Hearing Loss

Hearing Loss
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2004-12-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0309092965

Millions of Americans experience some degree of hearing loss. The Social Security Administration (SSA) operates programs that provide cash disability benefits to people with permanent impairments like hearing loss, if they can show that their impairments meet stringent SSA criteria and their earnings are below an SSA threshold. The National Research Council convened an expert committee at the request of the SSA to study the issues related to disability determination for people with hearing loss. This volume is the product of that study. Hearing Loss: Determining Eligibility for Social Security Benefits reviews current knowledge about hearing loss and its measurement and treatment, and provides an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the current processes and criteria. It recommends changes to strengthen the disability determination process and ensure its reliability and fairness. The book addresses criteria for selection of pure tone and speech tests, guidelines for test administration, testing of hearing in noise, special issues related to testing children, and the difficulty of predicting work capacity from clinical hearing test results. It should be useful to audiologists, otolaryngologists, disability advocates, and others who are concerned with people who have hearing loss.

Psychoacoustics, Speech And Hearing Aids - Proceedings Of The Summer School And International Symposium

Psychoacoustics, Speech And Hearing Aids - Proceedings Of The Summer School And International Symposium
Author: Birger Kollmeier
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 374
Release: 1996-05-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9814548103

Recent advances in psychoacoustics and speech research have an important impact on our understanding of hearing impairment and the concepts of compensating hearing problems with modern hearing instruments. This proceedings of the summer school and symposium give an introduction into the latest developments in this interdisciplinary area. Tutorials of leading international scientists as well as more focused contributions of active researchers provide an excellent overview and a documentation of the “state of the art”. The book is of interest for everybody involved in hearing research, audiology, and audio signal processing.

Clinical Topics in Hearing Aid Research

Clinical Topics in Hearing Aid Research
Author: Jason A. Galster
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2013
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1300878754

Clinical Topics in Hearing Aid Research provides a topic-driven review of modern research in hearing aids. Readers will find this text easy to understand with clear clinical messages that are easily applied to routine practice.