As a pioneer in the field of audiology, Dr. James Jerger has been involved in cutting-edge resource throughout the development of the field. In his new text, Six Decades of Audiological Research, readers can experience the evolution of diagnostic audiology through his unique perspective. By detailing case studies from his own work over the years, Dr. Jerger gives his audience a chance to be a fly on the wall for major moments throughout the history of audiology. In the first section of the book, Dr. Jerger relates case studies and other stories from his early years in the field, including his time at both Northwestern and the Houston Speech and Hearing Center. Then, he dives into his years at Baylor College of Medicine. In the final section, he discusses his time researching auditory event-related potentials at the University of Texas.
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Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
Publication Date: 25 Aug 2021
Publisher: Plural Publishing Inc
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781635503708
About James Jerger
James Jerger a native of Milwaukee Wisconsin received his PhD in audiology from Northwestern University in 1954. He remained on the NU faculty until 1961 and then moved to Gallaudet College in Washington DC for a brief period as Research Professor of audiology. From 1962 to 1968 he served as Director of Research at the Houston Speech and Hearing Center and then moved to Houston's Baylor College of Medicine where he remained for the next twenty-nine years as Professor of Audiology in the Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences and as Chief of the Audiology and Speech Pathology Services of the Methodist Hospital. In 1997 Jerger sought but failed to achieve semi-retirement in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences of the University of Texas at Dallas. Here he continues to mentor doctoral candidates in audiology as Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence.