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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <font face="Verdana"> <CENTER><h5>Medical Hear IT - hearing loss hearing impairments Non-commercial information and advice for GP’s and family physicians to assist in the counselling of hearing impaired patients</h5><br> <a href="http://www.medical.hear-it.org"><img src="http://www.medical.hear-it.org/search/pics/logo.jpg" ALT="Medical Hear IT bad hearing poor hearing hearing damages hearing impairments hearing disorders ear diseases hearing diseases hearing impaired patients hard of hearing patients patients hearing loss" border="0"></a><br><br> <TABLE WIDTH="700" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="2" CELLPADDING="0"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="0%" valign="top"><IMG SRC="http://www.medical.hear-it.org/search/pics/web_p.gif" WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=120 ALT="Medical Hear IT poor hearing hearing damages hearing impairments hearing disorders ear diseases hearing diseases hearing impaired patients hard of hearing patients"> <H6>hearing impairments</h6> <font face=Verdana size=1 color=#990000> Non-commercial information and advice for GP’s and family physicians to assist in the counselling of hearing impaired patients.</font><BR> <HR size=1 width=73% align=left noshade> <A HREF="http://www.medical.hear-it.org/search/hearing_loss/index.html">[hearing loss]</A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.medical.hear-it.org/search/hard_of_hearing/index.html">[hearing impairments]</A><br><BR> <A HREF="http://www.medical.hear-it.org/search/bad_hearing/index.html">[bad hearing]</A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.medical.hear-it.org/search/poor_hearing/index.html">[poor hearing]</A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.medical.hear-it.org/search/hearing_disorders/index.html">[hearing disorders]</A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.medical.hear-it.org/search/hearing impairments/index.html">[hearing impairments]</A><BR><BR> <font><A HREF="http://www.medical.hear-it.org">[HOME]</A><br> </TD> <TD WIDTH="70%" valign="top"> <div align="left"> you as a family doctor to look for signs of hearing impairment in your patients and conduct a hearing test, if necessary.<BR><BR> Your patient may be suffering from hearing loss if he or she:<BR><BR> hearing impairments Asks you to repeat yourself or to speak more clearly<BR> Gives inappropriate answers to your questions<BR> Stares at your mouth<BR> Turns their head to one side to hear better<BR> Speaks too loudly or hearing impairments too softly<BR> Fails to respond when spoken to<BR><BR> Counselling<BR> When you are counselling one of your patients who is, or might be, hard of hearing it is very important that he or she hearing impairments is given the right information and advice - to the advantage of both you and your patient.<BR><BR> On the following pages you will find guidelines to help improve communication between you and hearing impairments your patient, and you will also find advice for counselling patients who are hard of hearing.<BR><BR> In addition, you can read why you as a family doctor should not make any adjustments or changes to your patient’s hearing aids.<BR><BR> hearing impairments Advice for patients<BR> When you as a family doctor counsel patients who are hard of hearing, it is very important that they be given the right information and advice.<BR><BR> Here, you will find advice on how your patients can function well<br><br><A HREF="mailto:info@medical.hear-it.org">[Email: info@medical.hear-it.org]</A><br><br></div> aaltazxghearing impairments </TD> </TR> </font> </TABLE> </CENTER> </BODY>