Date of Award:
5-1976
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education
Department name when degree awarded
Communicative Disorders
Committee Chair(s)
Steven H. Viehweg
Committee
Steven H. Viehweg
Committee
Richard D. Taylor
Committee
Richard D. Taylor
Committee
Michael DeBloois
Committee
Jay R. Jensen
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide an instructional format in the presentation of the clinical application of electroacoustic impedance measurements. Journal articles and impedance procedural booklets were used as a source of data for the information contained in the learning packet. Fundamentals of acoustic theory were treated to show the conceptual relationship of acoustic impedance and acoustic admittance. The terminology, normative data, and clinical interpretation of static acoustic impedance measures were examined. Diagnostically significant variables of the tympanogram were related to the audiometric-medical status of the patient. Clinical application of the acoustic reflex was investigated through descriptions of various pathologies and the particular indications expected in acoustic reflex testing for those pathologies. The learning packet is divided into four sections: impedance versus admittance, static acoustic impedance measurements, tympanometry, and acoustic reflex.
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Recommended Citation
Cevette, Michael J., "Electroacoustic Impedance Measurements: A Learning Packet" (1976). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 3139.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3139
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