Test Your Understanding of How to Communicate Effectively with Someone Who Has Hearing Loss

Communication is important because:

Speech reading is:

Sensorineural hearing loss may be caused by:

Which is the most effective way to communicate with a person who has hearing loss?

Tinnitis, or ringing in the ears, can be caused by:

Sitting in the middle of a room in a restaurant:

Developing good listening skills includes:

Make sure you know how to repair your client’s hearing aid.

Hearing aids should always be turned off unless there is a conversation going on.

Hearing loss is accompanied with senility and forgetfulness.

Ask the hearing-impaired person what you can do to make it easier for him or her to understand you.

Speaking directly into the ear of a person with hearing loss is the best way to be certain that they hear you.

Exaggerating your mouth movements and facial gestures will make it easier for a hearing-impaired person to understand you.

Shouting in order to communicate with the hearing impaired is not advised because it distorts your message and may make you appear angry.

You should learn how to clean your client’s hearing aid.

Hearing loss can affect a person’s self-esteem.