Comprehensive handbook of pediatric audiology / Anne Marie Tharpe, Richard Seewald.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I: Typical auditory development. Hearing development: embryology of the ear -- Biologic development of the auditory system from periphery to cortex -- Infant speech perception -- Auditory development in children with normal hearing -- II: Etiology and medical considerations. Descriptive epidemiology of childhood hearing impairment -- Genetics of childhood hearing loss -- Medical considerations for infants and young children with hearing loss: a pediatrician's perspective -- Medical considerations for infants and children with hearing loss: an otologist's perspective -- Current issues in preventable hearing loss -- III: Types of hearing loss in children. Conductive hearing loss in children: otitis media with effusion and congenital conditions -- Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder -- Management of children with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) -- (Central) auditory processing disorders in children -- Pseudohypacusis: false and exaggerated hearing loss -- IV. Early identification of hearing loss. Principles and methods of newborn hearing screening -- Newborn hearing screening program evaluation and quality -- Screening for hearing loss and middle ear disorders: beyond the newborn period -- Newborn hearing screening program implementation: early hearing detection and intervention -- V. Audiologic assessment of children. Middle ear measurement -- Otoacoustic emissions in infants and children: an updated approach -- Threshold assessment in infants using the frequency-specific auditory brainstem response and auditory steady-state response -- Electrophysiological assessment of hearing with auditory middle latency and auditory late responses -- Behavioral audiometry in infants and children -- Audiologic considerations for children with complex developmental conditions -- VI. Hearing technologies. Current approaches to the fitting of amplification to infants and young children -- Hearing instrument orientation for children and their families -- Remote microphone systems and communication access for children -- Measuring outcomes of infants and children with hearing loss -- Cochlear implants for children: promoting auditory development with electrical pulses -- Care of children who use cochlear implants -- Other hearing devices: bone conduction -- The future of auditory implants -- VII: Management of childhood hearing loss. History of the management of hearing loss in children -- Facilitating communication in infants and toddlers with hearing loss -- Potential meets reality in early intervention for children with hearing loss -- Support for adolescents with hearing loss -- Minimal hearing loss in children -- Moderate to profound sensory/neural hearing loss in children -- School-age children -- Providing services in educational contexts: defining the role of the educational audiologist.

The Comprehensive Handbook of Pediatric Audiology, Second Edition is the most wide-ranging and complete work of its kind, and has become the definitive reference in the specialty area of pediatric audiology. Content areas range from typical auditory development, to identification and diagnostic processes, to medical and audiologic management of childhood hearing and ear disorders. An interdisciplinary assembly of sixty-six internationally recognized experts from the fields of audiology, speech-language pathology, education, pediatric medicine, otology, and hearing science have contributed to this second edition. Building from the success of the first edition, and aligning with the evolution of the profession, this edition expands and deepens its coverage of early identification of hearing loss, etiology and medical considerations, and hearing technologies, especially implantable devices and the measurement of outcomes resulting from intervention. The Comprehensive Handbook of Pediatric Audiology, Second Edition is intended for use in doctoral-level education programs in audiology or hearing science, as well as to serve as an in-depth reference source for practicing audiologists and other professionals, educators, scientists, and policy makers seeking current and definitive information on evidence-based pediatric audiology practice. - Publisher.

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