The nurse is providing education for the parents of a 7-month-old chil

The nurse is providing education for the parents of a 7-month-old child who has just been diagnosed with a hearing loss. What guidance should the nurse provide?

1. Expect that the child will be enrolled in a special hearing intervention program immediately.
2. Keep your child in a quiet environment until additional testing is done.
3. Interventions to support hearing are not useful until the child is at least 9 months old.
4. Hearing loss is not serious until 1 year of age.

ANSWER

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expects that all infants identified with hearing loss will receive early intervention services prior to age 36 months.
Rationale 2: The child should be stimulated with color, smells, body positions, and textures to develop compensatory mechanisms for the hearing loss.
Rationale 3: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expects that all infants identified with hearing loss will receive early intervention services prior to age 36 months.
Rationale 4: Hearing loss is serious from birth.