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From page 291... ... See Advanced Combination Encoders of implantation of cochlear implants, speech encoding algorithms 154 Acoustic amplification. See Hearing aids of intervention in children with hearing Acoustic assistive listening devices, 159 loss, 186 Acoustic immittance measures, 45, 73, 91�95 of second language acquisition, 89 acoustic reflex thresholds, 93 Aging, and hearing loss, 59 otoacoustic emissions, 93�95 AI. Read the entire page →
From page 292... ... See American Speech-Language- Auditory cues, speech recognition with, Hearing Association 87�89 Assertiveness, 168 Auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) , 74, 95� Assessment of ability to identify nonspeech 98 sounds and sound localization, 2 infant auditory brainstem response, 97 Assessment of hearing disability, handicap, Auditory feedback, delayed, 99 and benefit from interventions, 175� Auditory function assessment, 73�100 177 acoustic immittance measures, 91�95 appropriate uses of self-assessment assessment when exaggerated hearing instruments, 178 loss suspected, 99�100 health-related quality of life, 176�177 auditory evoked potentials, 95�98 quality of life, 176 listener performance on speech Assessment of the auditory system and its recognition tests, 86�87 functions, 69�100 multicultural and multilingual issues in assessment of auditory function, 73�100 evaluation of speech recognition, standard otolaryngological 89�91 examination, 69�73 multiple conditions, 100 Assistive listening devices (ALDs) Read the entire page →
From page 293... ... See Behind-the-ear models Autosomal dominant disorders, 62 Average hearing levels, 32 in testing children, 7 C Azimuth sound localization, 134�135 overhead view of the listener, 56 Calibrated headphones, 48 California, workers' compensation in, 19� 20 B California Consonant Test, 86 Canada, 14, 174 Babbling stages, in children, 181 Candidacy Background noise, performance of for cochlear implants, 209 measures of auditory function for hearing aids, 142�143 incorporating, 2, 11 CAPD. See Central auditory processing testing speech recognition with noise, disorder 120�124 CapTel, 160 Bacterial meningitis, 64 Carboplatin, 71 Balance tests (optional) Read the entire page →
From page 294... ... recommendations regarding, 112�113 Sentences, 83, 86, 88 in testing adults, 6, 114 Claimants in testing children, 8, 220 with hearing aids, separate test Cherry, Colin, 58 protocols for, 6�7 Chief complaint, in a medical history, 70 without hearing aids, separate test Children, 29�30 protocols for, 6�7 audiometric diagnostic evaluation for, Clarion, 151�152, 156 190�195 Clark, Graeme, 149 babbling stages in, 181 Client Oriented Scale of Improvement cochlear implants in, 209�214 (COSI) , 176 communication assessment for, 195�202 Clinical audiologists, 5 current disability criteria for hearing qualifications of, 110 for, 32�33 Clinical findings in a standard etiology of severe to profound hearing otolaryngological examination loss in, 62�63 (physical examination) Read the entire page →
From page 295... ... See City University of New York Cogan's syndrome, 64 Sentences Cognitive factors, 20�22, 156, 197 Current disability criteria for hearing, 30� Committee on Disability Determination for 33 Individuals with Hearing criteria for adults, 31�32 Impairment, 1, 11 criteria for children, 32�33 Common Phrases Test, 201, 218�219 Current formula, limitations of, 4�5 Communication Current measures, nature of, 13�18 barriers to, 170�171 Cutoff scores determined to be significant, informal observation of, 71 218 postimplant abilities, 210 Cytomegalovirus, 62 Communication access, 164�165 Communication assessment, 195�202 language tests, 201�202 D spoken word recognition, 195�201 Communication outcomes, cochlear daPa. See DekaPascals implant in children, 209�214 Dartmouth COOP Functional Health Completely-in-the-canal (CIC) Read the entire page →
