Reference no: EM133374788

When filling out the reason for visit portion of the case history form, your patient writes, "my wife thinks I have a hearing problem." Medical history is typical for someone at the age of 71: high blood pressure, diabetes, no stroke, no heart attacks, no cancer, no other serious illnesses. He denies tinnitus, dizziness, and aural fullness. In the case history interview, the audiologist asks the open ended, "I see you are here because your wife thinks you have a problem with your hearing..." and the patient volunteers that he doesn't think his hearing is bad at all, but he does wish people spoke as clearly as they once did - "so many people tend to mumble these days." The patient hadn't heard his name called in the busy waiting room on the first try, has said "huh" a time or two during the interview, and misunderstood one question while in the quiet patient interview area. You predict bilateral sloping sensorineural hearing loss, sufficient to warrant amplification. Outline your strategies for structuring the interview and for presenting the findings in a manner that is most likely to help move the patient towards acceptance of his problems.