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You may be referred to a hearing specialist, audiologist, to have an audiogram. He or she will look for damage to the ear drum, blockage of the ear canal from foreign objects or impacted ear wax, inflammation or infection. Your health care provider will use an otoscope, which is a lighted scope, to check in the outer ear canal and to look at the ear drum. How is age-related hearing loss diagnosed? Always consult your health care provider for a diagnosis. The symptoms of age-related hearing loss may look like other conditions or medical problems. Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) may occur in one or both ears

Some sounds seem overly loud and annoying Men's voices are easier to hear than women's High-pitched sounds, such as "s" or "th" are hard to distinguishĬonversations are difficult to understand, particularly when there is background noise Speech of others sounds mumbled or slurred The following are the most common symptoms of age-related hearing loss: What are the symptoms of age-related hearing loss? Side effects of some medications, such as aspirin and certain antibiotics Various health conditions, such as heart disease or diabetes Loss of hair cells (sensory receptors in the inner ear) Other things that affect age-related hearing loss:Ĭontinuous exposure to loud noise (such as music or work related noise) It most most often occurs because of changes in the following locations: There may be many causes for age-related hearing loss. The ability to hear low-pitched noises is usually not affected. Most often, it affects the ability to hear high-pitched noises such as a phone ringing or beeping of a microwave. Because of the gradual change in hearing, some people are not aware of the change at first. One in 3 adults over age 65 has hearing loss.

Option D will cause a damage to the eardrum.Age-related hearing loss (or presbycusis) is the gradual loss of hearing in both ears.

Option B is applied only to children 3 years younger.

Option A is not correct because the client is to lie on the affected side to complete draining the irrigating solution.

Warm the irrigating solution to 98✯ because a solution temperature that is not close the client’s body temperature will cause ear injury, vertigo, and nausea. Warm the irrigating solution to 98º Fahrenheit. Put the client in the lateral position to prevent the drops from draining out for 5 minutes, not semi-fowlers position. An emesis basin would be used for irrigation of the ear. The drops may be warmed to prevent pain or dizziness, but this action is not essential. When giving medications, a nurse follows the five R’s of medication administration. Irrigation of the ear canal is contraindicated with perforation of the tympanic membrane because the solution entering the inner ear may cause dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and infection.

When the foreign object is vegetable matter, irrigation is not used because this material expands with hydration and the impaction becomes worse.

Mineral oil or diluted alcohol is instilled into the ear to suffocate the insect, which then is removed by using forceps. Insects are killed before removal unless they can be coaxed out by a flashlight or a humming noise.

Directs a slow steady current of irrigating solution into the eardrum.

Warm the irrigating solution to 98º Fahrenheit.

Position the client with the affected side up after the irrigation.

Which of the following procedure correctly performed by the nurse?

Positioning the client in the semi-fowlers positionĤ.The nurse prepares an adult client for an ear irrigation as ordered by the physician.

Holding an emesis basin under the client’s ear.

Warming the solution to prevent dizziness.

A nurse would question an order to irrigate the ear canal in which of the following circumstances?ģ.Which of the following interventions is essential when instilling Cortisporin suspension, 2 gtt right ear?

Instillation of corticosteroids ear dropsĢ.

Which intervention would the nurse anticipate to be prescribed initially? A client arrives at the emergency room with a foreign body in the left ear that has been determined to be an insect.