A nurse has overheard an unlicensed care provider downplay an older adult patient's expressed concerns about hearing loss. What should the nurse teach this care provider about the aging process and hearing?
A) It is important to help older adults lower their expectations of being able to hear adequately.
B) Deafness is an inevitability of the aging process, but helpful interventions and aids currently exist.
C) Age-related changes tend to decrease hearing acuity in older adults, but strategies for managing this can be learned.
D) It is a misconception that hearing loss is more common among older adults than among younger adults.
Question 2
A young man has presented for care because he claims that he has experienced hearing loss that he attributes to a summer job at a gravel crusher.
On questioning, the clinician learns that the man was provided with hearing protection but was hit and miss with using it. What should the clinician teach this patient about sensorineural hearing loss?
A) Hearing loss like you've experienced is permanent because of the destruction of important cells in your ears.
B) You'll likely find that your hearing will improve over the next several years.
C) As long as you're very careful to avoid loud noises, your hearing will probably recover in the following few months.
D) Unfortunately, your hearing loss is likely to get progressively worse because of the process that this damage started.
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