Overview

• Wholly practical guide drawn from lectures to ENT residents
• Aids in accurate diagnosis of anomalies seen every day by otolaryngologists and family practitioners
• Organized for easy and rapid access with a given concept or procedure on one page and case examples, figures and tables opposite.

This new text is drawn from lectures given to ENT residents and case reports conducted by clinical audiologists at WVA University School of Medicine and helps the reader understand the essentials of audiology in a very compressed period of time without sacrificing accuracy.
Divided into three parts – Evaluation of Hearing Disorders; Evaluation of BalanceDisorders; and Rehabilitation of Hearing Disorders, this textbook is an attempt to visually depict audiological diagnostic procedures, including the history and physical examination of hearing. It further describes appropriate use and interpretation of audiological evaluations, helping in the understanding of what kind of audiological evaluations are available, when they are useful, and how to interpret the results meaningfully for proper diagnosis and treatment of hearing problems.
As a reference resource for beginning audiologists and family practitioners, it contains clinically relevant norms and values that are useful for clinical interpretation and is organized for quick access by covering a given concept or procedure on one page, and examples, figures, tables opposite.

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Audience

Primary Subject: Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery / Otology
Secondary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / General
Secondary Subject: Audiology / General
Audience Level: Professional/Textbook - 90 Days

• Part I: Evaluation of Hearing Disorders
  • History
  • Audiogram
  • Tuning Fork Testing
  • Tympanogram
  • High-Frequency Tympanogram
  • Acoustic Reflex
  • Visual Reinforcement Audiometry
  • Stenger Test
  • Auditory Brainstem Response
  • Otoacoustic Emissions
  • Central Auditory Processing
  • CAPD Intervention
• Part II: Evaluation of Balance Disorders
  • Dizziness Handicap Inventory
  • Electronystagography
  • Rotational Chair
  • Computerized Dynamic Posturography
  • Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction on Balance
  • Vestibular Rehabilitation
  • Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potentials
• Part III: Rehabilitation of Hearing Disorders
  • Hearing Aid Evaluation
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Cochlear Implants
  • Methods of Rehabilitation
  • Conclusion
• Part IV: References and Notes

About The Author

Kazunari Koike, Ph.D.

Kazunari J. Koike, Ph.D., is Director of Audiology and Professor of Otolaryngology at West Virginia University School of Medicine for the past 17 years. He was born in Tokyo, Japan and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics at Sophia University in Tokyo as well as Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Audiology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. He is a Fellow of American Academy of Audiology (FAAA) and holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A). Dr. Koike evaluates patients in a tertiary care ENT clinic on a daily basis, and his expertise encompasses all areas of diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology.

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