Compression for Clinicians (Paperback)

by Theodore H. Venema (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
This type of book could easily find a niche with Audiologists or hearing-aid dispensers...with some refocusing, it could easily become a classroom text or clinical reference guide to hearing aid fittings. - Jeffrey DiGiovanni, PhD, Ohio University

Venema’s text covers compression in more depth than Dillon’s text, and Venema covers the topic in a format that is easy to understand. Venema presents a difficult topic in a user-friendly format. - Rebecca Henning, PhD, University of Wisconsin

I think this would be a great required book for hearing aid dispensers to read prior to being licensed. I don’t have any text that covers compression this thoroughly. I think this is a very good book that thoroughly covers an aspect of hearing aids that is often not clear to many audiologists and dispensers. It is written in a language that is easy to read and understand. - Sarah Hickey, McIntire Ear, Nose & Throat Clinic

It’s very user friendly, but I think case reviews would make it a better teaching tool. The strength is the simple writing, which clearly makes the points. It’s brevity is good, as it’s not overwhelming. The vision for the revision is good, but I think if it includes a few more technology topics it will be even more valuable. - Teri A. Hamill, Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University

Product Description
Compression for Clinicians explains signal compression concepts and how to apply them to selecting and fitting hearing aids. The book covers anatomic and physiologic description of the cochlea, an overview of hearing aid fitting methods, loudness growth functions, the many ways compression is incorporated in hearing aids, the major classes of hearing aids and how compression is a factor in various hearing aid selection methods. Clinically relevant and extremely thorough, it is a complete guide to fitting compression hearing aids.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 2 edition (March 13, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1418009598
• ISBN-13: 978-1418009595
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #214,927 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Compression for clinicians, January 7, 2009

By	Jane Doe - See all my reviews

Basic information on compression would like more information of direction microphones and other options for hearing aids.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo con qualche ingenuità, January 27, 2000

By	Lucato Franco (Torino Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Compression for Clinicians (Singular Audiology Text.) (Paperback)

Un ottimo manuale che tutte le persone che lavorano nel settore audioprotesico dovrebbero leggere. Semplice, chiaro, per tutti. Peccato per la troppa fiducia nel protesizzare (negli esempi) ipoacusie a normoudenza nei gravi con protesi pretimpaniche cic.