Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 88%
Simulated
The nurse is assessing a client to determine the client's adjustment to presbycusis. Which indicates successful adaptation by the client to this problem?
Correct answer
A
Rationale
Presbycusis occurs as part of the aging process; it is a progressive sensorineural hearing loss. Clients show adequate adaptation by obtaining and regularly using a hearing aid. Some clients may not adapt well to the impairment, denying its presence. Others withdraw from social interactions and contact with others, embarrassed by the problem and the need to wear a hearing aid.