In this completely updated sixth edition, Hearing in Children thoroughly examines the current knowledge of pediatric audiology, and provides a medical perspective on the identification, diagnosis, and management of hearing loss in children. This enduring text has been the chief pediatric hearing resource used worldwide by audiologists for nearly 40 years.

Key features to Hearing in Children, Sixth Edition include:
An expanded review of the medical aspects--early intervention, genetics, diseases and disorders, and treatments--of pediatric hearing loss as well as hearing and auditory disorders in infants, toddlers, and young children
Practical descriptions of age-specific testing protocols and hearing screening technologies, and early hearing loss detection and intervention procedures
Comprehensive coverage of amplification for children with hearing loss, including fitting and management issues in hearing aids, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices
Valuable information on the role of family-centered services related to all aspects of childhood deafness
A revised appendix of hearing disorders that includes 90 syndromes and disorders associated with childhood deafness
Nearly 500 new and current references.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Hearing and Hearing Loss in Children
Hearing Loss in Children ? A Hidden Disability
How We Hear
The Nature of Hearing Loss
Demographics of Childhood Hearing Loss
Acoustics of Speech
Team Management of Children with Hearing Impairment
Audiologists with Specialty Training in Pediatric Hearing Loss

Chapter 2: Early Development
Basic Principles of Genetic Inheritance
Inheritance of Genetic Disorders
Abnormalities Related to Gene/Environment Interaction
Prenatal Development
Fetal Development
Development of Ears, Face and Palate
The Nursery Environment
Disorders of the Infant Respiratory System
Disorders of the Cardiovascular System
Disorders of the Central Nervous System
Congenital Infections
Genetic Counseling

Chapter 3: Auditory and Speech-Language Development
Neuroplasticity
Prenatal Hearing
Neonatal Hearing Development
Development of Oral Communication
Questionnaires for Parents
Studies of Speech Development
Optimal Periods
Listening
Auditory Processing in Children

Chapter 4: Medical Aspects
Medical Conditions of the External Ear
Otitis Media
Medical Disorders and Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Childhood Infections Associated with Hearing Loss
Cleft Palate
Down Syndrome
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD)

Chapter 5: Early Intervention
Early Intervention Services
Implementation of Early Intervention
Federal Mandates
Cornerstones of Early Intervention
Optimal Early Intervention Strategies
Family-Centered Services
Breaking the News to Parents
The Audiologist?s Self-Understanding
Intervention Strategies for the Child with Otitis Media
Telepractice and Teleaudiology
Hearing Dogs

Chapter 6: Behavioral Hearing Tests
The Audiologist and the Child
The Case History
Reinforcement Theory
Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA): 6 Months to 2 Years of Age
Conditioned Play Audiometry With Children Ages 2-4 Years
Pediatric Speech Audiometry
Speech Perception Testing
Hearing Testing in the Older Child (5 Years and Older)
Evaluating Hearing of Difficult-to-Test Children
Functional Hearing Loss in Children

Chapter 7: Physiologic Hearing Tests
Managing Toddlers for Physiologic Hearing Tests
Acoustic Immittance Measures
Clinical Applications of the Immittance Battery With Children
Otoacoustic Emissions
Evoked Auditory Responses
Auditory Brainstem Evoked Responses (ABR)
Auditory Middle-Latency Evoked Responses (MLR)
Late Auditory Evoked Potentials (AEPs)
Auditory Steady-State Responses (ASSR)
Electrocochleography
Sedation
Vestibular Evaluation in Children
Summary of Physiologic Auditory Testing

Chapter 8: Hearing Screening
Principles of Screening
Genetic Screening
History of Newborn Hearing Screening
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
Hearing Screening: Birth Through 6 Months
Hearing Screening: Infants and Toddlers (7 Months to 3 Years)
Hearing Screening Preschool Children (3 to 5 Years)
Hearing Screening School-Age Children (5 to 18 Years)
Screening for Middle Ear Disorders
Hearing Screening of the Developmentally Delayed Child
Screening Follow-Up Issues

Chapter 9: Amplification
Pediatric Hearing Aid Fitting
The Hearing Aid
Hearing Aids for Children
The Pediatric Hearing Aid Fitting Process
Probe Microphone Measurements
Prescriptive Fitting Methods
Binaural Hearing Aids
Frequency Response
Hearing Aid Output
The Earmold and Sound Channel
Monitoring Children?s Hearing Aids
Pediatric Cochlear Implants

Chapter 10: Education
The Educational Audiologist
Individuals with Disabilities Educational Act (IDEA)
Educational Goals for the Child With Hearing Loss
Current Status of Education
Challenges in Teaching Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Students
Implementing the Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
Educational Methodologies
Mainstream Education
Classroom Acoustics
Personal FM Systems
Parent Education

Appendix A. Pediatric Hearing Disorders

Appendix B. Guidelines for Identification and Management of Infants and Young Children with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder

References
Author Index
Subject Index