Basic audiometry learning manual /
Mark DeRuiter, Virginia Ramachandran
- San Diego, CA : Plural Pub., c2010
- x, 198 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Core clinical concepts in audiology .
- Core clinical concepts in audiology .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193) and index
Greeting the patient -- The patient interview -- Otoscopic examination -- Immittance instrumentation -- Tympanometry -- Acoustic reflex thresholds -- Acoustic reflex decay -- Audiometer instrumentation -- Biologic check of audiometer instrumentation -- Obtaining a threshold -- Obtaining an unmasked air-conduction audiogram -- Obtaining an unmasked bone-conduction audiogram -- Masking -- Speech thresholds -- Word recognition testing -- Masking for speech audiometry -- The stenger test -- Tuning fork tests -- Interpreting test results -- Counseling the patient -- Reporting results