The essence and warmth of the human experience is our ability to hear and understand conversations. Many, if not most, residents in long term care are missing out on this basic human experience. Undiagnosed and untreated hearing loss is the culprit. Not only is it wrong to deny that human experience to the resident, it costs a lot more to care for people with undiagnosed and untreated hearing loss. Untreated hearing loss reduces overall quality of life and makes it much harder and more expensive for staff to deal with residents with untreated hearing loss.

Untreated hearing loss is an insidious and, most often, an undetected destructor. Yet, most instances of hearing loss can be easily detected, diagnosed and corrected with a comprehensive audiology program. The Ideal situation is for a facility to have an ongoing program of on-site audiological services. ABHF can easily implement a program for your facility at no cost to the facility, the resident, or the family. It is a free benefit that can also improve a facility’s bottom line. Please contact us to learn how easy it is to implement such a program.

If you have any questions or want more information on how the Program functions, please contact Richard Uzuanis, ABHF Executive Director at execdir@abhf.org or by calling 630-321-3555.