Praise for this book: This book succeeds in its aim of providing a practically useful & theoretically sound comprehensive ook on hearing aids.. . It makes the most complicated concepts easy to understand with excellent cross referencing.. .I certainly wouldnt want to be without this book & I highly recommend it to everyone with an interest in hearing aids. -- Pauline Smith ENT & Audiology News Praise for the first edition: One of the best textbooks I have ever used...written by a researcher with a stellar reputation [who is also] an expert on the clinical aspects of the field...packed with information from both a theoretical & practical perspective...makes difficult concepts comprehensible...from an instructors point of view it is a sheer delight. --Adrienne Rubenstein Ph D Professor Department of Speech Communication Arts & Sciences Brooklyn College New York Key
Features: * Completely revised to reflect the research & technological advances of the last decade* New chapters on directional microphones & the latest digital signal processing strategies* Extensive coverage of all aspects of open-canal thin-tube hearing aids* Practical tips tables & procedures designed to be pinned on the walls of clinics* Each cross-referenced chapter builds on the previous chapters Hearing Aids Second Edition is a book within a book: * Each chapter has a one-page synopsis that captures the key concepts of each topic* The material that students most need is contained in marked paragraphs that flow after each other to form a coherent thin book inside the larger book* Intervening additional paragraphs add satisfying depth Written comprehensively referenced & extensively reviewed by leaders in the field this book is ideal as a core graduate text as well as a standard reference for clinicians.