Acoustics for Audiologists

Audiology is a relatively new discipline and acoustics a well-established branch of physics. The two disciplines have broadened their applications in recent years, but while acoustics has remained firmly based in physics, audiology has by its nature become a paramedical discipline. Acoustics for Audiologists brings together these two areas and demonstrates how acoustics is an important foundation of audiology. Many who come to work in audiology have little previous training in acoustics or in the physical sciences. They find these subjects difficult, but when seeking help from books on audiology, they are likely to find only superficial accounts whereas books on acoustics mostly assume a physics-based readership and are too difficult for the general reader. Acoustics for Audiologists fills the gap and can be read at several levels. At the most basic, it provides a full explanation of many of the general principles and special terms in acoustics that are relevant to clinical audiology and audiological science. At a more advanced level, the book answers the acoustical needs of students of audiological science and audiological medicine for whom previous studies have not included the physical sciences.Haughton, Peter is the author of 'Acoustics for Audiologists', published 2002 under ISBN 9780123329226 and ISBN 0123329221.