Key Features

• NEW! final chapter of the book, “Building a Successful Audiologic Practice,” shows students how to combine audiologic skills and knowledge with core business skills to create and build their own thriving practice.
• NEW! Special Populations, including a new chapter on tinnitus/hyperacousis.
• NEW! Case Studies in some chapters provide an opportunity to examine clinical applications and help reinforce important concepts.
• This Sixth Edition is divided into four sections:
• Introduction, Basic Tests, and Principles, with coverage of such topics as calibration, puretone air conduction, bone conduction, speech audiometry, masking, and case histories.
• Physiologic Principles and Measures, featuring a new chapter on the physiologic bases of audiologic interpretation and management as well as new coverage of wideband acoustic reflectance and peripheral anatomy and physiology.
• Special Populations including children, educational audiology, central auditory processing disorders, individuals with multiple disabilities, nonorganic hearing loss, hearing loss in the elderly, and tinnitus and hyperacusis.
• Management of Hearing Disorders, examining hearing aids and cochlear implants, management and counseling, and room acoustics and assistive technologies.
• Edited by a noted professor of communication disorders
• Over 70 contributors offer their understanding of the field and have added their research data and clinical observations.
• Coverage of special populations and management of auditory problems.
• Physiological measurements section that includes electrocochleography, middle latency responses, and otoacoustic emissions.
• Clear, reader-friendly writing that stimulates thought, provokes discussion.
• Comprehensive references and information on other resources, including websites, for further study.
• Supplemental materials for Chapter 23 are available on thePoint companion website at