The Masking Handbook (For Audiometry)

The Masking Handbook (For Audiometry) is available in paperback and e-book formats!  Click on the appropriate vendor link to purchase the textbook. Paperback from Amazon. For Kindle from Amazon. Purchase for Kindle from Smashwords [download mobi file]. E-book from Apple iBooks. E-book from Barnes & Noble. E-book from Kobo. UK: Amazon. Kobo. CANADA: Amazon. Kobo.… Continue reading

The Hearing Review Podcast CLICK HERE.   The Hearing Review Book Review CLICK HERE.     The Masking Handbook (For Audiometry) Table of Contents: TMH Table of Contents Multi-Media Table of Contents: TMH Multi Media Table of Contents Click on the link below to visit the Handbook’s YouTube Channel chapter playlists: YouTube Channel playlists. List… Continue reading

Bone conduction vibrotactile response review: GRAPHIC 3A BC VIBROTACTILE DATA Continue reading

4A:  Crossover, Cross-Hearing and the Need for Masking: 4B:  When We Don’t Care Which Ear Hearing B/C Signals: Continue reading

Interaural attenuation full data sheet: 5A Audiometric Interaural Attenuation FULL DATA Interaural attenuation means and minimum value comparison: 5B Interaural Attenuation MeanMin Compare Bone conduction IA: 5C Interaural Attenuation Table BONE Review of textbook recommendations for IA: 5D Textbook Recs for IA Recommended clinical values for IA: 5E CLINIC TDH ER3 BONE minIA Continue reading

5A:  Profound Hearing Loss and IA: 5B:  Interaural Attenuation Spreadsheet Discussion: 5C:  Bone-Conduction Interaural Attenuation: Continue reading

6A:  IA, Crossover, and Cross-Hearing   6B:  Masking Decision Scenarios: 6C:  Asymmetrical Hearing and Masking Requirements: Continue reading

Occlusion effect data review: 7A Occlusion Full Data by Transducer Recommended clinical values: 7B Occlusion Effect CLINICAL VALUES Review;  textbook recommendations for OE compensation: 7C Textbook Rec Review for OE Occlusion effect and conductive hearing loss (review): 7D Textbook Recs for OE and CHL Continue reading

7A:  Occlusion and Masking Compensation: 7B:  Occlusion Effect and Undermasking: 7C:  Bone-Conduction and Earphones: Continue reading

8A:  Masking, Frequency, and the Basilar Membrane: Continue reading

9A:  Effective VS Active Masking Levels: Continue reading

Textbook survey of Active Masking Levels: 11A Review of Textbook AMLs Textbook review of recommended plateau step-sizes: 11B Review of Plateau Step Sizes Continue reading

11A:  Determining the Initial Masking Level: 11B:  Unilateral SNHL and the Plateau Method: 11C:  Plateau Case from Liden et al. 1959: Continue reading

12A:  Asymmetry minIA VS sitIA: 12B:  Optimized Method Test-Ear Level and the 10 dB Reference: 12C:  Air-Bone Gaps and Interaural Attenuation: 12D:  Optimized Method Case Scenario: Continue reading

13A:  What is Overmasking? 13B:  Plateau Case from Liden et al. 1959: 13C:  Narrow Plateau with Overmasking Risk: 13D:  Overmasking Scenarios: Continue reading

14A:  The Masking Dilemma: Continue reading

Clinical IA values for speech audiometry: 15A Clinical IA Values for Speech Audiometry WRS masking:  textbook recommendations: 15B WRS Textbook Recommendations WRS calculator for insert earphones: 15C wrsMAX UNmask Calculator INSERTS WRS calculator for supra-aural headpones: 15D wrsMAX UNmask Calculator SUPRA AURAL with logo WRS masking technique comparisons: 15E WRS Mask Technique Comparisons Speech audiometry… Continue reading

15A:  Drop-Down 35 and minMASK+5 Methods of Masking: 15B:  WRS maxMASK and ROM: 15C:  Determining wrsMAX: 15D:  How to Use the wrsMAX Calculator: 15E:  WRS Masking with Supra-Aural Headphones and 0 dB Thresholds: 15F:  WRS Masking and Air-Bone Gaps: Continue reading

Selected Appendices from The Masking Handbook (For Audiometry). Appendix A1:  Cheat Sheet for the Plateau Method: A1 Cheat Sheet Plateau Method Appendix A2:  Cheat Sheet for the Optimized Method: A2 Cheat Sheet Optimized Method Appendix A3:  Determining the Method Of Masking to Use: A3 Determining Method Appendix A8:  Acronyms and Abbreviations: A8 Acronyms Abbreviations Appendix… Continue reading