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Updated and revised, this influential text provides a wealth of information, in a reader-friendly style, on all issues pertaining to hearing loss in children Integrates otologic and audiologic understanding of the diseases and conditions that cause congenital and acquired hearing loss Discusses effective infant hearing screening strategies, birth-related trauma, congenital hearing loss, and effective strategies for habilitation Includes new chapter on cochlear implants, including the latest developments
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Surveys issues and current research in the field, with chapters on overview of the hearing mechanism, pursuing causes of hearing disorders, fundamentals of inheritance, hearing loss associated with perinatal infections and other causes, sensorineural hearing loss associated with trauma, basic audiologic evaluation of congenital hearing loss, and strategies for implantation. For otolaryngologists, audiologists, teachers, speech-language pathologists, psychologists, and other professionals working with hearing-impaired children. This second edition reflects discoveries in the field over the past decade, and includes a new chapter on cochlear implants. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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