Hearing and Deafness: A Guide for LaymenHallowell Davis |
Contents
A MEETING OF VARIED SPECIALISTS | 3 |
PHYSICS AND PSYCHOLOGY OF HEARING | 23 |
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE EAR | 50 |
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ability acoustic adults air-conduction American Hearing Society amplifier aptitude articulation audiogram audiometer auditory discrimination auditory training Aural Rehabilitation average basilar membrane battery bone conduction canal carbon cause Chapter cochlea conduction deafness cycles per second deaf child deaf children deafened decibels difficult drum earmold earpiece electric EQUAL-LOUDNESS CONTOUR Eustachian tube experience fenestration Figure frequencies handicap hard of hearing hearing aid hearing loss high-tone impairment important individual infection inner ear instrument intelligence intensity language lip reading listener lists loss of hearing mastoid ment method microphone middle ear nerve deafness noise normal hearing operation organ ossicles otitis media Otolaryngology otosclerosis output parents patient patterns peak clipping person physical plug possible practical problems psychogenic psychological receiver sensitive sensory cells social sound waves speech reading stapes teacher threshold tion understand usually vacuum-tube vibration vocational guidance voice voltage vowels words