San Diego, CA – December 31, 2014 – Plural Publishing has just published the second edition of Balance Function Assessment and Management edited by Drs. Gary Jacobson and Neil Shepard. The second edition includes seven new chapters and continues to comprehensively address the assessment and treatment of balance system impairments through contributions from top experts in the areas of dizziness and vertigo. Designed for use in graduate audiology programs and by practicing audiologists, this is also a valuable text for those in the fields of physical therapy, otolaryngology, and neurology.
Assessment chapters focus on ocular motility testing, positional/positioning testing, caloric testing, rotational testing, computerized dynamic posturography, and vestibular evoked potentials. Treatment chapters examine nonmedical, medical, and surgical treatments of dizziness and vertigo, vestibular rehabilitation, and assessment of and intervention for risk of falls. Additionally, this text provides background information on the vestibular and ocular motor systems with corresponding sample cases.
New topics addressed in this edition include:
- Development of the vestibular system
- Central compensation following peripheral vestibular system impairment
- Video head impulse test (vHIT)
- Biomechanics and physiology of balance
- Electrocochleography (ECochG)
- Pediatric vestibular system and balance assessment
- Effects of age on the vestibular and balance systems
An added bonus to the second edition is the PluralPlus companion website that offers additional reference materials, such as video clips, associated with the text.
Book Details
Title: Balance Function Assessment and Management, Second Edition | Editors: Gary P. Jacobson, PhD and Neil T. Shepard, PhD | Published: 12/31/2014 | ISBN: 978-1-59756-547-9 | Size: 904 pages, hardcover, 8.5 x 11" | Illustrations: 378 (B/W) Companion website | Sample pages and table of contents: https://www.pluralpublishing.com/publication_bfam2e.htm
About The Authors
Dr. Gary Jacobson is Professor and Director of the Division of Audiology at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Prior to this he was the Director of the Division of Audiology, and Adjunct Staff in the Department of Neurology for the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan.
Neil Shepard is director of the Dizziness and Balance Disorders Program at Mayo Clinic – Rochester, Minnesota, and a professor of audiology in the Mayo Clinical School of Medicine. He received his undergraduate and master's training in electrical and biomedical engineering from University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts). He completed his PhD in auditory electrophysiology and clinical audiology from the University of Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa) in 1979. He has specialized in clinical electrophysiology for both the auditory and vestibular systems. Activity over the last 34 years has concentrated on the clinical assessment and rehabilitation of patients with balance disorders and clinical research endeavors related to both assessment and rehabilitation.
About Plural Publishing, Inc.
Plural Publishing produces leading academic, scientific and clinical publications in the fields of speech-language pathology, audiology, otolaryngology, and professional singing. Plural Publishing, Inc. aims to fill a space in the field of communication sciences and disorders with high-quality publications written by world-class experts in order to improve and enhance the knowledge base of each profession, from the classroom to clinical practice. Plural Publishing prioritizes the intellectual growth of the disciplines it serves and strives to improve and advance these fields through its publications. Learn more about Plural Publishing at pluralpublishing.com.
