When caring for a client with total hearing loss, the nurse is instructing the client about the many options that are available to function in a hearing world. Which of the following should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
1. Flashing lights for alarms
2. TV with closed captions
3. Talking computer
4. Lip reading and sign language
5. Cell phones with headsets
6. Loud ringers on telephones
1, 2, 4
Patients who have no hearing have access to various mechanisms to alert them to various sounds. Flashing lights for alarms to phones and doorbells, TV with closed captions for the hearing impaired, and classes in lip reading and sign language are some options. Talking computers and cell phones with headsets are advancements for the hearing, not for the hearing impaired. Loud ringers on telephones would also be helpful to the client with some hearing and not a total hearing loss.
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