I need advice on stethoscopes!!

[WELLAGEDEMT]

As most of you know I am old, old, old, but I really have a serious question. Sometimes when we get older we have a tendancy to lose some of our senses. Now don't take that literally. My problem is that I have lost hearing partially. I have 60% loss in my left ear. My question is this, If I get a hearing aid will I be able to use a stethoscope with the hearing aid? Do they make scopes with ear pieces to accomodate hearing aids? I know that I should probably hang it up, but I really enjoy being able to help others. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

[smurfe]

I actually used to have an electronic one that used headphones like a Walkman used. I just threw it away the other day. It looked like the head of a scope. The headphones plugged into it and to listen, you pushed a button on it to turn it on. You could of easily used this with a hearing aid as nothing entered the ear canal.

Smurfe:beer:

[smurfe]

Here ya go Ray, ONLY $375.00!

Electronic Scope (http://www.allheart.com/ca718712x0405.html)

That is actually similar to the one I just threw away a couple weeks ago.

Smurfe:beer:

[WELLAGEDEMT]

Smurfe, that sounds really good, I wonder if the squad will pick up the bill. :lol:

It gives me somewhere to look, at least knowing that they even make them. Thanks!!!

[emtbuff]

Yeah Ray I'm sure our director let alone the city will go for that.:lol:

Considering certian people think we should be able to wash out gauze and reuse it.:bang:

[southpawmedic]

are you kidding me? Is this the same person who won't let you guys run ALS???

[WELLAGEDEMT]

I hadn't heard about the gauze thing, you'll have to fill me in on that one!!!!
I really wasn't serious about the squad paying for the scope, but it would be a nice gesture.

[mcaldwell]

I hadn't heard about the gauze thing, you'll have to fill me in on that one!!!!
I really wasn't serious about the squad paying for the scope, but it would be a nice gesture.

What? You Ray, Getting old???? :hehe:

But seriously, it's a minor disability Ray.

And I'll bet if you looked hard enough through the labour standards, you would fine that they have to make a reasonable effort to provide you with the tools to do your job.

It sounds to me like the old arguement surrounding eye-glass inserts for a Firefighter's SCBA. Fire Departments often try to make the FF pay for his own insert, or argue that they are not required, but its actually the employers responsibility to provide them if the FF needs them to do the job.

And we all know you are right at home playing the crotchety old fart routine. Just tell them you want them, or you'll call Matlock! :hehe: :p

[WELLAGEDEMT]

Not getting old, OLD crept up on me and slapped me in the a$$. I didn't even have an appeal court to hear my objections. I live with OLD every day and that's not my wife either. However she is a year older than me.
I really won't push for the amplified scope, I will probably retire from the squad before too long anyway. By the time the city fathers decided to pay 375.00 for a scope they will have spent 1.3 mil on a bike path and there wouldn't be anything left for something like a scope. :lol:
I will request that when I die, they bury me along that bike path with my butt sticking up out of the ground,-----------so someone has a bike rack along the path!!!!!:lol:

[EMSsquirrel]

Well, you know, I didn't think of it until Mr. Caldwell here mentioned it... but wouldn't it be a "reasonable accomodation" under the ADA?

- Greg

[smurfe]

Well, you know, I didn't think of it until Mr. Caldwell here mentioned it... but wouldn't it be a "reasonable accomodation" under the ADA?

- Greg

You know, I was kinda thinking the same thing.

Smurfe :beer:

[WELLAGEDEMT]

I know that as a "volunteer" squad, NOTHING is a reasonable accomodation. As I stated earlier, I will probably hang it up long before any "reasonable accomodations" could or would take place. I am by FAAAAAAAAAARRRR the oldest squad member and they'd wait me out and "they" are a lot younger than I am. Actually, I do have a good scope but it has to be fairly quiet for everything to come across.
I worked for 40 years around machinery motors and some sounds are just muted, different tones and background noise really play havoc with what I hear. Especially the tone of voice my wife uses when she starts naggin'.:lol: