2015 LWW Medical and Health Professions Education Catalogue

SPEECH, LANGUAGE & HEARING

Hearing Science Diana C. Emanuel, PhD December 2007 / Softbound / 8.375 x 10.875 Approx. 335 pp. / Approx. 208 Illus. / Approx. 23 Tables 978-0-7817-8047-6

DESCRIPTION This textbook provides a comprehensive presentation of all aspects of hearing science, including acoustics, psychoacoustics, anatomy and physiology, and related topics such as introduction to digital signal processing and instrumentation in hearing science. It is designed to supplement in-class instruction with both remedial and advanced material for students with different academic backgrounds, and is ideally suited for speech pathology and audiology students at the undergraduate and introductory graduate levels. FEATURES f f Objectives provide students with a quick overview of content to be covered. f f Key Terms are bolded within the text to help students focus on and retain crucial topics. f f Example Problems show students how to work through problems related to each major concept. f f Practice Problems Problems provoke thought and test student's comprehension of each chapter's major concepts. f f A Summary and a list of Key Points provide a brief recap of important information discussed in each chapter. f f Links, called out in the text with an icon, are included online to provide help in understanding basic concepts, to provide more information on a topic, or to help students work through the text's practice problems step by step.

Part II: ACOUSTICS

Part III: HEARING Part IV: AUDIO SYSTEMS 11:Bone Conduction 12:Psychoacoustics 13:Electricity and Electric Circuits 14:Audio Signals and Devices 15:Digital Signal Processing 9:Inner Ear and Vestibulocochlear Nerve 10:Central Auditory Nervous System For Student: f f Quiz bank f f Labeling exercises for images in the book f f Web links f f Audio clips For Instructor: f f Video demonstrations f f PowerPoint slides f f Test generator f f Image bank f f Homework assignments with answers ANCILLARIES 3:Oscillations and Vibrations 4:Complex Vibrations and Waveform Analysis 5:The Nature of Sound Waves 6:Sound Propagation 7:The Decibel 8:Outer Ear and Middle Ear

HEALTH PROFESSIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I: FOUNDATION SKILLS

1:Mathematics 2:Physics

Wolters Kluwer

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