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Assistive Technology for the Hearing-impaired, Deaf and Deafblind

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Marion A. Hersh

    1. Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

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  2. Michael A. Johnson

    1. Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathcylde, Glasgow, UK

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  • The student reader will learn how to use electrical engineering expertise to solve cross-disciplinary problems in a growing field
  • Will teach them to be aware of both the physiological and engineering sides of the problem at once
  • The practitioner reader will learn how to apply state-of-the-art electrical engineering in the real world of hearing impairment
  • The provision of large numbers of suggestions for further investigation and research will help the reader in project design and give him more in-depth insight into the likely pitfalls and opportunities of making generic solutions fit individual cases
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Anatomy and Physiology of Hearing, Hearing Impairment and Treatment

    Pages 1-39

  3. Audiology: The Measurement of Hearing

    Pages 41-70

  4. Hearing-aid Principles and Technology

    Pages 71-115

  5. Induction-loop Systems

    Pages 117-152

  6. Infrared Communication Systems

    Pages 153-176

  7. Telephone Technology

    Pages 177-213

  8. Alarm and Alerting Systems for Hearing-impaired and Deaf People

    Pages 215-255

  9. Dual Sensory Impairment: Devices for Deafblind People

    Pages 257-296

  10. The Final Product: Issues in the Design and Distribution of Assistive Technology Devices

    Pages 297-305

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 307-319
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Affirmative legislative action in many countries now requires that public spaces and services be made accessible to disabled people. Although this is often interpreted as access for people with mobility impairments, such legislation also covers those who are hearing or vision impaired. In these cases, it is often the provision of advanced technological devices and aids which enables people with sensory impairments to enjoy the theatre, cinema or a public meeting to the full. Assistive Technology for the Hearin-impaired, Deaf and Deafblind shows the student of rehabilitation technology how this growing technical provision can be used to support those with varying reductions in auditory ability and the deafblind in modern society. Features: instruction in the physiology of the ear together with methods of measurement of hearing levels and loss; the principles of electrical engineering used in assistive technology for the hearing impaired; description and demonstration of electrical engineering used in hearing aids and other communications enhancement technologies; explanation of many devices designed for every-day living in terms of generic electrical engineering; sections of practical projects and investigations which will give the reader ideas for student work and for self teaching. The contributors are internationally recognised experts from the fields of audiology, electrical engineering, signal processing, telephony and assistive technology. Their combined expertise makes Assistive Technology for the Hearing-impaired, Deaf and Deafblind an excellent text for advanced students in assistive and rehabilitation technology and to professional engineers and medics working in assistive technology who wish to maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current engineering advances.

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"Once in a while a book is published which you think should have been written years before. Assistive Technology for the Hearing-impaired, Deaf and Deafblind is such a book. … Each chapter concludes with a series of specific questions concerning the topics addressed, contains elaborate lists of references … . references to relevant web-sites are given, which are very valuable. … authors have succeeded in writing a book which is likely to become the standard textbook for students in the field of AT … ." (Dr. Ben A.G. Elsendoorn, Technology and Disability, Vol. 16 (2), 2004)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

    Marion A. Hersh

  • Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathcylde, Glasgow, UK

    Michael A. Johnson

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