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Local
History
Grand Hearing
50 Years & Still Going!
by Jane Bromley
the title Board Certified Hearing not hearing in church or
Instrument Specialist (BCHIS). restaurants,
J Wampler succumbed to ALS • began asking people to repeat
in 2009, and Gayle and Blair themselves,
purchased Wampler Hearing in
2010, renaming it Grand Hearing • and thought ‘Why do so many
Center. Polly contributed her people mumble?’
expertise at Grand Hearing until Those are typical signs.” said
2020. Gayle says the business “has Gayle. The staff encourages new
always been Christ-centered” and clients to bring someone with
that the 50-year legacy is “built on them to ensure they understand
Jesus.” Polly was known for her test results and recommendations.
wonderful smile, and she has been If it is determined that a hearing
sharing it in Heaven since 2022.
aid is needed, Grand Hearing
Thanks to its foundation on Center can help. “We work with
decades of service, Grand Hearing people’s lifestyles and budgets
has developed a respected to see what the best treatment
n June 1976, J and Polly reputation in both Lubbock and
Wampler of Plainview opened Plainview. Both Gayle and Blair,
IBeltone Hearing Center in a hearing instrument specialist,
Plainview. For many years they are not only knowledgeable, but
served the Plainview area before also understanding. They have
retiring and selling the franchise. treated all kinds of hearing loss
The Wamplers soon discovered in all ages of people. They even
they missed the business and the offer newborn screening. “If a loss
people, so, in 1996, they hung is determined, intervention can
a new shingle and reopened as begin as early as six months.”
Wampler Hearing.
Consultations begin with a case
Daughter Gayle Wampler had history and an ear canal inspection
married Blair Willson, a fellow 1976 using video otoscopes so clients
alum of Plainview High School, can see for themselves what is
and the couple was raising three going on in their ears. If wax
youngsters, one of whom was buildup is an issue, it can be
almost completely deaf. Gayle was removed in their clinic. “We look
already familiar with the hearing at things like when the patient
aid industry, but her passion
and compassion for hearing loss • first noticed turning the TV
escalated because of her son’s up,
condition. She joined her parents in
the business in 1996, soon earning • started complaining about
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