[Answered]: People with sensory impairment such as limited…

People with sensory impairment such as limited vision or loss of hearing are difficult to communicate with. When this happens it is difficult to build rapport and trust. When visually impaired patients seek access to health care they often encounter one or more of four hurdles, including physical obstacles, information barriers, communication problems and limited respect. Health care providers often assume that the visually impaired cannot participate in their own care and may direct their comments to someone that has normal vision, this leaves the patient feeling there is a lack of respect for them. When information that is provided to the visually impaired they are not getting adequate teaching unless the information provided is Braille or audiotaped. Computers can be equipped with Braille keyboards or synthetic speech (Bastable, Gramet, Jacobs, & Sopczyk, 2011 p.345). Some individuals do not want to share their limitations in vision, especially when meeting for the first time. Limited vision can vary based on the circumstances. • The presence of a sensory deficit does not necessarily impair an individual’s ability to learn. How do we assess for this? • How do we overcome the above hurdles? • What can be do as nurses to overcome limited vision? • When patients are more comfortable with us they are