Audiology, hearing loss, and communication disorders: an overview

Audiology, Hearing Loss, and Communication Disorders: An Overview will serve as a core fundamentals textbook in the introduction to audiology course that all undergraduate speech pathology and audiology students are required to take. INDICE: Learning Objectives provide guidelines regarding material that will be discussed in each chapter. Key Terms are identified at the beginning of each chapter and highlighted and defined within the chapter. Review questions test your student's retention and challenge them to apply their knowledge. Fivetypes of vignettes-Experiments, Conceptual Demos, Further Discussions, Clinical Applications, and Historical Notes-help your students better understand keyconcepts in audiology as well as the challenges faced by the hearing impaired. Experiment box illustrates a concept through an experiment or learning activity. Conceptual Demo box demonstrates a concept using a real-world example. Further Discussion box provides further commentary regarding concepts already mentioned or briefly discussed in the text. Clinical Applications box discusses current/new tests, procedures, applications, or trends of concepts in a clinical setting. Historical Note box highlights the history of a person, equipment,or a concept and their/its effect on audiology.

• ISBN: 978-0-7817-7555-7
• Editorial: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 15/07/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés