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• Speak clearly and use the lips, but do not exaggerate.

• Do not cover the mouth with your hand when you speak.

hearing aid. This requires however some training and help to use.

• Do not have anything in your mouth when speaking.

There is no guaranty that the person admits he/she is not hearing.

• Give key words for the topics of the conversation when there are many present.

• If someone laughs, it might be good to explain what the laughing subject is.

the person is using one.

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misunderstandings.

**5. Glossary**

• Use normal strength of the voice. Do not shout and certainly not against the hearing aid if

• Be aware of the body language of the hearing impaired person who you are talking to.

• Hearing impaired people have difficulties to tell the difference between consonants like f and s and p or t. It is therefore important sometimes to spell out the words to avoid

**4. Hearing aids and advice when talking to a hearing impaired person**

In addition to hearing aids, there is also optional equipment (blue tooth) that allows sound to be streamed from the TV, radio, telephone, doorbell, etc. directly into the ear through the

One aspect that is perhaps somewhat underestimated is that some elderly who owns a hearing aid do not use them because they think that it is unattractive or a sign of old age. When this is the case, the nurses need to have enough knowledge to provide information to the elderly and explain that it is not a good idea to ignore the usage of the hearing aid. The nurse

Other types of hearing equipment including "flashing and vibrating lights" connected to the

Age-related hearing impairment Refers to the hearing progressively weakens with age, also referred to as

dB The decibel scale measuring sound based on human hearing. Decibel provides a relative measure of sound intensity. Cutoff points Referring to the limit for having a hearing problem. Here it is at PTAV <35 dB.

ADL Activities of daily living (eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, etc). Portable audiometer Referring to a portable machine used for evaluating hearing acuity.

should rather find out what is the problem and help the elderly to overcome it.

doorbell and alarm, inductive loop, and voice amplifier are other options.

presbycusis.

Dual sensory impairment Refers to both hearing and vision impairment.

Baseline description Description of the existing picture.

Gro Gade Haanes

\*Address all correspondence to: groh@setur.fo

Department of Nursing, Faculty of Natural and Health Sciences, University of The Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
