Lend a stethoscope to hard-of-hearingpatients who are not wearing a hearingaid.
Lend a stethoscope to hard-of-hearingpatients who are not wearing a hearingaid. Speak directly into the stethoscopediaphragm, and the patientmay hear well enough to communicatewith you. Be sure to clean thestethoscope's ear tips before and afterthe patient uses it. -- Bill Demshok, PA-C, MS Miami
