Who's Listening to Hospitalized Patients with Hearing Impairment? %Who's Listening to Hospitalized Patients with Hearing Impairment?%pagesepsitename%%
In my early years in nursing, attention to patients’ hearing deficits was a big deal. It was assumed that we couldn’t properly care for someone if that person couldn’t hear us. Every admission assessment included an appraisal of the patient’s hearing: “Hears ticking watch eight inches
Betsy Todd, MPH, RN
