The nurse is caring for an older adult client who has recently withdrawn from relationships, appears depressed, and appears reluctant to seek information from the nurse. The nurse suspects the client is experiencing hearing loss. The nurse recognizes that
a. the client will readily acknowledge that this is the problem if asked.
b. the client may try to hide deficits and withdraw from relationships.
c. decreased hearing ability is not related to conversational style.
d. older adults, as a group, have better consonant discrimination.
ANS: B
Deprived of a primary means of receiving signals from the environment, clients with hearing loss may try to hide deficits, may withdraw from relationships, become depressed, or be less likely to seek information from health care providers.
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