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How can you help older people to hear? |
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Nursing and Residential Care, 13(9), September 2011, pp.423-425. |
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Older people commonly experience hearing loss, particularly of high frequency sounds, resulting in speech sounding muffled and background noise easily obscuring speech sounds. Some estimates suggest that 80-90% of residents in residential settings have significant hearing loss. This article examines the problems associated with managing hearing loss, considering the issue on the level of the individual, institution, and society. Although hearing aids can be helpful, there is a low uptake of hearing aids in residential settings. The article discusses the barriers that currently exist to the use of hearing aids and possible interventions to address them. Staff training and managerial planning are important in ensuring that hearing needs are met. Background noise is prevalent in residential care settings and should be minimised to enable speech to be heard. The use of environmental aids, such as personal amplifiers and looped telephone handsets, is also discussed. |
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assistive technology; care homes; hearing impairment; noise; older people; residents; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=dfcfb85c-5ea0-469c-bbdf-f593eca1efe1 |
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