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<i>Contributors.</i> <p><i>Foreword.</i></p> <p><i>Preface.</i></p> <p><b>1 Epidemiology of permanent childhood hearing impairment</b>(A. Davis, K. Davis and G. Mencher).</p> <p><b>2 Screening and surveillance</b> (J. Stevens and G. Parker).</p> <p><b>3 Behavioural tests of hearing</b> (F. Tweedy and R. Booth).</p> <p><b>4 Neuro-diagnostic paediatric audiology</b> (J.W. Hall III and L.M. Bondurant).</p> <p><b>5 Radiological abnormalities of the ear</b> (F. Calzolari and A. Martini).</p> <p><b>6 Genetics of hearing loss</b> (A.P. Read).</p> <p><b>7 Craniofacial syndromes and hearing loss</b> (V.E. Newton).</p> <p><b>8 Infectious causes of paediatric hearing impairment</b> (P.J. Vallely and P.E. Klapper).</p> <p><b>9 Adverse perinatal factors and hearing loss</b> (T. Sirimanna).</p> <p><b>10 Acute otitis media and otitis media with effusion</b> (E. Raglan).</p> <p><b>11 Central auditory processing disorders</b> (J.S. Martin and R.W. Keith).</p> <p><b>12 Auditory neuropathy</b> (D. Bamiou).</p> <p><b>13 Progressive hearing loss</b> (D. Lucas).</p> <p><b>14 Children with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss</b> (D.P. Sladen, A. Rothpletz and F.H. Bess).</p> <p><b>15 Medical management of the deaf child in a multidisciplinary context</b> (B. Mac Ardle and C. Munro).</p> <p><b>16 Selecting amplifi cation for children</b> (D. Toe).</p> <p><b>17 Cochlear implants in children</b> (R.T. Ramsden and P. Axon).</p> <p><b>18 Managing the listening environment: classroom acoustics and assistive listening devices</b> (D. Toe).</p> <p><b>19 Balance disorders in children</b> (K. Harrop-Griffiths).</p> <p><b>20 Vestibular testing in children</b> (C. Möller).</p> <p><b>21 Management of tinnitus in children</b> (C.B. Coelho and R.S. Tyler).</p> <p><b>22 Development of early vocalisation and language behaviours of young hearing-impaired children</b> (E.A. Tobey and A.D. Warner-Czyz).</p> <p><b>23 Deaf children and communication approaches</b> (L. Watson).</p> <p><b>24 Delay and disorder in speech and language</b> (G. Baird and T. Loucas).</p> <p><b>25 Psychological effects of deafness and hearing impairment</b> (R. Kentish and J. Mance).</p> <p><b>26 The education of deaf and hearing-impaired children</b> (I. Tucker).</p> <p><i>Index.</i></p>

<p><strong>Professor Valerie E Newton</strong>, Professor Emeritus in Audiological Medicine, UK. (Formerly of: Human Communication and Deafness, School of Education and Virology, LMAG, School of Medicine, The University of Manchester, UK).

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