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Prevalence and nursing staff awareness of hearing impairment in older hospital patients
Author(s) -
Heron Rebecca,
Wharrad Heather J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2000.00441.x
Subject(s) - medicine , competence (human resources) , audiology , audiometry , cross sectional study , nursing , pure tone audiometry , nursing care , family medicine , hearing loss , psychology , social psychology , pathology
• This paper reports on a research study carried out on three Health Care of the Elderly wards in Nottinghamshire. • Two cross‐sectional surveys were undertaken to determine nursing competence in relation to the assessment and care of hearing impaired elderly patients. • Using pure‐tone audiometry, 90.5% of the sample were found to have a hearing impairment of ≥25 dBHL in the better‐hearing ear. • Results indicated that nurses possessed the relevant theoretical knowledge but that their practical skills were limited.