Overview

Like other books in the Core Clinical Concepts in Audiology Series, Speech Audiometry is designed to be particularly helpful and appealing to students and clinicians. It provides a single, easy to manage volume that provides broad coverage of speech audiometry and masking in clinical protocols. In addition to providing appropriate background information, the coverage presents a broad spectrum of assessment tools ranging from traditional to modern. Procedures in this book will assist clinicians in determining differential diagnosis, assessing auditory processing ability, identifying pseudohypacusis, determining cochlear implant candidacy, predicting hearing aid benefit, and counseling.

Audience

Primary Subject: Audiology / Measurement
Audience Level: Professional/Textbook - 90 Days

• Introduction
• Brief Overview of Speech Acoustics
• Preparation for Testing
• Traditional Measurements in Speech Audiometry
• Masking in Speech Audiometry
• Assessment for Differential Diagnosis
• Assessment of Auditory Processing Disorders
• Assessment of Pseudohypacusis
• Assessment in Hearing Aid Fitting
• Assessment to Determine Cochlear Implant Candidacy
• Summary and Conclusions

About The Authors

Gary Lawson, PhD

Dr. Lawson is coordinator of the Au.D. program in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at Western Michigan University.

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Mary Peterson, AuD

Dr. Peterson is an audiologist with 23 years of clinical experience in a variety of clinical settings. She received her master’s degree in 1986 and her doctor of audiology degree in 2007.

She joined the clinical faculty at Western Michigan University in 2005, where she teaches courses in geriatric and rehabilitative audiology and in cochlear implants in the Doctor of Audiology program.

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