4th Edition

Occupational Hearing Loss, Fourth Edition

910 Pages 44 Color & 269 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

910 Pages 44 Color & 269 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

910 Pages 44 Color & 269 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

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... Read more

Preface to the Fourth Edition                                                         

Authors                                                                                           

Contributors                                                                                   

  1. Occupational Hearing Loss: An Overview                              

Robert T. Sataloff and Pamela C. Roehm

  2. The Physics of Sound                                                               

Robert T. Sataloff and Pamela C. Roehm

  3. The Nature of Hearing Loss                                                     

Robert T. Sataloff and Pamela C. Roehm

  4. The Otologic History and Physical Examination                     

Robert T. Sataloff and Pamela C. Roehm

  5. Classification and Measurement of Hearing Loss                    

Robert T. Sataloff and Pamela C. Roehm

  6. The Audiogram                                                                         

Robert T. Sataloff, Danielle Walter and Pamela C. Roehm

  7. Special Hearing Tests                                                               

Robert T. Sataloff, Kerrin E. Richard and Pamela C. Roehm

  8. Auditory-Evoked Phenomena: Theory and Clinical Applications                                                                                    

Mark T. Agrama, Robert T. Sataloff and Thomas O. Willcox

  9. Conductive Hearing Loss                                                         

Robert T. Sataloff and Pamela C. Roehm

10. Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Diagnostic Criteria                     

Robert T. Sataloff, Skylar Drexel and Pamela C. Roehm

11. Noise Damage and Hidden Hearing Loss: Cochlear Synaptopathy in Animals and Humans                                    

M. Charles Liberman

12. Regenerative Therapy for Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Current Research Implications for Future Treatment

Cynthia L. Chow and Samuel P. Gubbels

13. Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss                                         

Robert T. Sataloff, Kevin Li, and Pamela C. Roehm

14. Mixed, Central, and Functional Hearing Loss                         

Robert T. Sataloff and Pamela C. Roehm

15. Systemic Causes of Hearing Loss                                            

Alexander J. Barna, Robert T. Sataloff and Pamela C. Roehm

16. A Brief History of Occupational Hearing Loss: A Personal Perspective                                                                                      

Joseph Sataloff (deceased)

17. Diagnosing Occupational Hearing Loss                                   

Robert T. Sataloff and Katherine Mullen

18. Hearing Loss: Handicap and Rehabilitation                             

Robert T. Sataloff

19. Hearing Protection Devices                                                      

Daniel Eichorn, Brian McGovern and Robert T. Sataloff

20. Tinnitus                                                                                     

Robert T. Sataloff and Camryn Marshall

21. Dizziness                                                                                   

Robert T. Sataloff, Hye Rhee Chi and Pamela C. Roehm

22. Facial Paralysis                                                                         

Robert T. Sataloff, Arianne Abreu and Mary Hawkshaw

23. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Temporal Bone                         

Leona J. Tu and Robert T. Sataloff

24. Sarcomas of the Temporal Bone                                              

Brian A. Neff and Robert T. Sataloff

25. Hearing in Dogs                                                                        

D. Caroline Coile

26. Implications of Nutraceutical Modulation of Glutathione with Cystine and  Cysteine in General Health and Otology  

Katherine Mullen, Thomas Kwyer and Robert T. Sataloff

27. Tables Summarizing Differential Diagnosis                            

Robert T. Sataloff

28. Noise Measurement

Paul L. Michael (deceased) and Kevin L. Michael

29. Noise Control

Paul L. Michael (deceased) and Kevin L. Michael

30. Noise Criteria Regarding Risk and Prevention of Hearing Injury in Industry                                                                            

Terrence A. Dear (deceased)

31. Hearing Loss and Other Otolaryngologic Complications of Scuba Diving                                                                                  

Michael C. Neuenschwander, Flora Yan and Robert T. Sataloff

32. Hearing Conservation Underwater                                           

Harry Hollien (deceased) and Heather Yeakel

33. Hearing Loss in Musicians                                                       

Robert T. Sataloff, Craig Cooper and Valerie L. Trollinger

34. Hearing Conservation in Industry                                            

Robert T. Sataloff

35. Establishing a Hearing Conservation Program                        

Robert T. Sataloff

36. Occupational Hearing Loss: Legislation and Compensation   

Robert T. Sataloff

37. OSHA Noise Regulation                                                          

Robert T. Sataloff

38. Formulae Differences in State and Federal Hearing Loss Compensation                                                                                 

Irvin Stander (deceased), Jerry M. Lehocky, Richard Marsh, Dillon Weis

and Robert T. Sataloff

39. Occupational Hearing Loss in the Railroad Industry               

David J. Hickton and Keith R. Conti

40. The United States: The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act                                                                          

Lawrence P. Postol

41. Occupational Hearing Loss in Canada                                     

Kaitlin Harvey, Robert McLeod, Tiarnan Magos and John T. Rutka

42. Occupational Hearing Loss in the United Kingdom                

Eleftheria Iliadou, Finola M. Ryan, Raj Nandi and John S. Rubin

43. Evaluating Occupational Hearing Loss: The Value of the AMA’s Guides

to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment

Robert T. Sataloff

44. Recorded Simulation of Hearing Loss                                     

Robert T. Sataloff

45. A Plaintiffs’ Attorney’s Perspective on Occupational Hearing Loss                                                                                                 

Gregory J. Hannon

46. Workers’ Compensation: Presenting Medical Evidence in Hearing Loss Cases                                                                        

Irvin Stander (deceased)

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

Biography

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.