Hearing Loss covers all aspects of the anatomy, physiology, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss.

Features:

• An abundance of revised and updated information-specifically new sections on sensorineural hearing loss, autoimmune hearing loss, and tumors that affect the ear
• Basic information on the anatomy of the ear, hearing testing, and medical conditions that may cause hearing loss
• A comprehensive overview of hearing loss and its treatment
• Principles and procedures for determining the causes of hearing loss

Contents

• Hearing Loss: An Overview
• The Physics of Sound
• The Nature of Hearing Loss
• The Otologic History and Physical Examination
• Classification and Measurement of Hearing Loss
• The Audiogram
• Special Hearing Tests
• Auditory Evoked Phenomena: Theory and Clinical Applications
• Conductive Hearing Loss
• Sensorineurla Hearing Loss: Diagnostic Criteria
• Sudden Sensorieneural Hearing Loss
• Mixed, Central, and Functional Hearing Loss
• Systemic Causes of Hearing Loss
• Sgnamous Cell Carcinoma of the Ear
• Sarcomas of the Temporal Bone
• Occupational Hearing Loss
• Hearing Loss in Children
• Hearing Loss: Handicap and Rehabilitation
• Hearing Protection Devices
• Tinnitus
• Dizziness
• Facial Paralysis
• Implications of Neutrocentical Modulation
• Tables Summarizing Differential Diagnosis

Index

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