CSD 212 Clinical Case Study #3 I. Mr. Westrich (Complete solution)

CSD 212 Clinical Case Study #3 I. Mr. Westrich (pages 345-346) 20 pts. Mr. Westrich, age 76, reported that he has difficulty understanding his wife and grandchildren when they talk. He also has difficulty understanding speakers on television. He suggested that “all newscasters must go to the same school of mumbling.” At family gatherings, he relies on his wife to repeat what people have said and often gets left out of conversations. He was a pilot in the military for thirty years and enjoyed hunting before he retired. Figure 12.15 displays his audiogram and word-recognition ability. 1. Identify the type of hearing loss Mr. Westrich has. Patient presents with a bilateral, symmetric, moderate to profound, degree of sensorineural hearing loss. 2. List 2 factors that are likely to have contributed to Mr. Westrich’s hearing loss. He was a poilt in the military for 30 years and enjoying hunting. Both activities have a lot noise and will cause damage to the hair cell. 3. What types of speech sounds will be the most difficult for Mr. Westrich to understand? Higher frequency or higher pitch is the type o