Six Decades of Audiological Research

As a pioneer in the field of audiology, Dr. James Jerger has been involved in cutting-edge resource throughout the development of the field. In his new text, Six Decades of Audiological Research, readers can experience the evolution of diagnostic audiology through his unique perspective. By detailing case studies from his own work over the years, Dr. Jerger gives his audience a chance to be a fly on the wall for major moments throughout the history of audiology.

In the first section of the book, Dr. Jerger relates case studies and other stories from his early years in the field, including his time at both Northwestern and the Houston Speech and Hearing Center. Then, he dives into his years at Baylor College of Medicine. In the final section, he discusses his time researching auditory event-related potentials at the University of Texas.

Review

“This book is an adventure. It tells the story of the evolution of diagnostic audiology through the voice of one of its greatest contributors, Dr. James Jerger… Jerger’s lively narrative describes, in his wise and witty way, what he was thinking throughout six productive decades of game-changing audiological research. He provides us with a view, through case studies of his own work, of an unparalleled perspective, from the room where it happened.”—From the Foreword by Brad A. Stach, PhD

Foreword
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

Chapter 1. The Early Years

A Diagnostic Challenge

Abnormal Auditory Adaptation

Speech Audiometry

Brain Stem versus Temporal Lobe

Chapter 2. Immittance Audiometry

The Tympanogram

The Stapedius Muscle Reflex

An Educational Adventure

Chapter 3. Auditory Processing Disorder

The Birth of APD

An Account of an Interesting Patient

Chapter 4. A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity

An Important Point

History and Medical Findings

First Admission

Second Admission

Final Thoughts

Chapter 5. Binaural Hearing Aids

An Early Study

But Is the Group Representative of Everyone in It?

Binaural Interference

A Very Intact Nonagenerian

Chapter 6. Cued Listening

Group Results

Three Illustrative Individual Patients

Last Thoughts

Chapter 7. Aging and Gender Effects

Can Speech Understanding Problems in Elderly Persons be Explained by the Audiogram?

Auditory Processing Disorder versus Cognitive Decline

A Longitudinal Case Study

Some Gender Differences

Another Gender Effect – The Shape of the Audiogram

Overview

Chapter 8. Auditory Event-Related Potentials to Words

Waveforms

The Importance of Forcing a Decision

The Framework of an Auditory Event-Related Potential Procedure (AERP)

The Late Positive Component (LPC)

The Right Ear Advantage

But What About Nontarget Words?

Processing Negativity (PN)

A Clarification

Final Thoughts

Chapter 9. A Twin Study

Basic Audiometry

Behavioral Psychoacoustic Measures of Auditory Processing

Standardized Cognitive/ Linguistic Evaluations

Activation Patterns

Dichotic Listening

Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Chapter 10. Odds and Ends

A Visit to Montreal

“Normal Audiometric Findings”

Simian Surgery

A Researcher’s Dream

A Herculean Effort

Finis

Index