title: Helping clients with presbycusis.
abstract: Hearing impairment is the most common chronic disability in the United States. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) reports that more than 28 million Americans have impaired hearing. Hearing loss can be temporary or permanent, depending on what function of the auditory system is not working right.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521, USA. mtl@axe.humboldt.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thobaben
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011304:Presbycusis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology