5 Pure Tone Audiometry Hearing Threshold We often conclude that someone has a hearing loss because we have to talk at a louder than normal level for that person to…

3 Measurement Principles and the Nature of Hearing Physical attributes such as a person’s height, body temperature, or blood sugar can be measured directly. This is not so for sensory…

8 Speech Audiometry As the principal avenue of human communication and interaction, it is clear that speech is the most important signal we hear. Consequently, the pure tone audiogram provides…

10 Behavioral Tests for Audiological Diagnosis This chapter deals to a large extent with behavioral tests used for identifying the anatomical location (“site”) of the abnormality (“lesion”) causing the patient’s…

4 The Audiometer and Test Environment The Audiometer The principal tool used in the process of evaluating a patient’s auditory functioning is the audiometer. Fundamentally, the audiometer is nothing more…

16 Audiological Management II The previous chapter covered the basic concepts and technical considerations involved with hearing aids. We will now continue with our coverage of audiological management with a…

9 Clinical Masking It seems reasonable to assume that sounds presented to the right ear are heard by the right ear, and that sounds presented to the left ear are…

13 Audiological Screening Screening Principles Screening programs are used to identify those individuals who have a particular disorder or group of disorders. Screening is warranted when a disorder has appreciable…

15 Audiological Management I In the grand sense, the terms audiological (re)habilitation and aural (re)habilitation refer to a wide range of modalities employed by the audiologist to maximize the hearing-impaired…

14 Nonorganic Hearing Loss Routine audiological tests rely on the patient’s behavioral responses to the stimuli presented to her. If she can hear a tone as soft as 0 dB…