March 3, 3008
Today I saw two clients. One came into the client to purchase hearing aids. He had previously been seen at an ENT and was not satisfied with the service there, so he came to our clinic to purchase hearing aids. The client seemed to not be satisfied with the fees we charged in our clinic; however, he did purchase hearing aids.
The second man I saw was a 92 year old gentleman. His sons typically bring in his hearing aids since he is in a nursing home, but they felt his hearing had changed dramatically, so it was necessary to bring him in. I did a quick AC threshold search and discovered that the thresholds in his left ear had gotten significantly worse, he now had a severe to profound hearing loss across the tested frequency range. We changed the programming of his hearing aids as much as possible to maximize the benefit he could receive. We discussed the change with the client and his son and recommended he immediately seek medical attention to rule out any medical causes for the dramatic change in his hearing.
The man was very vocal about his hearing loss and ther was a lot of anxiety and frustration on the part of his son as well as the client. I found an article about the effects of hearing loss on mental health and subjective wel-being. In this article, the author's objective was to estimate the effects of hearing loss on symptoms of anxiety, depression, self-esteem and subjective well-being. The author studied individuals from 20-101 years old. The author found the effects of hearing loss to be most significant in the younger and middle age groups as opposed to the older age group. They also found that as long as the low frequencies were not impaired, that the middle and high frequency hearing losses did not effect mental health perceptions. I thought this was a pretty interesting article, and this may help us understand and better deal with our younger hearing impaired clients.
Refernce:
Tambs, K. (2004). Moderate effects of hearing loss on mental health and subjective well-being: Restuls from the nord-trondelag hearing loss study. Psychosomatic Medicine 66 (5) 776-782.
If you would like to read this article, please copy and paste the following link in your browser:
http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cgi/reprint/66/5/776?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&andorexacttitle=and&andorexacttitleabs=and&fulltext=psychological+effects+of+hearing+loss&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&fdate=1/1/2000&tdate=3/31/2008&resourcetype=HWCIT
The second man I saw was a 92 year old gentleman. His sons typically bring in his hearing aids since he is in a nursing home, but they felt his hearing had changed dramatically, so it was necessary to bring him in. I did a quick AC threshold search and discovered that the thresholds in his left ear had gotten significantly worse, he now had a severe to profound hearing loss across the tested frequency range. We changed the programming of his hearing aids as much as possible to maximize the benefit he could receive. We discussed the change with the client and his son and recommended he immediately seek medical attention to rule out any medical causes for the dramatic change in his hearing.
The man was very vocal about his hearing loss and ther was a lot of anxiety and frustration on the part of his son as well as the client. I found an article about the effects of hearing loss on mental health and subjective wel-being. In this article, the author's objective was to estimate the effects of hearing loss on symptoms of anxiety, depression, self-esteem and subjective well-being. The author studied individuals from 20-101 years old. The author found the effects of hearing loss to be most significant in the younger and middle age groups as opposed to the older age group. They also found that as long as the low frequencies were not impaired, that the middle and high frequency hearing losses did not effect mental health perceptions. I thought this was a pretty interesting article, and this may help us understand and better deal with our younger hearing impaired clients.
Refernce:
Tambs, K. (2004). Moderate effects of hearing loss on mental health and subjective well-being: Restuls from the nord-trondelag hearing loss study. Psychosomatic Medicine 66 (5) 776-782.
If you would like to read this article, please copy and paste the following link in your browser:
http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cgi/reprint/66/5/776?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&andorexacttitle=and&andorexacttitleabs=and&fulltext=psychological+effects+of+hearing+loss&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&fdate=1/1/2000&tdate=3/31/2008&resourcetype=HWCIT
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