Preface; Chapter 1. Self-Assessment: Relevant Theoretical Issues; Chapter 2. The Concepts of Disability and Normality; Chapter 3. Self-Assessment-Based Measures of Hearing; Chapter 4. The Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale; Chapter 5. Amplification; Chapter 6. Implantation; Chapter 7. Tinnitus; Chapter 8. Other Functions and Factors; References; Index.
Summary
Self-Assessment of Hearing, Second Edition is about self-assessment of hearing loss and related dysfunctions in the various circumstances of clinical and research activity addressed to this aspect of human functioning. The author aims to display the place of self-assessment in the patchwork of audiological appraisal, argue certain positions with respect to the status and significance of self-assessment in research and clinical investigation, and challenge received positions on conceptual and nomenclatural matters.
