Hearing in Children

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DESCRIZIONE

This totally revised edition is a thoroughly referenced and an exhaustive description of the current state of knowledge on hearing and auditory disorders in infants, toddlers and young children. Presented with emphasis on medical aspects of pediatric hearing loss, it covers identification, evaluation and management of children with hearing impairments and deafness. Features updates and discussions of new hearing tests and screening technologies, guidelines and position statements, discussions on the role of the family in childhood deafness and schools of thought in the management of children with hearing loss, and hearing aid fitting and management issues. A new chapter addresses Otitis Media. Features an alphabetized appendix of ninety syndromes and common disorders associated with childhood deafness presented in encyclopedia-like format.Table of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgments 1 Hearing and Hearing Loss in Children 12 The Auditory System 333 Otitis Media 654 Medical Aspects of Hearing Loss 915 Auditory Development and Early Intervention 1276 Behavioral Hearing Testing 1597 Physiologic Hearing Tests 2098 Hearing Screening in Children 2599 Amplification 30310 Education of Hearing-Impaired Children 341Appendix of Hearing Disorders 377References 397Index 435