Home Nursing Services in Ageing adults with hearing loss.

Home Nursing Services  in Ageing adults with hearing loss has vital role.Elders go through a number of physiological changes as they get older. One of these could be hearing loss.

Age-related hearing loss is a prevalent condition that affects many older adults. Nearly one in two people over 65 have some degree of hearing loss. Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, is another name for it. Hearing loss is not a life-threatening condition, but if untreated, it can significantly reduce your quality of life.

Causes

Over time, hearing loss develops gradually. The condition may be brought on by a number of changes in the patient’s inner ear.

Alterations in the patient’s blood flow to the ears;

Hearing impairment;

Alterations in the patient’s brain’s processing of speech and sound

Damage to the patient’s ear’s microscopic hairs, which are in charge of carrying sound to the brain.

Other conditions, such as

• diabetes,
• poor circulation,
• exposure to loud noises,
• the use of certain medications,
• patient and family history of hearing loss,

can also contribute to age-related hearing loss.

Symptoms that could appear

• The patient complains that some noises are too loud.
• Patients have trouble hearing in noisy environments.
• Older people have trouble distinguishing between the “s” and “the” sounds.
• The patient listens to the television or radio at a louder volume than usual.
• Senior citizens asking others to repeat themselves
• The elderly patient is unable to follow the telephone conversation.

Role of Home Nursing services 

Hearing aids to improve the patient’s hearing. In these type of cases patient caretaker should be fully aware of handling hearing aid.

Patient caregiver can help in lip reading or sign language which is very helpful, as well as assistive technology like a phone amplifier (for patients with severe hearing loss).

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