Hearing Science and Hearing Disorders

Preface
Editorial Note
List of Contributors
Hearing for Speech: The Information Transmitted in Normal and Impaired Speech
I. Introduction
II. What Forms Can Linquistically Relevant Information Take?
III. Articulatory and Acoustic Bases for Phonetic Contrasts
IV. Representations of Acoustic and Auditory Speech Patterns
V. Properties of Hearing Impairment Relevant to Speech Perception
VI. Division of Labour between Perception and Production for Efficient Speech Communication
VII. Speech Perception in Hearing Impaired Listeners
VIII. Concluding Summary
Hearing Disorders in the Population: First Phase Findings of the MRC National Study of Hearing
I. Introduction and Aims
II. The Design of the National Study of Hearing
III. Prevalence of Reported Auditory Impairment and Disability
IV. Relationship between Measured Audiological Impairment and Self-Reported Impairment
V. Prevalence of Types and Degrees of Auditory Impairment
VI. The Variation of Auditory Impairment and Disability with Age, Sex and Socioeconomic Group
VII. Hearing Aid Possession
VIII. Concluding Summary
Pathophysiology of the Peripheral Hearing Mechanism
I. Introduction
II. How are Sounds Analysed by the Ear?
III. The Ear as a Bank of Filters
IV. Animal Models of Deafness
V. Relevance to Understanding Hearing Loss in Patients
VI. Can We Put This New Understanding of the Pathophysiology of Hearing to Pratical Use?
VII. Other Aspects of Hearing Impairment: Animal Models of Tinnitus
VIII. Concluding Summary
The Scientific Basis for the Assessment of Hearing
I. Introduction
II. Classification of Hearing Disorders into Clinical Types
III. Historical Development of Hearing Assessment
IV. Basic Subjective Methods of Assessment
V. Basic Objective Methods of Hearing Assessment
VI. Diagnostic Determinants
VII. Assessment for Rehabilitation
VIII. Diagnosis versus Rehabilitation
IX. Concluding Summary
Audio-Visual Speech Perception, Lipreading and Artificial Stimulation
I. Possibilities and Limitations of Lipreading
II. Lipreading Consonants
III. Lipreading Vowels
IV. Lipreading Fluent Speech
V. Should "Lipreading" Be Taught?
VI. Sensory Substitution and Hearing; "Bionic Ears" or Aids to Lipreading?
VII. Concluding Summary
Speech Production in Profound Postlingual Deafness
I. Introduction - Recognition of the Problem
II. The Severity of the Problem
III. The Nature of Speech Deterioration
IV. Theoretical Issues
V. Concluding Summary
New and Old Conceptions of Hearing Aids
I. Introduction
II. The Disabling Aspects of Impairment
III. Effects of the Intensity of Speech
IV. Signal Processing to Enhance Speech Perception
V. Behavioural Factors in Relation to Aid Characteristics
VI. Concluding Summary
Rehabilitation and Service Needs
I. Introduction
II. General Description of an Ideal Service
III. Rehabilitation Services in Different Countries
IV. Cost Effectiveness
V. Possible Short-term Improvements
Glossary of Audiological Acoustical and Phonetic Terms
Index