Overview of the hearing mechanism / Terrence Schneiderman -- Pursuing the causes of hearing disorders -- Fundamentals of inheritance -- Hearing loss associated with perinatal infections -- Acquired hearing loss due to other infections and causes -- Sensorineural hearing loss associated with trauma -- Basic audiologic evaluation of congenital hearing loss / Lynn Carmichael and Michel B. Manning -- Strategies for habilitation / Daniel Ling and Dennis G. Pappas -- Cochlear implants / Dennis G. Pappas Jr.