Choices in deafness : a parents' guide to communication options / edited by Sue Schwartz.

Extensively revised and expanded to provide the complete scope of information parents of children with deafness or hearing loss need. From assessment and diagnosis to medical/audiological treatments, and from the latest types of cochlear implants and procedures to education and technology devices, t...

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Other Authors: Schwartz, Sue
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bethesda, MD : Woodbine House, 2007.
Edition:3rd edition
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword / James Battey
  • Introduction : Understanding childhood deafness / Sue Schwartz
  • pt. 1. Medical issues
  • ch. 1. A medical approach to hearing loss / Stephen Epstein
  • ch. 2. The audiological assessment / Kathryn S. James
  • ch. 3. Universal newborn screening / Gilbert Herer
  • ch. 4. Auditory neuropathy/Dys-synchrony (AN/AD) / Charles Berlin, Bronya Keats, Linda Hood, Paula Gregory, Gary Rance
  • ch. 5. Genetic causes of deafness / Kathleen Arnos and Arti Pandya
  • pt. 2. Technology
  • ch. 6. Amplification options / Kathryn S. James
  • ch. 7. The cochlear implant / John Niparko, Andrea Marlowe, Deborah Bervinchek, Kristin Ceh
  • ch. 8. Communication technology / Pat Relihan
  • pt. 3. Communication options
  • ch. 9. The auditory-oral approach : a professional perspective / Jean Moog
  • ch. 10. The auditory-verbal approach : a professional perspective / Warren Estabrooks
  • ch. 11. The ASL and English bilingual approach : a professional perspective / Beth Benedict, Marilyn Sass Lehrer
  • ch. 12. Cued speech : a professional perspective / Jane Smith
  • ch. 13. Total communication : a professional perspective / Susan Russell.
  • pt. 4. Life stages
  • ch 14. Finding blessings in our child's deafness : the transformation of dreams / Anne Geiger Oliphant
  • ch. 15. How to identify a program of excellence / Sheila Doctors
  • ch. 16. Making it in college
  • Meeting the challenges of college / Anna Bitencourt
  • Surviving college / Cara Miller
  • Spreading my wings / David Bird
  • R.I.T. and my first job / Luke Faxon-St. Georges
  • ch. 17. Perspectives from adults who are deaf
  • A cultural identity / Jack Gannon
  • The odyssey of a deaf adult / Irene Leigh
  • Resources
  • Contributors
  • About the editor
  • Listener's guide to the hearing loss simulation CD
  • Index.