A nurse is developing a teaching plan for a client with otosclerosis. What information should the nurse include in the teaching plan?
ExplanationB. With a partial hearing loss the auditory ossicles have not yet become fixed; as long as vibrations occur, a hearing aid may be beneficial.
A. This procedure usually is not performed unless there was total hearing loss or if what was heard was useless.
C. Although the bass tones are particularly affected, all tones are affected.
D. With conduction hearing loss, bone conduction is more effective than air conduction.