FEATURES
A perfect introductory text that doesn’t require prior knowledge of the subject! This student-friendly audiology text begins with the fundamentals and smoothly guides readers to more complex subject areas. This new third edition covers traditional concepts, philosophies and newer developments within the practice of audiology.
Important to this edition:
- Fifty new chapter vignettes added throughout the text, which enhance the understanding of key concepts and ideas, and include some specific experiments that can be used in the classroom
- New section on educational preparation for audiology that discusses the many changes that have occurred with the introduction of the AuD degree, in Chapter 1
- Current data on pathologies of the auditory system, including coverage on middle ear disease, Meniere’s disease and auditory neuropathy in Chapter 5
- Updated coverage of universal newborn hearing screenings and the new high-risk register for screening newborns, in Chapter 6
- Additional rehabilitation coverage in Chapter 7, along with information on amplification for the hearing-impaired, including current approaches used in hearing aid selection/evaluation
- Expanded coverage on hearing loss in children in Chapter 8, along with updates on education of the hearing-impaired, including legislative issues, the culture of deafness, and academic achievement of hearing-impaired children
ANCILLARY DESCRIPTION
All ancillaries are housed on this website in the Faculty and Student Resource Centers.
For Instructors
- Conversion Guide - for previous users of Martin’s Introduction to Audiology, 8e.
- Chapter Quizzes
- Imagebank – all of the images and tables
- Web Links
For Students
- Web Links
- Chapter Quizzes
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