Everyday Audiology ― A Practical Guide for Health Care Professionals

Koike (otolaryngology, West Virginia U.) presents a guide to audiology for otolaryngologists, residents, family medicine physicians, pediatricians, medical students, audiologists, audiology students, speech-language pathologists, and others who work with patients with hearing impairment or balance disorders. He draws on case reports from clinical audiologists at West Virginia U. to discuss the evaluation of hearing and balance disorders, the rehabilitation of hearing disorders, and otologic/audiologic differential diagnosis (a section new to this edition). Current Procedural Terminology codes are listed when available, and International Classification of Diseases 9th Revision Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnostic codes are included in the section on differential diagnosis. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)