Now in its fourth edition, Occupational Hearing Loss delivers a complete overview of the hazards of occupational noise exposure, causes of hearing loss, testing of hearing, criteria to distinguish occupational hearing loss, and more. The book emphasizes medical and societal factors in its coverage of topics such as audiometry and who should do it, evoked response testing, and conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, as well as mixed, central, and functional hearing loss.
Brought together by experienced practitioners and written by experts with depth and experience in the field, this book is written clearly in language accessible to non-medical personnel. No other book available has the breadth, practical detail, or comprehensive scope. A unique compendium of information about specific problems of occupational hearing loss and hearing conservation, the book is both a balanced reference and an easy-to-use guide to protecting the hearing of industrial workers.
This title is an ideal read for any student or professional occupational physician, audiologist, health and safety engineer, industrial hygienist, and otolaryngologist.
Preface to the Fourth Edition Authors Contributors 1. Occupational Hearing Loss: An Overview 2. The Physics of Sound 3. The Nature of Hearing Loss 4. The Otologic History and Physical Examination 5. Classification and Measurement of Hearing Loss 6. The Audiogram 7. Special Hearing Tests 8. Auditory-Evoked Phenomena: Theory and Clinical Applications 9. Conductive Hearing Loss 10. Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Diagnostic Criteria 11. Noise Damage and Hidden Hearing Loss: Cochlear Synaptopathy in Animals and Humans 12. Regenerative Therapy for Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Current Research Implications for Future Treatment 13. Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss 14. Mixed, Central, and Functional Hearing Loss 15. Systemic Causes of Hearing Loss 16. A Brief History of Occupational Hearing Loss: A Personal Perspective 17. Diagnosing Occupational Hearing Loss 18. Hearing Loss: Handicap and Rehabilitation 19. Hearing Protection Devices 20. Tinnitus 21. Dizziness 22. Facial Paralysis 23. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Temporal Bone 24. Sarcomas of the Temporal Bone 25. Hearing in Dogs 26. Implications of Nutraceutical Modulation of Glutathione with Cystine and Cysteine in General Health and Otology 27. Tables Summarizing Differential Diagnosis 28. Noise Measurement 29. Noise Control 30. Noise Criteria Regarding Risk and Prevention of Hearing Injury in Industry 31. Hearing Loss and Other Otolaryngologic Complications of Scuba Diving 32. Hearing Conservation Underwater 33. Hearing Loss in Musicians 34. Hearing Conservation in Industry 35. Establishing a Hearing Conservation Program 36. Occupational Hearing Loss: Legislation and Compensation 37. OSHA Noise Regulation 38. Formulae Differences in State and Federal Hearing Loss Compensation 39. Occupational Hearing Loss in the Railroad Industry 40. The United States: The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act 41. Occupational Hearing Loss in Canada 42. Occupational Hearing Loss in the United Kingdom 43. Evaluating Occupational Hearing Loss: The Value of the AMA’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment 44. Recorded Simulation of Hearing Loss 45. A Plaintiffs’ Attorney’s Perspective on Occupational Hearing Loss 46. Workers’ Compensation: Presenting Medical Evidence in Hearing Loss Cases Appendix I: Anatomy of the Ear Appendix II: Otopathology Appendix III: Otosclerosis, Paget’s Disease, and Osteogenesis Imperfecta Involving the Ear Appendix IV: Neurofibromatosis Appendix V: Hearing Conservation Procedures Appendix VI: Hearing Conservation Program Procedures and Reports Index
Robert Thayer Sataloff is a professor and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine. He is a member of the editorial panel for the American Medical Association’s “Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment”.He is also adjunct professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University, adjunct professor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and is on the faculty of the Academy of Vocal Arts. Dr. Sataloff is chairman of the Boards of Directors of the Voice Foundation and of the American Institute for Voice and Ear Research. Pamela Roehm is Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine, USA. She is also Program Director for St Luke's University Otolaryngology Program.
