Open Access Guide to Audiology and Hearing Aids for Otolaryngologists

This is a free text, and is intended particularly for those involved with management of hearing problems in the developing world where qualified audiologists are frequently not available.

The Open Access Guide to Audiology and Hearing Aids for Otolaryngologists is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License.

There are no copyright restrictions, and colleagues are welcome to use, copy and quote as they wish.

The textbook is still in evolution, and chapters will be added as they are completed over the coming months.

Simply click on completed chapters in Blue to access the PDF documents.

Johan Fagan, Claude Laurent and De Wet Swanepoel - Editors

 

CHAPTERS

 

Classification of Hearing Loss

 

Behavioural Hearing Assessment

 

Outer & Middle Ear Assessment

Clinical assessment of hearing with free field voice testing and tuning forks

Otoscopy & Pneumatic otoscopy

Tympanometry

Speech Audiometry

Mobile phone and Cell phone audiometry

Diagnostic Evaluation of Tympanic membrane

 

Objective Hearing Assessment

Acoustic (stapedius) reflexes

Otoacoustic emissions

Auditory brainstem response (ABR)

 

Audiology for Special Populations

Audiology for Infants

Tuberculosis (TB), HIV and Aminoglycoside related Hearing loss (Ototoxicity)

Occupational audiology (Industrial screening)

 

Audiological Screening

Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening

School age hearing screening

Adult hearing screening

 

Audiological Management

Cochlear Implants in Developing Countries

Ear wax removal technique

Bone Anchored Hearing Implants / Aids (BAHI) (BAHA)

Hearing aid fitting

Bone conduction hearing aids

 

Telehealth in Audiology

Telehealth for diagnosis of hearing loss

Telehealth for audiological management