Hearing Care for Children

Preface.
I. CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CHILDHOOD HEARING. LOSS

1. Hearing Loss and its Effects.


Allan O. Diefendorf.

2. Genetic Aspects of Hearing Loss in Childhood.


Kathleen S. Arnos, Jamie Israel, Lisa Devlin, and Mary Pat Wilson.

3. Conductive Hearing Loss in Children: Etiology and Pathology.


John Greer Clark and Michael Jaindl.

4. Medical Assessment and Management of Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Children.


Patricia A. Chase, James W. Hall, III, and Jay A. Werkhaven.

II. IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION.

5. Pediatric Hearing Screening.


Robert J. Nozza.

6. Behavioral Hearing Tests with Children.


Frederick N. Martin and John Greer Clark.

7. Physiologic Measures of Auditory and Vestibular Function.


Craig Champlin.

8. Central Auditory Processing Disorders in Children: Are We Listening?


Daniel P. Harris.

III. COUNSELING CONSIDERATIONS.

9. Parent and Family Counseling.


Frederick N. Martin.

10. Meeting the Needs of Adolescents with Impaired Hearing.


Ellyn Altman.

IV. AMPLIFICATION AND AUDITORY STIMULATION.

11. Pediatric Amplification: Selection and Verification.


John Greer Clark.

12. Pediatric Amplification: Use and Adjustment.


Mark Ross.

13. Children and Cochlear Implants.


Danielle M.R. Kelsay and Richard S. Tyler.

14. Assistive Listening and Alerting Devices.


Linda M. Thibodeau.

V. INTERVENTION/EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS.

15. Early Intervention.


Donald M. Goldberg.

16. Educational Management of Children with Hearing Loss.


Carolyn Edwards.

17. Educational Audiology.


James C. Blair.

Appendices.
Afterword.