From page 296... ... Earphones, 74�75 Diagnosis, in a standard otolaryngological Education and employment, 164�166 examination, 70, 72�73 Americans with Disabilities Act, 165� Dictionary of Occupational Titles, 29 166 Digital processing, 142 communication access, 164�165 Dihydrostreptimycin, 64 Effectiveness of sensory aids, prostheses, Direct assessment and assistive devices, 171 of performance with assistive devices, Effects of hearing loss on literacy and 105 education, 186�189 of disability, 173�174 Emissions, otoacoustic, 93�95 Direct measures for toddlers and young Emotional problems, 65 children, in hearing aid use, 206 Employer attitude, 171 Directional microphones, 208 Employment status of adults with hearing Disability loss, 169�170 definitions of, 27, 35�37 Energetic masking, 128 models of, 33�34 English, nonnative speakers of, 21, 89, 107 predicting from clinical tests, 34�40 Epidemiological study, 23 Disability determination, 172�179 Equipment for testing, recommendations cutoff scores determined to be regarding, 111�112 significant, 218 Equivalent volume, norms for, 92 different perspectives, 172�173 ESP-Low Verbal. See Early Speech direct assessment, 173�174 Perception Test-Low Verbal Version indirect assessment, 174�177 Etiology of severe to profound hearing pediatric checklist for audiological loss, 61�64 evaluation for disability in adults, 63�64 determination, 220�221 in children, 62�63 recommended disability determinations Etymotic Research, Inc., 84 for children who are deaf or hard- EuroQOL, 177 of-hearing, 215 Exaggerated hearing loss, assessment when speech recognition tests for children, suspected, 99�100 218�219 tests and criteria for children, 214�220 Disability Research Institute, 39 F Discomfort and pain, thresholds of, 49 Facial nerve paralysis, 64 Discontinuity, ossicular, 92 False negative (FN) Read the entire page →
From page 297... ... models, in children, Functional hearing requirements of jobs, 203 174 outcomes of using, in children, 204�209 problems not solved by, 144�145 research on outcomes, 146�148 G selection and adjustment issues, 143� 144 Gallaudet Research Institute, 23�24 signal processing in, 141�142 Gallaudet University, 106 special features and assistive devices, in Gaucher's disease, 62 children, 203 Genetic hearing loss, 59, 62, 64 styles of, in children, 202�203 Gentamicin, 62 Hearing-critical tasks Glasgow Hearing Aid Benefit Profile and everyday activities, 18�19 (GHABP) , 176 work-related, 18�19, 125�126 Grammatical Analysis of Elicited Hearing disability, assessment of, 175�177 Language, 201 Hearing impairment, 32�33, 64 Grammatical development, in children, prevalence and demographics of, 22�24 181�182 Hearing in daily life, 164�172 Graphic representation, of pure-tone ADA and accommodation, 172 audiogram, 75 effectiveness of sensory aids, Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent prostheses, and assistive devices, Impairment, 19, 34�35, 66 171 hearing in the workplace, 169�171 H impact of hearing loss for adults, 164� 166 Hair cell damage, 60, 93�94 psychosocial impact of hearing loss, Handicap, assessment of, 175�177 166�168 Head and neck examination, 72 Hearing in Noise Test (HINT) Read the entire page →
From page 298... ... , 105 ICIDH. See International Classification of Hearing loss, 11n, 31, 51�55 Impairment, Disability, and Handicap categories of degrees of, 76 Identification, in auditory perception, 53� causes of, 59�64 55 conductive hearing loss, 59�60 Idiopathic disorders, and hearing loss, 59, congenital, 72 62, 64 etiology of severe to profound hearing Immittance audiometry, in children, 194� loss, 61�64 195 performance deficits resulting from, 2�3 Immittance measures, acoustic, 91�95 psychosocial adjustment and, 167�168 Immune-mediated disorders, and hearing sensorineural hearing loss, 60�61 loss, 63�64 Hearing loss in children, 180�223 Impact of hearing loss for adults, 164�166 audiometric diagnostic evaluation, 190� early versus late onset, 164 195 education and employment, 164�166 cochlear implants in children, 209�214 Impact of hearing loss on daily life and the communication assessment, 195�202 workplace, 163�179 development of perception, speech disability determination, 172�178 production, and language, 180�186 hearing in daily life, 164�172 effects of hearing loss on literacy and recommendations, 178�179 education, 186�189 Impact of hearing loss on quality of life, 2 infant hearing screening, 189�190 Impairment, definitions of, 11n, 36�37 recommendations, 214�223 IMSPAC, 206 use of auditory prostheses, 202�209 In-the-canal (ITC) Read the entire page →
From page 299... ... See Minimal audible field "Malingering," 99 K MAP. See Minimal audible pressure Marital distress, 168 Kanamycin, 62, 64 Masking sounds, 51�54 Key issues, 11�22 Masking therapy, 66 hearing-critical work and everyday Maternal prenatal infections, 62 activities, 18�19 Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale, 205 linguistic, cognitive, and other Measles, 62 nonauditory factors, 20�22 Measures of auditory function nature of current measures, 13�18 incorporating background noise, prosthetic devices, 19�20 performance of, 2 Measures of outcomes of hearing aids and features, in hearing aid use, 208 L Measures of spoken word recognition Laboratory findings, in a standard for preschool-age children, 198�199 otolaryngological examination, 70, for school-age children, 200�201 72 Med El, 149, 152 Language skills implants from, 151 in children with hearing loss, 184, 212 Medical considerations for implantation, of in children with normal hearing, 181� cochlear implants, 153�154 182 Medical history in a standard Language tests, in communication otolaryngological examination, 69� assessment, 201�202 71 Late cortical response (LCR) Read the entire page →
