Occupational Hearing Loss, Second Edition
Marcel Dekker Inc (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 1. April 1993
Book
Hardback
856 pages
978-0-8247-8814-8 (ISBN)
Description
This second edition of the standard reference in the field has been entirely rewritten and updated to reflect the latest methods for the diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss, and the most recent practices in initiating a hearing conservation programme.;Maintaining and enhancing the comprehensive presentation of the first edition, Occupational Hearing Loss: explicates specific problems of occupational hearing loss and hearing conservation, and the principles of measuring hearing loss; shows how to establish damage risk criteria; summarizes the problems of hearing conservation in the diving industry; offers an expanded list of questions to be used when taking the histories of patients with otological complaints; explaines the audiogram and its interpretation, including information about masking, and updates computerized audiometry; supplies new information about brain stem evoked-response audiometry, acoustic emission testing and other special hearing tests; delineates the causes of conductive hearing loss and their management; and discusses legislative and compensatory aspects of hearing loss, and gives in-depth information about calculating hearing impairment.;With over 1000 literature citations, tables and figures, Occupational Hearing Loss should be of use to to occupational physicians, audiologists, health and safety engineers, industrial hygienists, otolaryngologists, residents, trial attorneys, judges, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.
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Series
Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1542 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8247-8814-8 (9780824788148)
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Occupational Hearing Loss
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04/2006
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Content
Occupational hearing loss - an overview; the physics of sound; the nature of hearing loss; the otologic history and physical examination; classification and measurement of hearing loss; the audiogram; special hearing tests; conductive hearing loss; sensorineural hearing loss - diagnostic criteria; mixed, central and functional hearing loss; systemic causes of hearing loss; hearing loss - handicap and rehabilitation, Robert T. Sataloff et al; hearing protectors, Joseph Sataloff et al; tinnitus, Robert T. Sataloff et al; dizziness; facial paralysis, Robert T. Sataloff et al; tables summarizing differential diagnosis; noise measurement, Paul L. Michael and Kevin L. Michael; noise control, Paul L. Michael and Kevin L. Michael; noise criteria regarding risk and prevention of hearing injury in industry, Terrence A. Dear; hearing conservation underwater, Harry Hollien; hearing loss in musicians; hearing conservation in industry; establishing a hearing conservation programme; occupational hearing loss - legislation and compensation; OSHA noise regulation; formulae differences in state and federal hearing loss compensation, Irvin Stander; occupational hearing loss in the railroad industry, David J. Hickton; the United States - the Longshore and Harbour Workers' Compensation Act, Lawrence P. Postol; occupational hearing loss in Canada, Peter W. Alberti; occupational hearing loss in the United Kingdom, Ann F. Dingle and Liam M. Flood; tape simulation of hearing loss; a plaintiffs' attorney's perspective on occupational hearing loss, Gregory John Hannon; workers' compensation - presenting medical evidence in hearing loss cases, Irvin Stander.