Advances in Audiology and Hearing Science

With chapters from audiology professionals from around the world, Advances in Audiology and Hearing Science presented in two volumes-provides an abundance of information on the latest technological and procedural advances in this ever-improving field. Volume 1 primarily focuses on revised clinical protocols and provides information on new research to help guide decisions and criteria regarding diagnosis, management, and treatment of hearing-related issues. Topics include new clinical applications such as auditory steady-state response, wideband acoustic immittance, otoacoustic emissions, frequency following response, noise exposure, genomics and hearing loss, and more. The volume also includes a section on canine audiology, allowing students and professionals a broader exposure to hearing science.

Stavros Hatzopoulos, PhD, is a faculty member of the Audiology & ENT Clinic, University of Ferrara, Italy. Andrea Ciorba, MD, PhD, has been a member of the Audiology & ENT Clinic, University of Ferrara, Italy, since 2004. Mark Krumm, PhD, is an associate professor in the School of Speech Pathology and Audiology at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio (USA).

Part 1: Clinical Protocols Revised 1. Current and Emerging Clinical Applications of the Auditory Steady-State Response (ASSR) 2. Application of Wideband Acoustic Immittance (WAI) in Assessment of the Middle Ear in Newborns, Children, and Adults 3. Auditory Efferent System 4. Blinking and Looking: An Eye-Tracking Approach to Studying Cognitive Processing Differences in Individuals with Speech, Language, and Communication Disorders 5. Canine Audiology 6. Central Auditory Processing: From Diagnosis to Rehabilitation 7. Recent Advances in Otoacoustic Emissions 8. Non-Conventional Clinical Applications of Otoacoustic Emissions: From Middle Ear Transfer to Cochlear Homeostasis to Access to Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure 9. Clinical Applications of Frequency Following Response in Children and Adults 10. Functional Neuroimaging of the Central Auditory System 11. Genomics and Hearing Loss: Towards a New Standard of Care? 12. Global Initiatives for Hearing Health in the 21st Century 13. Solutions for Partial Deafness 14. Effect of Noise Exposure on Human Auditory Function: Hidden Versus Not-So-Hidden Hearing Loss Part 2: Protocol and Last Moment Updates 15. Calibration Issues in OAE Measurements 16. Decomposition Methods of OAE Signals: Investigation of TEOAE Components with WVD and Time-Varying Filtering 17. Decomposition Methods of OAE Signals: Time-Frequency Analysis by the Matching Pursuit Algorithm 18. Hearing Screening: Teleaudiology and Its Application with Children in Africa and Europe 19. Hearing and Musicians' Recent Findings on Hearing Health and Auditory Enhancement Index