Page 33 - Summer 2019 - Lubbock Senior Link Magazine - Online Magazine

on communication because she manages their
properties, being the main contact for purchasing,
renting and upkeep. She wears two hearing aids, but
she is also faithful to continue to develop her visual
cues skills. She has mentioned how important it is to
watch faces as people talk and to have the confidence
to repeat what has been spoken so that she knows
she completely understands what has been said. “I
have had better hearing and understanding since I
am using Grand Hearing for my hearing aids and my
adjustments,” Linda shared with us.

Often, miscommunication begins when one party
doesn’t understand what the other has said. It might
be the timbre of their voice or background noise
that makes the communication seem like mumbling.
A more reasonable answer might be that one or
both parties have a hearing loss that has not been
corrected with either a listening device or hearing
aids.

There are many tips available to make hearing and
understanding easier to live with. If you already
have invested in hearing aids, you might take them
to your hearing health professional, detail a list
of various situations where you find it difficult to
communicate or to achieve optimal understanding
from the programming. When in a group, choose a
place to eat that has carpet, lower ceilings, and very
soft music if any. You might choose to sit against the
wall instead of the middle of the dining area. Always
look at the person speaking to you, and if possible,
ask them to say your name first, to get your attention.
It is very important that you NOT try communicating
between separate rooms. Use the MUTE button on
the TV so that all focus is on the communication.

We will conduct a FREE short screening, or a
complete test, and fit you with a trial set of hearing
aids, allowing you to use them in your home, at
church, or around your family. These come with NO
OBLIGATION; they are simply our way of trying
to see if we might be the liaison to helping you
understand better in this noisy world.

We have a staff at Grand Hearing Center who has
been serving the South Plains area for 43 years. We
are willing to work with you to achieve the best
possible solution. Gayle Willson, BC-HIS, is Board
Certified in the Hearing Instrument Sciences; Blair
Willson and Polly Wampler are also licensed. We are
proud of the “Wampler Legacy”!

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