General techniques for communicating with hearing-impaired patients include:
A. exaggerating your lip movements to ensure the patient understands.
B. speaking directly into the patient's ear with an increased voice pitch.
C. removing any hearing aids and using pen and paper to ask questions.
D. positioning yourself approximately 18? directly in front of the patient.
Answer: D. positioning yourself approximately 18? directly in front of the patient.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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What will be an ideal response?
Possible chronic or acute renal disease can be indicated by large numbers of ____________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).