Overview

The Comprehensive Handbook of Pediatric Audiology is the most wide-ranging and complete work of its kind in the specialty area of pediatric audiology. It covers knowledge areas and the literature requisite to the provision of the full range of quality, comprehensive pediatric audiologic services to children from the neonatal period through school-age. The Comprehensive Handbook of Pediatric Audiology will become the definitive reference in pediatric audiology, containing contributions from 50 internationally recognized experts in the field. The Comprehensive Handbook of Pediatric Audiology 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.

Pediatric Audiology: Interview with Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD
Douglas L. Beck, AuD, speaks with Dr. Tharpe regarding her role as co-editor of the new textbook, Comprehensive Handbook of Pediatric Audiology (by Richard Seewald and Anne Marie Tharpe), as well as the epidemiology of childhood hearing loss, principles of early hearing detection and intervention, assessment and management of hearing loss family counseling, and much more.

Read the interview here, or view as PDF.
Interview republished with permission from the American Academy of Audiology. Copyright 2011

Review

• Sheila T.F. Moodie, MClSc., Faculty of Health Sciences, The National Centre for Audiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada., Journal of the Canadian Academy of Audiology, (March 2011):
  "This concise and comprehensive text book provides detailed information on the practice of pediatric audiology. The division of the book into eight sections results in easy navigation to particular topics of interest. The chapters are well-written and provide both basic science and research background, always linking the science to relevant clinical practice information. Each chapter has a significant number of pertinent and up-to-date references. Text, figures, tables, pictures and appendices are of good size and impeccable print quality. Many chapters provide checklists, protocols, and/or handouts that will be useful for pediatric audiologists in clinical practice. It will save many students from having to buy multiple text books and save audiology faculty members from having to search for relevant, up-to-date, well-written readings and lecture materials in the area of pediatric audiology. Audiologists in practice will find the text provides a wide range of clinically relevant information that will augment their knowledge and skills and improve the quality of services they are able to provide to children with hearing loss and their families. The chapters on epidemiology (Chpt. 5), frequency-specific ABR and ASSR assessment (Chpt. 20), cochlear implants for children (Chpts. 27 and 35), bone-anchored hearing aids (Chpt. 28), and auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (Chpts. 13 and 37) fill many gaps that exist in current pediatric audiology text books. The Comprehensive Handbook of Pediatric Audiology is a valuable and necessary reference for the library of pediatric audiologists, students, and other professionals interested in EHDI programs, hearing loss in children and the impact on families. The inclusion of a diverse range of information in a single text book makes it a ‘must-have’ and sets the bar high for future text books in audiology. It will facilitate the training, and continued development of, highly qualified professionals in pediatric audiology. It is truly an exemplary reflection of what Dr. Gravel would want it to be: scholarly, scientific, clinically applicable and useful for teaching. Judy would be proud."

Audience

Primary Subject: Audiology / Pediatrics
Audience Level: Textbook - Desk Copy

• Typical Auditory Development
  • Hearing Development: Embryology of the Ear (Mark Hill)
  • Development of the Auditory System from Periphery to Cortex (Robert Harrison)
  • Infant Speech Perception (Derek Houston)
  • Auditory Development in Normal Hearing Children (Lynne Werner & Lori Leibold)

• Etiology and Medical Considerations
  • Descriptive Epidemiology of Childhood Hearing Impairment (Adrian Davis & Katrina Davis)
  • Genetics of Childhood Hearing Loss (Linda Hood & Bronya Keats)
  • Medical Considerations for Infants and Young Children with Hearing Loss: A Pediatrician’s Perspective (Betty Vohr)
  • Medical Considerations for Infants and Children with Hearing Loss: The Otologists’ Perspective - (Craig Buchman, Oliver Adunka, Carlton Zdanski & Harold Pillsbury)

