Summary:
This totally revised edition is a thoroughly referenced and an
exhaustive description of the current state of knowledge on
hearing and auditory disorders in infants, toddlers and young
children. Presented with emphasis on medical aspects of
pediatric hearing loss, it covers identification, evaluation and
management of children with hearing impairments and deafness.
Features updates and discussions of new hearing tests and
screening technologies, guidelines and position statements,
discussions on the role of the family in childhood deafness and
schools of thought in the management of children with hearing
loss, and hearing aid fitting and management issues. A new
chapter addresses otitis media. Features an alphabetized
appendix of ninety syndromes and common disorders associated
with childhood deafness presented in encyclopedia-like format.