Exam 2 Flashcards

1
Q

What are some causes of adult hearing loss (3)?

A

Noise exposure, age, medical conditions

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2
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Patient becomes part of AR program and implementation; focusing on the individualized patient during AR

A

Patient centered approach

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3
Q

Focusing on the disease/dysfunction

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Biomedical orientation

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4
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Goal to sell hearing aids and AR services

A

Sales orientation

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5
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Family becoming a part of the AR program; typical with children with hearing loss

A

Family centered approach

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6
Q

What type of hearing loss is affected first for adults?

A

High frequency hearing loss

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7
Q

Who is difficult to understand if someone has hearing loss (2)?

A

Children and women

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8
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What are some characteristics of patients do audiologists take in order to make an AR program?

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Stage of life, life factors (self, home, work, recreation/community), family, socioeconomic status, psychological wellbeing, gender

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9
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How would socioeconomic status affect AR?

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If they can/cannot afford hearing aids, access to quality healthcare

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10
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How would educational background affect AR?

A

Understand what hearing loss is, understand the impact of hearing loss on communication

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11
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How might females feel about their hearing loss?

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Loss of self-esteem, use nonverbal repair strategies, greater negative feelings, acknowledge hearing loss, report communication difficulties

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12
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How might males feel about their hearing loss?

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Feel loss of providing financially, have poorer word recognition skills

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13
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What are some difficulties that we see with adults with hearing loss in home and social environments?

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Cannot hear the TV, people not talking loud enough, avoiding group social gatherings/communication with others, unwillingness to disclose that they have a hearing loss

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14
Q

Tumor on the auditory nerve

A

Acoustic neuroma

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15
Q

Person who has pride in deafness, general amplification is usually not accepted, uses ASL

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Deaf

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16
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Sequence of experiences and phases a patient passes through during a treatment regimen

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Patient journey

17
Q

Patient journey phase when hearing loss is not anticipated, life factors in place, typically no family history of hearing loss

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Pre-awareness

18
Q

Patient journey phase of the time between onset and diagnosis, may not know when the onset occurred, make adjustments as hearing loss progresses, difficulty on telephone, believes that people mumble, patient family member notices hearing loss before patient admits it

A

Awareness

19
Q

Patient journey phase when patient starts to do their research, consultations are made, monetary and non-monetary costs assessed, may experience anxiety, worry, fear, embarrassment

A

Movement

20
Q

Patient journey phase when a professional identifies hearing loss, seek medical treatment for cure, determine degree and type of hearing loss, assess person’s need for AR, use interviews and questionnaires

A

Diagnosis