Electronics and Instrumentation for Audiologists
This volume is the first electronics and instrumentation for audiology text and provides information on the variety of applications of electronics and audiology that are often omitted from science and engineering books. The book explains the operation of various instruments used in audiology applications, and it contains pertinent equations, numerical examples, and practice exercises. It also addresses fine details of electronics and instrumentation not often found in other texts, including...
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This volume is the first electronics and instrumentation for audiology text and provides information on the variety of applications of electronics and audiology that are often omitted from science and engineering books. The book explains the operation of various instruments used in audiology applications, and it contains pertinent equations, numerical examples, and practice exercises. It also addresses fine details of electronics and instrumentation not often found in other texts, including the difficult concepts of electrical impedance and acoustic impedance. Additionally, it incorporates precise language and high quality drawings to explain electronic concepts clearly and accurately.This textbook is ideal for graduate-level courses on applications of modern electronics in both hearing aids and diagnostic instruments. It is an indispensable resource for students and researchers of audiology, and a valuable reference for practicing audiologists.
Preface ixAcknowledgments xi1 The Fundamentals of Electricity 12 Resistance: Opposition to Current Flow 273 Direct Current Circuits I 454 Direct Current Circuits II 675 Alternating Signals 856 Reactive Components and Transients 1037 Alternating Current Circuits 1258 Filters and Frequency Response 1499 Amplifiers and Transistors 17110 Feedback and Operational Amplifiers 19111 Digital Electronics: The Basics 20712 Digital Signal Processing 22513 The Nature of Vibrations and Sound 24114 Transducers: Electronics Meets Acoustics 27515 Aids for People with Hearing Loss 29716 Hearing Diagnostics Technology 319Appendix A Review of Trigonometry 349Appendix B Complex Numbers 355Appendix C Vectors and Phasors 365Solutions to End-of-Chapter Exercises 373References 379Author Index 383Subject Index 385
