Open AccessIntelligibility of the Reversed-Stethoscope Technique in Age-Related Hearing Loss
Author(s) -
Raphaelle Koerber,
Linh Vaccarello,
Allan Ho
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
canadian geriatrics journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 21
ISSN - 1925-8348
DOI - 10.5770/cgj.25.527
Subject(s) - stethoscope , audiology , intelligibility (philosophy) , medicine , hearing loss , philosophy , epistemology , radiology
This study evaluated the effectiveness of the reverse stethoscope technique in improving speech intelligibility. In this technique, a clinician places the earpieces of their stethoscope into the ears of a hearing-impaired patient and speaks into the chest piece.