effect of Pressure in the Ear Canal on the Threshold of the Acoustic Reflex at Different Frequencies written by Janet Rita Auerbach and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hearing Science and Hearing Disorders written by M.E. Lutman and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-06-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hearing Science and Hearing Disorders focuses on the nature of the processes in the inner ear and the nervous system that mediate hearing. Organized into eight chapters, this book first discusses the nature of speech communication, the extent of hearing problems, and the pathophysiology of hearing. Four core chapters follow, in which four areas of central importance to understanding hearing disorders and their effects are covered. These areas are assessment of auditory function, the scope for technological solutions, the nature of audio-visual speech perception, and the effects of deafness upon speech production. This book will be valuable to students; to academic and professional workers concerned with hearing, speech, and their disorders; and to scientifically or medically literate people in general.

Download or read book Central Auditory Processing written by Jack Katz and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wideband Reflectance Acoustic Reflex Thresholds in Normal Ears of Younger and Older Adults written by Helen Salus-Braun and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction. The purpose of the study was to evaluate wideband reflectance (WBR), in comparison with the traditional acoustic-immittance (AI) method for the measurement of contralateral acoustic reflex thresholds (CARTs) for the broadband noise (BBN) and 1000-Hz tonal activators in younger versus adults, and to examine the any aging effects on the WBR CARTs. Methods. The WBR (Mimosa instrumentation with a 24-chirp probe stimulus and signal averaging of 16 responses) and AI BBN and 1000-Hz CARTs of 10 younger (20-30 years of age) and 10 older adult females (60-70 years of age) with essentially normal-hearing sensitivity were investigated. Results. The WBR frequency-response graphs revealed a positive peak in the low-frequency region and a negative peak at a higher frequency region. Good test-retest reliability was obtained for the WBR CARTs in both groups. The mean 1000-Hz CART was slightly, but significantly higher for the WBR than AI approach in the younger adults, and was essentially the same for both approaches in the older adults. No significant age effect occurred for the WBR CARTs for either activator. The NTD was significantly larger with the WBR than AI approach in both age groups. Discussion. In the frequency-response WBR graphs, the positive peak reflects increased energy reflectance by the middle ear; the negative peak reflects increased energy absorption into the middle ear. The significantly WBR than AI NTD suggests that the WBR rather than AI method should be used for NTD measurement for prediction of hearing sensitivity based on the CARTs, especially in older adults, in whom the traditional AI approach yields reduced NTDs. The significant improvement in the WBR BBN CARTs in comparison with the AI BBN CARTs may result from summation of the energy of the BBN activator and the chirp probe stimulus. Because the WBR approach yielded an expanded NTD that primarily is attributable to the improved WBR BBN CART as compared with the AI BBN CART and to the summation effect, future research needs to re-examine all other parameters of the acoustic reflex related to the BBN stimulus, such as latency, magnitude, and temporal integration and aging effects upon these parameters.

Download or read book The Effect of Signal Rise time on the Acoustic Reflex Threshold for Pure Tones in Normal Human Ears written by Dixon Allen Bramblett and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effects of Air Pressure and Stimulus Frequency Upon the Acoustic Reflex Threshold in Normal Ears written by Ellen Harriet Rosenblum and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Clinical Impedance Audiometry written by James Jerger and published by Thieme Medical Publishers. This book was released on 1980 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Neuro Otology written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neuro-Otology: a volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, provides a comprehensive translational reference on the disorders of the peripheral and central vestibular system. The volume is aimed at serving clinical neurologists who wish to know the most current established information related to dizziness and disequilibrium from a clinical, yet scholarly, perspective. This handbook sets the new standard for comprehensive multi-authored textbooks in the field of neuro-otology. The volume is divided into three sections, including basic aspects, diagnostic and therapeutic management, and neuro-otologic disorders. Internationally acclaimed chapter authors represent a broad spectrum of areas of expertise, chosen for their ability to write clearly and concisely with an eye toward a clinical audience. The Basic Aspects section is brief and covers the material in sufficient depth necessary for understanding later translational and clinical material. The Diagnostic and Therapeutic Management section covers all of the essential topics in the evaluation and treatment of patients with dizziness and disequilibrium. The section on Neuro-otologic Disorders is the largest portion of the volume and addresses every major diagnostic category in the field. - Synthesizes widely dispersed information on the anatomy and physiology of neuro-otologic conditions into one comprehensive resource - Features input from renowned international authors in basic science, otology, and neuroscience - Presents the latest assessment of the techniques needed to diagnose and treat patients with dizziness, vertigo, and imbalance - Provides the reader with an updated, in-depth review of the clinically relevant science and the clinical approach to those disorders of the peripheral and central vestibular system

Download or read book Noise and Military Service written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-01-20 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Institute of Medicine carried out a study mandated by Congress and sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide an assessment of several issues related to noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus associated with service in the Armed Forces since World War II. The resulting book, Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus, presents findings on the presence of hazardous noise in military settings, levels of noise exposure necessary to cause hearing loss or tinnitus, risk factors for noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus, the timing of the effects of noise exposure on hearing, and the adequacy of military hearing conservation programs and audiometric testing. The book stresses the importance of conducting hearing tests (audiograms) at the beginning and end of military service for all military personnel and recommends several steps aimed at improving the military services' prevention of and surveillance for hearing loss and tinnitus. The book also identifies research needs, emphasizing topics specifically related to military service.