AUDIOLOGY, 3-Volume Set

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Now updated for a Second Edition! Designed as the complete reference for practitioners in the 21st century, these three books not only include foundation-building sections in anatomy, physiology, diagnosis, treatment, and practice management, but also cover such cutting-edge topics as otoacoustic emissions, functional brain imaging, genetic components, neonatal screening, pharmacology, infection control, and much more! It is the only current audiology text to address pressing issues of practice management, with checklists for the growing number of specialists moving into private practice.

Highlights of this outstanding work include:

• Incisive coverage of otoacoustic emissions, radiology, brain imaging, and pharmacology
• Each volume comes complete with sections on principles, applications, and future directions
• The first comprehensive treatment in an audiology textbook of business and practice management issues for hearing health professionals
• Pearls, pitfalls, special considerations, and controversial issues emphasize key points and clarify important information

For comprehensive coverage of everything today's audiologist needs to know, these books are unparalleled. Practicing audiologists will turn to them often in daily practice and look to them for tips on how to make their practice more efficient. The audiology graduate student will rely on these books for thorough, state-of-the-art information.

Audiology: Practice Management
1. What is Practice Management?
I. Principles
2. Professional Ethics and Audiology
3. Quality: The Controlling Principle of Practice Management
4. Human Resources Management in Audiology
5. Marketing Principles and Application
6. Private Practice Issues
II. Practice Management Applications
7. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Fundamentals
8. Outcome Measures and Evidence-Based Practice
9. Documentation in Clinical Audiology: An Information Management Perspective
10. Infection Control
11. Cerumen Management
12. Supervision
III. Business Applications
13. Writing a Business Plan
14. Designing an Audiology Practice
15. Practice Accounting
16. The Evolution of Reimbursement for Audiology
17. Proposing Audiology Services to Group Providers
18. Computer Principles and Applications
Appendix I: Three Professional Organizations' Codes of Ethics
Appendix II: Three Professional Organizations' Scopes of Practice
Audiology: Diagnosis
1. Diagnostic Procedures in Audiology
2. Anatomy and Physiology of the Peripheral Auditory System
3. Anatomy and Physiology of the Central Auditory Nervous System: A Clinical Perspective
4. Anatomy and Physiology of the Vestibular System
5. Disorders of the Auditory System
6. Genetics of Hearing Loss
7. Radiologic Imaging in Otologic Disease
8. Functional Brain Imaging in Audiology
9. Pharmacology in Audiology
10. An Introduction to Acoustics and Psychoacoustics
11. Basic Instrumentation and Calibration
12. Pure-Tone Tests
13. Clinical Masking
14. Speech Audiometry
15. Audiologic Evaluation of Special Populations
16. Diagnosing (Central) Auditory Processing Disorders in Children
17. Diagnosing Auditory Processing Disorders in Adults
18. Middle Ear Measures
19. Electrocochleography
20. The Auditory Brainstem Response
21. Middle and Long Latency Auditory Evoked Potentials
22. Otoacoustic Emissions
23. Neonatal Hearing Screening, Follow-up, and Diagnosis
24. Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring
25. Assessment of Vestibular Function
Audiology: Treatment
I. Principles
1. Hearing Aid Instrumentation, Signal Processing, and Electroacoustic Testing
2. Earhooks, Tubing, Earmolds, and Shells
3. Real Ear Measurements
4. Hearing Instrument Selection and Fitting in Children
5. Hearing Aid Selection and Fitting in Adults
6. Outcome Measures in the Fitting of Hearing Aids
7. Fitting Approaches for Hearing Aids with Linear and Nonlinear Signal Processing
8. Counseling for Diagnosis and Management of Auditory Disorders
II. Applications
9. Medical and Surgical Treatment of Middle Ear Disease
10. Medical and Surgical Treatment of Sensorineural Hearing Loss
11. Treatment of (Central) Auditory Processing Disorders
12. Counseling and Orientation toward Amplification
13. Middle Ear Implantable Hearing Devices
14. Cochlear Implants in Children
15. Cochlear Implants in Adults
16. Audiologic Rehabilitation Intervention Services for Adults with Acquired Hearing Impairment
17. Hearing Assistance Technology (HAT)
18. Room Acoustics for Listeners with Normal Hearing and Hearing Impairment
19. Vestibular Rehabilitation
20. Hearing Protection
21. Mechanisms and Treatment of Tinnitus