Pediatric Audiology Casebook

Description:

Leverages real-life cases to foster in-depth understanding of pediatric audiology

Pediatric Audiology Casebook, Second Edition is fully updated with more than 60 new cases presented in four sections, covering all facets of the diagnosis and management of hearing disorders in children. Renowned experts Jane R. Madell, Carol Flexer and rising stars Jace Wolfe and Erin C. Schafer have compiled an impressive compendium of basic to complex diagnostic cases, covering the most salient topics in the field. The book effectively bridges the gap between content knowledge and clinical application, enabling readers to put acquired theory into active practice by engaging in problem-based learning.

Key Features:

All cases include key information for diagnosing and managing pediatric patients: clinical history, audiologic testing, evaluative reader questions, thought-provoking answers, definitive diagnosis, recommended treatment options, and final outcome

Expanded use of cochlear implants including implant performance issues

Overcoming challenges—from family non-compliance and complicated mapping—to professional collaboration and multidisciplinary assessments

Paired with the best-selling textbook Pediatric Audiology: Diagnosis, Technology, and Management, Third Edition, this robust classroom duo is an essential resource for instructors and students alike. Acquire in-depth knowledge from the textbook, apply it to practical case studies, and achieve deeper understanding of the full spectrum of pediatric audiology.

Table of Contents:

1 Managing Mild Hearing Loss

2 Newborn Follow-up

3 Probable Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct and Hearing Loss in a 6-Year-Old Child

4 Being Mindful of “Mild”

5 Minimal/Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss

6 Management of Mild/Moderate Mixed Hearing Loss in a 2-Year-Old

7 Behavioral Hearing Evaluation: 2-Year-Old Girl

8 “Well-Baby” Burt

9 Child with Late-Onset Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss

10 Pfeiffer’s Syndrome

11 Probable Ménière’s Disease in a 10-Year-Old Child

12 Transient Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder or Delayed Auditory Maturation in a Well Baby

13 Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder: Delayed Diagnosis

14 Child with Progressive Hearing Loss

15 School-Aged, Unidentified Minimal/Mild Hearing Loss

16 What Was Missed?

17 A Case of Progressive Vestibular Impairment

18 Auditory Processing Evaluation: 12-Year-Old Male

19 Hearing and Vestibular Loss in a 9-Month-Old Child

20 Magnetic Bone Conduction Hearing Implant System

21 Startle Epilepsy and Tinnitus Masking

22 Hyperbilirubinemia

23 CHARGE Syndrome

24 Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct with Fluctuating Hearing Loss

25 Complex Audiologic Diagnostic Case

26 Auditory Processing Evaluation: 8-Year-Old Female

27 Unilateral Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder/Cochlear Nerve Aplasia

28 Bilateral Microtia/Atresia with Mixed Hearing Loss

29 Middle Ear Trauma: 4-Year-Old Girl

30 Decreased Sound Tolerance (Misophonia)

31 Congenital Profound Hearing Loss, Noonan’s Syndrome, and Cochlear Implantation

32 Cytomegalovirus

33 Congenital Ossicular Chain Anomalies and Hearing Loss

34 Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder

35 A Complex Audiologic Case Demonstrating Professional Collaboration

36 Multidisciplinary Assessment and Management of a Complex Case

37 Sudden-Onset Hearing Loss with Bilateral Enlarged Vestibular Aqueducts

38 Living in the Genome Generation: Biparental GJB2 Pathogenic Variants Detected by Expanded Carrier Screening—Outcome from Newborn Screening and Management of Child Following Audiologic Testing

39 Monitoring Performance for a Child with Hearing Loss

40 Borderline Cochlear Implant Candidate with EVA

41 Determination of Bimodal/Bilateral Cochlear Implant Candidacy

42 Considerations for Hearing Technology Intervention for Precipitously Sloping Hearing Loss in Children

43 Teenager Rejecting Hearing Aids

44 Facilitating Full-Time Hearing Aid Use in Children

45 Progressive Hearing Loss

46 Fitting Frequency-Lowering Technology to Children

47 Removing Reluctance in Remote Microphone Use

48 Poor Performance with a Cochlear Implant: A Case of Overinsertions

49 Personal Roger System Fitting

50 Hypoplastic Cochlear Nerve

51 Complicated Mapping

52 A Case of Pediatric Hyperacusis

53 Cochlear Implantation in a Child with Single-Sided Deafness

54 Unilateral Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder

55 Cochlear Implantation for Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct

56 Does Stimulation Rate Matter?

57 Cochlear Implantation for Children with Single-Sided Deafness

58 Family Not Following Up with Audiological Recommendations

59 Child with Severe Profound Hearing Loss Born to Parents with Deafness

60 Why Is JS Not Making Progress?

61 Progressive Hearing Loss

62 Use of LENA to Explore Classroom Listening Concerns for Student with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder

63 Management of Hearing Loss in a Case of Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome

64 Considerations for Hearing Technology for Minimal to Mild Hearing Loss

Index