Audiology: Diagnosis

Reviews the scope of practice in audiology as it relates to diagnostic procedures, then presents basic and advanced information on principles in diagnostic audiology, covering anatomy and physiology, disorders, radiology, instrumentation, imaging, pharmacology, and acoustics. Describes audiological procedures, and looks at new insights in genetics. Boxes on pearls, pitfalls, and controversies emphasize key points. This is one of a set of three texts in audiology. The others are Treatment and Practice Management . Roeser is professor and director of the Callier Center for Communication Disorders, School of Human Development, University of Texas-Dallas. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)