The Hearing Healthcare Practitioner's Handbook: A Guide to the Successful Treatment of Hearing Loss with Auditory Prosthetics |  | Authors: Paul O. Popp, Gregg Hackett
Publisher: North American Institute for Auditory Prosthe
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0971538506
Dewey Decimal Number: 617.89
EAN: 9780971538504
ASIN: 0971538506
Publication Date: February 2002
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Book Description
As many as 50 million Americans have clinically defined hearing loss. Even slight hearing loss can impair a child's learning ability, speech development, and social relationships. Untreated hearing loss in adults can affect social relationships and physical health, and contribute to depression, anxiety, and psychological distress, thereby limiting overall quality of life. Although nothing can stop the interminable progression of hearing loss, the timely and efficacious provision of appropriate amplification technology, combined with comprehensive auditory rehabilitation, can improve not only a hearing impaired individual's ability to communicate, but overall quality of life as well. THE HEARING HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONER'S HANDBOOK is a valuable resource for hearing healthcare practitioners; students of the auditory system, speech-language pathology, and hearing healthcare science; physicians; pharmacists; educators; counselors; and consumers wanting to know more about treating hearing loss with a hearing instrument. This book focuses on the behavioral aspects of the contemporary practitioner's treatment of hearing loss. Topics include development of the case history; hearing instrument verification/validation; patient counseling, education and training; professional education; and a look at the future. (See contents on reverse).
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 Good For Senior Patients March 25, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"This is an easy, informative read. I recommend it to my senior patients who are concerned that trying to overcome a hearing loss will put them at risk of a bad purchase decision. Now they know what to expect from a hearing professional when they decide to purchase a hearing aid."
 Read the qualifications carefully. February 22, 2003
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would recommend many texts written on hearing aids for consumers and health care personnel far more than this one. While certainly a practical manual for dispensers, this is not a book meant for audiology students or medical professionals (try Harvey Dillon's Hearing Aids or the Valente series instead). A well-written introduction to the topic, but not grounded fully in medical and scientific research to be a primary text or reference for audiologists.
A wealth of solid, no-nonsense information April 12, 2002
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Collaboratively written by auditory prosthetics specialists and practitioners Paul Popp and Gregg Hacket, The Hearing Healthcare Practitioner's Handbook: A Guide To The Successful Treatment Of Hearing Loss With Auditory Prosthetics is a thorough, comprehensive presentation on virtually all forms of hearing loss and their treatment, from auditory rehabilitation to assistive listening devices and the laws that govern them. A wealth of solid, no-nonsense information marks this first-class reference, and strongly highly recommended for the hearing health care practitioner as well as the non-specialist general reader who has experienced hearing problems and wants to learn more about what causes them and what can be done.
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