• Auditory Disorders
  • Conductive Hearing Loss in Children: Otitis Media with Effusion and Congenital Impairments (Lisa Hunter & Kathleen Daly)
  • Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss (Heather Porter & Fred Bess)
  • Permanent Minimal and Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss in Children: Implications and Outcomes (Anne Marie Tharpe)
  • Moderate to Profound Sensory Hearing Loss in Children (Karen Johnson, Laurie Eisenberg & Amy Martinez)
  • Auditory Neuropathy/Dys-synchrony Type Hearing Loss (Gary Rance & Arnold Starr)
  • (Central) Auditory Processing Disorders in Children (Prudence Allen)
  • Pseudohypacusis: False and Exaggerated Hearing Loss (James Peck)

• Early Identification of Hearing Loss
  • Principles and Methods of Population Hearing Screening in EDHI (Martyn Hyde)
  • Screening for Hearing Loss and Middle Ear Disorders: Beyond the Newborn Period (Jackson Roush & Robert Nozza)

• Approaches to Assessment
  • Middle Ear Measurement (Lisa Hunter & Robert Margolis)
  • Otoacoustic Emissions (Beth Prieve & Laura Dreisbach)
  • Frequency-Specific Threshold Assessment in Young Infants Using the Transient ABR and the Brainstem ASSR (David Stapells)
  • Electrophysiologic Assessment of Hearing with Auditory Middle Latency and Auditory Late Responses (James Hall III, Anuradha Bantwal, Vidya Ramkumar & Neha Chhabria)
  • Current Methods for the Assessment of Hearing in Children: Behavioral Audiometry with Infants (Judith Widen)
  • Behavioral Audiometry and Children (Allan Diefendorf)
  • Putting it All Together: Assessment Protocols (Diane Sabo & Patti Martin)

• Hearing Technologies
  • Current Approaches to the Fitting of Amplification to Infants and Young Children (Marlene Bagatto & Susan Scollie)
  • FM Systems and Communication Access for Children (Dawna Lewis & Leisha Eiten)
  • Cochlear Implants for Children: Promoting Auditory Development with Electrical Pulses (Karen Gordon)
  • Other Implantable Devices: Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (Bill Hodgetts)
  • Hearing Instrument Orientation for Children and Their Families (Anne Marie Tharpe & Hollea Ryan)

• Management Considerations
  • History of the Management of Hearing Loss in Children (Andree Durieux-Smith & Elizabeth Fitzpatrick)
  • Facilitating Communication in Infants and Toddlers with Hearing Loss (Melody Harrison)
  • Toddlers and Preschool-Aged Children (Kathryn Beauchaine, Darcia Dierking & Jack Kile)
  • School-Aged Children (Carolyne Edwards)
  • Audiological Management of Unilateral and Minimal to Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss in Children (Anne Marie Tharpe & William Dickinson)
  • Cochlear Implants and Children: Candidacy, Evaluation and Follow-up (Marilyn Neault)
  • Audiologic Considerations for Children with Multiple Modality Involvement (Allan Diefendorf, Rachel Allen, Monica Burch, Kathleen Corbin, Christine Griffiths, Baljit Rehal & Amanda Weinzierl)
  • Children with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD) (Patricia Roush)

• Family and Educational Considerations
  • Family-Centered Approaches (Aneesha Pretto & Melody Harrison)
  • Family Informational and Support Counseling (Kris English)
  • Potential Meets Reality in Early Intervention for Children with Hearing Loss (Amy Robbins)
  • Providing Services in Educational Contexts: Defining the Role of the Pediatric Audiologist (Patricia Chute & Mary Ellen Nevins)

About The Editors

Richard Seewald, PhD

Dr. Richard Seewald is a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders and a Research Associate at the National Centre for Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario. Prior to his recent retirement, Dr. Seewald held the Canada Research Chair in Childhood Hearing.

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Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD

Dr. Anne Marie Tharpe is Professor and Chair of the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and Associate Director of the Bill Wilkerson Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

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