The nurse is talking with a 10-year-old boy who wears bilateral hearing aids. The left hearing aid is making an annoying whistling sound that the child cannot hear
What intervention is the most appropriate nursing action?
a. Ignore the sound.
b. Suggest he reinsert the hearing aid.
c. Ask him to reverse the hearing aids in his ears.
d. Suggest he raise the volume of the hearing aid.
ANS: B
The whistling sound is acoustic feedback. The nurse should have the child remove the hearing aid and reinsert it, making sure no hair is caught between the ear mold and the ear canal. Ignoring the sound or suggesting he raise the volume of the hearing aid would be annoying to others. The hearing aids are molded specifically for each ear.
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