Hearing loss
Subtitle: determining eligibility for Social Security benefits
By: Committee on Disability Determination for Individuals with Hearing Impairments, Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; Robert A. Dobie and Susan Van Hemel, editors.
Contributors: Dobie, Robert A.; Van Hemel, Susan B.; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Disability Determination for Individuals with Hearing Impairments.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Deafness -- Diagnosis -- United States; Disability evaluation -- United States; Insurance, Disability -- United States; Social security -- United States; Hearing Loss -- diagnosis -- United States; Disability Evaluation -- United States; Eligibility Determination -- United States; Hearing Tests -- United States; Social Security -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: Basics of sound, the ear, and hearing; title: Assessment of the auditory system and its functions; title: Testing adult hearing : conclusions and recommendations; title: Sensory aids, devices, and prostheses; title: Impact of hearing loss on daily life and the workplace; title: Hearing loss in children.