The Development of Hearing Its Progress and Problems
The frontispiece of this book is called 'The invisible handicap'. Most deaf children, with the exception of very unfortunate multiple-handicap children, look quite normal. The young babies who are sent to my clinics for confirm ation (or otherwise) of a hearing loss are very often handsom...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1980, 1980
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1980 |
| Series: | Studies in Development Paediatrics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introductory matters: what is our aim?
- 2 Infants at risk
- 3 The nature of sound
- 4 A physician’s revision of the anatomy of the ear
- 5 When and where?
- 6 Situations for testing
- 7 Taking a history and its importance
- 8 Methods of testing hearing: (a) Distraction techniques
- 9 Methods of testing hearing: (b) Cooperative tests involving speech (c) Conditioning techniques
- 10 Use of the pure tone audiometer
- 11 Causes of hearing loss: (a) Genetic causes
- 12 Causes of hearing loss: (b) Other causes
- 13 The treatment of sensorineural hearing loss: (a) Amplification
- 14 The treatment of sensorineural hearing loss: (b) Auditory training and special education
- 15 Problems of the middle ear
- 16 Deafness associated with mental handicap
- 17 Objective hearing tests
- 18 The deaf child and his family
- Appendix 1: Apparatus
- Appendix 2: Useful addresses