1st Edition
A Textbook of Audiological Medicine Clinical Aspects of Hearing and Balance
Audiological medicine is a relatively new specialty spanning the investigation, diagnosis and medical management of hearing and balance disorders. Recent years have seen its growth as a separate medical discipline, although its practice depends not only upon a clear understanding of the basic sciences relevant to auditory and vestibular function, but also upon experience and knowledge in a wide range of clinical disciplines relevant to hearing and balance disorders, including genetics, immunology, pediatrics, geriatrics, neurology, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, psychiatry and general internal medicine. A Textbook of Audiological Medicine integrates the science and medicine of auditory and vestibular disorders, providing the first comprehensive textbook on the subject. There are five main sections; the first deals with both the auditory and vestibular systems, and then each system is considered in terms of the relevant basic sciences and clinical disorders.
Biography
Linda M Luxon is Professor of Audiological Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital
London, UK; Joseph M Furman is at the Department of Otolaryngology, The Eye and Ear Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA; Alessandro Martini is at the Istituto di Clinica ORL, Università di Ferrara, Italy; and S Dafydd G Stephens is at the Welsh Hearing Institute, Cardiff, Wales
'An excellent basic reference on the scope of the fields of hearing and balance. There are few comparable books, and this one certainly covers the entire subject very well.' - Doody's Review of Books
'The book will form a priceless asset to any sizeable audiology department.' - Journal of Laryngology and Otology