Key questions on hearing problems (1.5 CPD hours)

ENT specialists Professor Shakeel Saeed and Mr Harry Powell answer Dr Mandy Fry's questions on hearing problems.

Learning objectives

This module will give a primary care focused overview of managing patients with hearing problems, including:

Identifying patients who would benefit from cochlear implants
Managing patients with tinnitus
Using childhood screening tests, identifying a baby with hearing problems and acting on parental concern
Communication strategies for consultations with hearing impaired patients
Directing patients towards specialist services and advising on specialist adaptations such as text phones
Advising patients on noise induced hearing damage
Using the Weber and Rinne tests in general practice

This module was first published on 12 January 2011 and was up to date with all key guidelines and evidence at that point. It will be reviewed as part of our routine update cycle by 12 January 2013 but will be updated sooner to reflect any key guideline changes.

Author

Professor Shakeel Saeed is professor of otology/neuro-otology and consultant ENT and skullbase surgeon at the UCL Ear Institute and the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London

Mr Harry Powell is ENT SpR at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London

Dr Mandy Fry is a GP in Cirencester and senior primary care lecturer at Oxford Brookes University

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