The nurse was very frustrated. It had taken a great deal of time and effort to get the elderly gentleman a hearing aid, and now he was not wearing it
Why would a client not wear a hearing aid after obtaining it?
A. Actually the client could hear fairly well without the hearing aid.
B. Background noise was so loud that he could not understand conversations anyway.
C. He lost the hearing aid and does not quite know how to tell the nurse.
D. Senses become more acute with age, so he did not need the hearing aid any longer.
ANS: B
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