History of Audiology

ABOUT THE BOOK
This book aims to give students and young audiologists a sense of the history of the profession. Beginning with the first commercial audiometers, the book traces the development of both the overall profession, and the principle sub specializations that have developed within it over the past half century. Emphasis is placed on the contributions of the many individual clinicians and researchers who have pioneered various aspects of the audiological knowledge base and its wide clinical applications.

Topics include the early pioneers, the military programs during and after World War II, and the four major paths in which the profession has developed: the diagnostic path, the rehabilitative path, the screening path and the auditory processing disorder path.

Other topics include, tinnitus, creation of the Academy, and the development of audiological education.

CONTENTS

• Foreword….Charles Berlin
• Preface……James Jerger
• Section One: The Early Years
• Chapter I: The Pioneers
• The saga of average normal hearing
• The audiogram recording form
• The first audiologist
• Chapter II: Origins of the Words “Audiology” and “Audiologist”
• Chapter III: The Military Programs During and after World War II
• Chapter IV: The VA Program
• Section Two: Six Divergent Paths
• Chapter V: Audiological Diagnosis
• The alternate binaural loudness balance (ABLB) test
• Intensity difference limen tests
• Bekesy audiometry
• Sensitized diagnostic tests
• Pseudohypacusis
• Dichotic tests
• Impedance (Immittance) audiometry
• Auditory evoked potentials
• Otoacoustic emissions
• Chapter VI: Rehabilitation
• Hearing aids
• The saga of Barry Elpern
• Assistive devices
• Cochlear implants
• Digital signal processing and microphone technology
• Auditory deprivation and acclimatization
• Auditory training
• Clear speech
• Accountability
• Chapter VII: Pediatric Audiology
• Screening in newborn babies and infants
• Assessing young children
• Chapter VIII: Auditory Processing Disorder
• Divergence begins
• The audiological approach
• The psycho-educational approach
• The language processing approach
• Chapter IX: Tinnitus Evaluation and Therapy
• Chapter X: Hearing Conservation
• Section Three: Professional Growth
• Chapter XI: The Medical Connection
• Chapter XII: Audiological Education
• The AuD degree
• Practice management
• Chapter XIII: Professional Organizations
• The American Speech, Language, Hearing Association (ASHA)
• The Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology
• The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA)
• The American Auditory Society (AAS)
• The American Academy of Audiology (AAA)
• Chapter XIV: Research Support for Audiology
• Chapter XV: Looking Back
• Sources and Suggested Readings


ABOUT THE AUTHOR


AUDIENCE
Primary: Audiology

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