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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <font face="Verdana"> <CENTER><h5>Medical Hear IT - treatment tinnitus hearing screening 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 hear it medical site hearing impairments hearing physicians hearing screening hearing GPs hear it medical site hearing impairments hard of hearing hearing loss bad hearing" 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 hearing impairments hearing physicians hearing screening hearing GPs hear it medical site hearing impairments hard of hearing hearing loss"> <H6>hearing screening</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/treatment_tinnitus/index.html">[treatment tinnitus]</A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.medical.hear-it.org/search/preventing_hearing_loss/index.html">[hearing screening]</A><br><BR> <A HREF="http://www.medical.hear-it.org/search/hearing__g_ps/index.html">[hear it medical site]</A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.medical.hear-it.org/search/hear_it_medical_site/index.html">[hearing impairments]</A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.medical.hear-it.org/search/hearing__g_ps/index.html">[hearing GPs]</A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.medical.hear-it.org/search/hearing screening/index.html">[hearing screening]</A><BR><BR> <font><A HREF="http://www.medical.hear-it.org">[HOME]</A><br> </TD> <TD WIDTH="70%" valign="top"> <div align="left"> information about communication guidelines, signs to look for, and devices that can help communicating with a hearing-impaired patient.<BR><BR> You can also find information about counselling hard of hearing patients and advice for patients who are hard hearing screening of hearing.<BR><BR> Finally, you can read about how to prevent hearing loss, how to conduct a hearing test and how to treat hearing impairment.<BR><BR> Identifying patients who are hard of hearing<BR> Many people who have hearing screening become hard of hearing are unaware of their hearing problem. One of the reasons being that, in most cases, a hearing problem develops gradually. Another reason is that some people who have become hard of hearing deny to hearing screening themselves and their relatives that they have a hearing problem.<BR><BR> Therefore, it is necessary for you as a family doctor to look for signs of hearing impairment in your patients and hearing screening conduct a hearing test, if necessary.<BR><BR> Your patient may be suffering from hearing loss if he or she:<BR><BR> Asks you to repeat yourself or to speak more clearly<BR> Gives inappropriate answers to your questions<BR> Stares at your hearing screening mouth<BR> Turns their head to one side to hear better<BR> Speaks too loudly or 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<br><br><A HREF="mailto:info@medical.hear-it.org">[Email: info@medical.hear-it.org]</A><br><br></div> aaltazxghearing screening </TD> </TR> </font> </TABLE> </CENTER> </BODY>