AMPLIFICATION
Posted by recep on April 2nd, 2009Certain guidelines help when communicating with any hearing-impaired person. Communication is most effective when competing environmental sound is absent or minimal. The speaker must first ensure that his face is well illuminated and that the listener is attentive. Optimally, the speaker should be about 3 ft from the listener’s better or aided ear, lips and facial expression should be visible, and speech should be slow and clear. Shouting is not necessary and may worsen the patient’s ability to discriminate. If the person misunderstands a statement, it should not be repeated word for word; instead, the original statement should be paraphrased.
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