From page 300... ... See National Family Opinion panel speech recognition materials available NHANES-III. See National Health and in languages other than English, 90 Nutrition Examination Survey Multimodal spoken word recognition, 197� NIDCD. Read the entire page →
From page 301... ... , Otolaryngological examination, 31, 70 199, 218�219 children, 73 Pendred's syndrome, 62 clinical findings (physical examination) , Perception, auditory, 47�59 71�72 Performance diagnosis, 72�73 of aided testing of auditory function, 2 laboratory findings, 72 of measures of auditory function medical history, 70�71 incorporating background noise, 2 recommendations regarding, 108�109 of objective (physical) Read the entire page →
From page 302... ... , 84, 123 in the workplace, 169 Priority, of research needed, 137�139 R Problems not solved by hearing aids, 144� 145 R-SIN. See Revised speech in noise test Procedures R-SPIN. Read the entire page →
From page 303... ... See Signal-to-noise ratio secondary priority, 138�139 SAS. See Simultaneous analog stimulation Recommended disability determinations School-age children, measures of spoken for children who are deaf or hard- word recognition for, 200�201 of-hearing, 215 Schools for the deaf, 106 Recommended testing protocol and Screening Instrument for Targeting medical listing formula, 124�133 Educational Risk (SIFTER) Read the entire page →
From page 304... ... See Screening Instrument for tinnitus, 64�67 Targeting Educational Risk Sound detection, 48�52 Signal processing in hearing aids, 141�142 in auditory perception, 48�52 Signal-to-babble (S/B) ratio, 83 thresholds of detecting tones and for Signal-to-noise (S/N) Read the entire page →
From page 305... ... See Steady-state evoked potential 87 SSI. See Supplemental Security Income revised, 83 disability benefits; Synthetic Speech perception tests, 157 Sentence Identification test in testing children, 7, 214�220 Standard otolaryngological examination, Speech production outcome measures, and 69�73 spoken word recognition, 201 children, 73 "Speech reading," 21, 88, 156, 223 clinical findings (physical examination) Read the entire page →
From page 306... ... , 25 regarding, 111 ability to engage in, 103 Test protocols, 6�7 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claimants with hearing aids, 6�7 disability benefits, 24�25, 27, 29, 73, claimants without hearing aids, 6�7 165 Test-retest differences, maximum Supra-aural earphones, 74�75 acceptable, 122 Suprathreshold speech recognition, 73, 79� Test-retest reliability, 83, 199 80, 100 Testing adult hearing, 6�7, 101�139. Read the entire page →
From page 307... ... See Wide dynamic range norms for peak admittance, compression tympanometric width, and Wegener's granulomatosis, 64 equivalent volume, 92 White noise, definition of, 44 Whole nerve action potential measures, 152 Wide dynamic range compression U (WDRC) , 141, 203 Unilateral hearing loss, in children with Wildervaank's syndrome, 62 hearing loss, 185�186 WIPI. Read the entire page →
From page 308... ... 308 INDEX Word Intelligibility by Picture prevalence of hearing loss in the Identification (WIPI) test, 200, 218� workplace, 169 219 World Health Organization, 33�34, 36�37, Work-related hearing-critical tasks, 172, 177�178 performance on audiometric tests World War II testing, 14 and, 125�126 Workplace issues in hearing loss, 169�171 communication barriers, 170�171 X employment status of adults with hearing loss, 169�170 X-linked disorders, 62 Read the entire page →

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... See Advanced Combination Encoders of implantation of cochlear implants, speech encoding algorithms 154 Acoustic amplification. See Hearing aids of intervention in children with hearing Acoustic assistive listening devices, 159 loss, 186 Acoustic immittance measures, 45, 73, 91�95 of second language acquisition, 89 acoustic reflex thresholds, 93 Aging, and hearing loss, 59 otoacoustic emissions, 93�95 AI.

Index Pages 291-308

Index
Pages 291-308