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Hearing Loss - College Essay

Hearing Loss

Patient Name: Mr. S
DOB: Estimated to be born in 1919
DOE: 08-08-12
Clinician: Diane Bolton

Mr. S is a 93 year old male whose audiogram has indicated that he has a bilateral moderate sharply sloping to severe sensorineural hearing loss. He has indicated that his hearing loss is "not so bad" for his age.

Medical History

Mr. S is a WWII veteran and is extremely disciplined and has a set routine. He was honorably discharged then worked as an industrial baker until the age of 65 and is now retired. He is well groomed having normal communication abilities. His native language is English. His wife passed away, some time ago, and he is living in an assisted living home.

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all of which are being treated medically. Nonetheless, his health is considered to be remarkable for his age, as all of the above conditions do not impact his active lifestyle.

Audiometric Assessment

Equivalent Ear Canal Volumes were measured and were within normal limits. The Tympanic Peak Pressure indicated that both the ambient pressure and the pressure within the middle ear were equivalent and was within normal limits. The Static Admittance was measured and middle ear function appears to be within normal limits. The tympanic width was also within normal limits and no perforations were noted.

Pure-tone audiometry, using insert earphones showed a moderate to steeply sloping to severe sensorineural hearing loss. Speech audiometry, using speech recognition thresholds and word recognition scores reflect a correlation bilaterally with the pure-tone audiometric results. Immittance audiometry reveals type A (normal) tympanograms bilaterally. Acoustic reflexes (both ...

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Added: 11/13/2013 03:49:20 PM
Submitted By: dibolton
Category: Health & Medicine
Type: Free Paper
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