Author Question: The nurse is teaching parents the signs of a hearing impairment in infants. What should the nurse ... (Read 78 times)

ghost! · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The nurse is teaching parents the signs of a hearing impairment in infants. What should the nurse include as signs? (Select all that apply.)

a. Lack of a fencing reflex
b. Lack of a startle reflex to a loud sound
c. Awakened by loud environmental noises
d. Failure to localize a sound by 6 months of age
e. Response to loud noises as opposed to the voice

Question 2

The nurse is teaching parents the signs of a hearing impairment in a child. What should the nurse include as signs? (Select all that apply.)

a. Outgoing behavior
b. Yelling to express pleasure
c. Asking to have statements repeated
d. Foot stamping for vibratory sensation
e. Failure to develop intelligible speech by age 24 months

anyusername12131 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B, D, E
The fencing reflex is elicited when the infant is placed on his or her back; it does not indicate a hearing impairment. Awakening by a loud environmental noise is a normal response.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B, C, D, E
Signs of a hearing impairment in a child include yelling to express pleasure, asking to have statements repeated, foot stamping for vibratory sensation, and failure to develop intelligible speech by age 24 months. The child's behavior is shy, not outgoing.