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SENIOR RESOURCES

A HEARING LOSS

Is Much More Evident

THAN A HEARING AID

by Gayle Willson

n our changing world, we are heard in a long time. Remember will limit your rehabilitation. Our
bombarded with advertising that, when purchasing an OTC, you staff at Grand Hearing Center has
Iabout what to do when you must go back to the store in which been serving the South Plains area for
are struggling with hearing and you bought them for fitting needs 47 years. We have been trained and
understanding. We would like to and repair. Also, in some cases, educated specifically for your hearing
explain what is on the market and your hearing struggles may be health. We are willing to work with
hopefully help you spend your related to an issue in your ear canal you to achieve the best possible
money wisely. (obstruction, ear wax, abnormality) or solution.
a medical problem in your inner ear.
News media and printed materials All of this is carefully investigated Gayle Willson, BC-HIS, Board Certified
introduce you to OTC (Over the when you are seen by a hearing in the Hearing Instrument Sciences;
Counter) hearing devices. Their professional. Blair Willson is also licensed. We are
prices can be as low as $99 and up proud of the “Wampler Legacy.” We
to $2000 each. Please beware that The supplements to Medicare are have two offices to serve you—Plainview
these devices are made for those with also one of the big issues facing and Lubbock. Please call today for an
mild to moderate hearing loss. Most Seniors over 65. Many of the appointment or just to ask questions.
people with this type of hearing loss supplements offer hearing health
are usually not struggling to hear. benefits. In some cases, we have fitted You are our priority. We care
Products in the lower price ranges do patients with FREE hearing aids about your hearing needs.
not provide a high quality of sound. because of the benefits their
They contain generic programs policy offers. These benefits
in them, not one customized to a do not include OTC devices.
specific hearing deficit. Typically, the We are providers for many
main complaint about hearing loss insurance plans, such as
is that it is difficult to understand Aetna, Blue Cross, All Well,
others in a noisy environment. OTCs Amerigroup, Humana, Well
tend to amplify all sound, including Care, and AARP. Please call
the backgrounds, without a way us, and we can check your
to use fidelity in sound on specific benefits.
frequencies for communication
improvement. A point to ponder is that
neither an OTC nor a
The hearing devices we offer are prescription hearing aid is
fitted by careful programming to more than just that; IT IS
your individual hearing loss, after a NOT A HEARING PERFECT;
carefully controlled environmental it is a HEARING AID.
hearing evaluation on a hearing Hearing devices alone are
aid that has many features to aid in not the complete answer. It
your understanding abilities. We takes time with your hearing
offer follow-up appointments to get health professional to get
the sounds right, the fit right, and them adjusted and best-
to aid you in adjusting your brain functioning for your lifestyle.
to understanding sounds it has not The purchase of OTC aids

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