Volume 8
Book Review
Of Sound Mind. How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World By Nina Kraus, Ph.D. The MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts | London, England. ISBN 9780262045865 (hardcover). This book has 368 pages, including the index. Reviewed by: Amineh Koravand, PhD Dr. Nina Kraus is the Hugh Knowles Professor at Northwestern University, exploring the neural encoding of…
Book Review
Auditory-Verbal Therapy: Science, Research, and Practice | Editors: Warren Estabrooks, Helen McCaffrey Morrison, and Karen MacIver-Lux | Published: 4/29/2020 | ISBN: 978-1-63550-174-2 | https://www.pluralpublishing.com/publications/auditory-verbal-therapy-science-research-and-practice Warren Estabrooks, Helen McCaffrey-Morrison, and Karen MacIver-Lux have brought us a new tome of auditory-verbal knowledge. The book is just under 1,000 pages and includes contributions from over 40 authors across…
Volume 7
Book Review
Reviewed by Robert V. Harrison Professor, Department of OtolaryngologyHead & Neck SurgeryUniversity of Toronto.Senior Scientist,Program in Neuroscience and Mental HealthThe Hospital for Sick Children,Toronto CANADA This is truly an excellent, and comprehensive coverage of all aspects of hearing healthcare with respect to subjects with cochlear implants (CI). The book (as its full title indicates) covers…
A Review of the Pediatric Audiology Casebook: 2nd Edition
In this contribution by editors Jane Madell, Carol Flexer, Jace Wolfe, and Erin Schafer, a series of pediatric cases are described by experienced audiologists, physicians, and researchers on a variety of topics. The format of this book supports the effective pedagogical paradigm of problem-based learning. Each chapter interactively examines a different pediatric case by including…
Volume 6
Book Review
Meyer C, Scarlinci N, and Hickson L. Patient and Family-Centered Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Thieme Medical Publishers Inc.: New York; 2019. This book has 158 pages, including the index. Reviewed by Joanne DeLuzio, PhD, Audiologist, Reg. CASLPO This soft-covered book is an absolute treasure. Right from the first chapter, with the application of the World…
PEDIATRIC AUDIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
Print ISBN: 9781626234017 E-Book ISBN: 9781626234024 You may be wondering why in the world is Rex Banks doing a book review on pediatric audiology? Simple, Marshall asked me to! But beyond that, I spent the first 12 years of my career working with children as a daily part of my audiology practice, including many mornings…
Volume 5
Binaural Interference- A Guide for Audiologists
ISBN: 978-1-63550-076-9 List price: $69.95 URL: http://pluralpublishing.com/publication_biga.htm As the editor in chief of Canadian Audiologist it is my responsibility to select reviewers for new publications. Typically this can be like pulling teeth but for Binaural Interference- A Guide for Audiologists there was a deluge of volunteer reviewers. I first thought of playing King Solomon who…
Volume 4
Vertigo and Disequilibrium: A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Management, 2nd Edition by Peter C. Weber
The second edition of this book by Peter C. Weber aims to “demystify the vestibular system and vestibular disorders”. This book does an excellent job of providing a predominantly general overview to all things vestibular without going into too much technical detail, making it a good resource for many different health professions: medicine, otolaryngology, audiology…
James Jerger: A Life in Audiology
This book is an autobiography by Dr. James Jerger, but this is also a book about the history of audiology. In the larger scheme of things, I guess it didn’t matter that Dr. Jerger, as a young recruit in 1946 went AWOL for several days, but it definitely adds colour to our field. It probably…
Book Review
The identified purpose of this book is to provide students “with essential practice in reading and interpreting audiograms.” There are over 100 cases presented. The introduction to this book is outstanding, clear and concise. Inclusion of a list of numerous audiological abbreviations is greatly appreciated, and really beneficial for students as well as new clinicians….
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