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Book SynopsisMuch research has been conducted to provide researchers and hearing healthcare professionals with updated information in regard to hearing assessments, results interpretation and case management. This ongoing research is particularly imperative to guide clinicians with optimized methods in assessing and managing pediatric patients with hearing impairment and disability. As such, tremendous research efforts have been made in determining the most optimum methods in assessing hearing using both subjective and objective tests. Since hearing loss can occur due to disrupted peripheral and/or central auditory pathway, there is also a growing interest to study children with auditory processing disorder (APD). Even though notable achievements have been observed in understanding APD, more research is required, particularly in establishing a gold standard APD test and its specific interventions. Aditionally, having an objective test such as speech-evoked auditory brainstem response is beneficial to understand how speech sounds are encoded within the brainstem region in hearing-impaired children, as well as in those with compromised neural function. In this book, we have gathered research from Malaysia and India in this field and hope it will be of interest to our readers.
Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Advancements in Pediatric Hearing Assessments; A Review on Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) Programs in Asian Developing Countries; Expanding Access to Services for Hearing-Disabled School Children: The Application of Telemedicine in the Field of Audiology; Development and Validation of Multidimensional Pictorial Questionnaire for Adult with Hearing Impairment; Acoustic Reflex Testing in Clinical Audiology: What Is the Next Direction?; Analysis of Communication Strategies Used by Hearing Impaired Individuals; Hearing Aid Acclimatization in Adults with Hearing Impairment; Development of Malay Word Materials for Auditory-Cognitive Training for Older Adults; Usability and Acceptance of a Computer-Based Auditory Training among Older Adults in Malaysia; Development of Malay Sentence Materials in Speech-In-Noise Training for Adults; Unveiling Difficulties in Performing Prayer Movements among Adults with Disabling Vestibular Disorders; Management of Subjective Tinnitus by Clinical Professionals in Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study; About the editors; About the Center for Children with Chronic Diseases and Down Syndrome Center Jerusalem, Israel, Department of Pediatrics, Mt Scopus Campus, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; About the Audiology and Speech Pathology Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia; About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel; Index.
