As many as 50 million Americans have clinically defined hearing loss.
Even slight hearing loss can impair a child's learning ability, speech development, and social relationships.
Untreated hearing loss in adults can affect social relationships and physical health, and contribute to depression, anxiety, and psychological distress, thereby limiting overall quality of life.
Although nothing can stop the interminable progression of hearing loss, the timely and efficacious provision of appropriate amplification technology, combined with comprehensive auditory rehabilitation, can improve not only a hearing impaired individual's ability to communicate, but overall quality of life as well.
THE HEARING HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONER?S HANDBOOK is a valuable resource:
- Hearing healthcare practitioners
- Students of the auditory system, speech-language pathology, and hearing healthcare science
- Physicians
- Pharmacists
- Educators
- Counselors
- Consumers wanting to know more about treating hearing loss with a hearing instrument.
This book focuses on the behavioral aspects of the contemporary practitioner's treatment of hearing loss.
Topics include
- Development of the case history
- Hearing instrument verification/validation
- Patient counseling, education and training
- Professional education
- A look at the future.
Authors' credentials:
With nearly 30 years of practical experience, Paul Popp and Gregg Hackett understand the behavioral and technical challenges that are inherent in treating hearing loss with auditory prosthetics. Paul Popp, Ph.D. holds the BC-HIS and MCAP professional certifications. Gregg Hackett holds the BC-HIS, ACA, and MCAP professional certifications. Their hearing healthcare practice is located in Santa Rosa, California.
