Beenthinking

Just remember that an amplified steth will enable you to hear sounds others can't also hear. Exanple: It was almost impossible to get a systolic with a manual cuff. You have to crush thier arm with it just to minimize the sound and the diastolic was just as useless. But hey, you could take a pulse from thier toe probably....ha,ha

I hear too well with the electronic steth though. Korotkoff sounds diminish at a much wider reading, or not at all, than someone with normal hearing. I guess I'll have to try and adjust the volume control so it can more closely match normal hearing and always use that setting.

Getting ready to look into a nursing program and I have bilateral tinitus with those fancy in the ear aids. I found those to very difficult to work with. I was thinking maybe got to the behind the ear so all you woud take out of the ear is a transparent tube. perhapse that tube can still stay in the canaly fitting around the edgs of the ear piecies. Very nice to know that there are others

The walkman style sounds interesting. The amplified stethescope, although technicaly better, would give me a different assessment from someone with normal hearing. I've used those as a medic on manual pressures and the results are unreliable. I also tried special ear pieces but those pulled my hearing aids right out of my ears and under someones boot(buhbye $2500). I hadn't heard of another type until now. Thank you so much for posting a response. It's been about 6 yrs since I looked into it last.

I'm considering Nursing or "Beenthinking" about it. I need to know if anybody knows or is someone who uses hearing aids and is able to use a stethescope for heart/lung/bowel sounds and bp's. I have tinnitus is both and wear aids that fit compleatly inside the ear. there's another kind that sits behind the ear with tubes that insert into the ear. I could just pull the tubes out,use the steth and put them back in I imagine but I want to ask the masses here on the board if they have ever seen a nurse work with them. This is pretty much the last try for a career after the Army. I can't afford not to turn over every rock. Any insight will be appreciated.