Question

Identify methods for protecting hearing and for communicating, and also identify interventions for those who have suffered hearing loss. Conduct an Internet search for appropriate support groups for those with hearing loss.

Summarize your findings in a 350-word APA formatted paper.

Answer 1

Answer :

• Protect your ears from loud noises.
• Wear head phones or ear plugs to avoid loud noises .
• Try to go away when loud sounds are presence.
• Dont keep any pins and other cleaning material to ear ,Use only ear buds . If you Use any pins to clean your ears it may cause injury some times .
• Try to consult you doctor when you feel pain in your ears or any signs of hearing loss .
• Dont Use self medication for reducing of ear pain , some antibiotics may adversely affect your hearing
• ex : gentamycin , amikacin .
• Regularly clean your ear and make it dry always .
• Dont pour water in your ear it may cause infection .
• Dont keep sry ear plugs in your ear .
• Go for regular follow ups when you have ear problems such as chronic supporative ottitis media , ottitis externa , ottorhea and mild hearing loss and ottomycosis etc .
• Ask the doctor about your treatment regimen .medications which may affect your hearing .
• Use safe medicationwhich wont affect your hearing
• Go away from loud sound such as speakers .
• Use hearing devices as indicated
• Try to seek the online services available to follow the instructions for healthy hearing .

Interventions for hearing loss :

• As a health care provider We need to collect complete present and past medical history from the patient .
• Ask the patients from how many years he or she suffering from hearing loss .
• Ask about medication history whether patient used antibiotics which have effect on hearing .
• Do the otoscopic examination .
• Provide appropriate care to the patient .
• Provide medications to relieve the ear problems.
• Try to decrease the suffering of the patient .
• If the patient having temporary hearing loss , provide hearing aids based on the his hearing ability
• Advice the patient to avoid loud noices .
• Advice to wear hearing aids when he want to communicate with somebody .
• Encourage the patient to clean the hearing aid regularly
• Advice the patient to clean his ear regularly .
• Advice to approach online to know the how to maintain hearing aid .
• Advice to come for regular followups if he is having pain in ear other ear problems .