Izdanie obobshchaet poluvekovoy opyt avtora v oblasti audiologii i slukhouluchshayushchey mikrokhirurgii. Izlozheny metody issledovaniya, diagnostiki i kliniki slukhovykh narusheniy na osnove psikhoakusticheskoy audiometrii i ob"ektivnykh metodov - akusticheskoy impedansometrii, slukhovykh vyzvannykh potentsialov, otoakusticheskoy emissii. Osoboe vnimanie udeleno saniruyushchim slukhosokhranyayushchim operatsiyam, timpanoplastike, stapedoplastike, kokhlearnoy implantatsii, elektroakusticheskoy korrektsii tugoukhosti. Privedeny primery resheniy v nestandartnykh otokhirurgicheskikh situatsiyakh. Rassmotreny voprosy profilaktiki i rannego vyyavleniya slukhovykh narusheniy, nachinaya s pervichnogo zvena meditsinskoy pomoshchi. Obsuzhdeny problemy audiologii v nekotorykh pogranichnykh oblastyakh meditsiny. Dlya otorinolaringologov, audiologov, otokhirurgov, slukhoprotezistov, kursantov poslediplomnoy podgotovki po surdologii, laborantov-audiometristov. Razdely, posvyashchennye pogranichnym voprosam, mogut byt' poleznymi dlya semeynykh vrachey, otonevrologov, sto-matologov.