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HONORING SENIORS

What Signs Might Indicate the Need
for a HEARING EVALUATION?

The senior couple is possible, ask them to say your by Gayle Willson
sitting on the porch name first to get your attention.
swing in the cool of the
evening, and he tenderly • Do not try communicating
tells her, “In the from another room.
moonlight, your teeth • Use the MUTE button on the TV, so that all focus is on the
look just like pearls!” communication.
She breathes a sigh of
disgust, and answers At GRAND HEARING, we have a program that will aid you
him back, “Who is Pearl, and what have you been doing in the in knowing if devices are needed. We will conduct a short
moonlight with her?” screening, or a complete test, and fit you with a trial set of
hearing aids, allowing you to use them in your home, or
Miscommunication begins when one party doesn’t understand board meetings, or around your children and grandchildren.
what the other has said. It might be the timbre of their voice, These come with NO OBLIGATION! They are simply our
or background noise that makes the message seem like way of trying to see if we might be the liaison to helping you
mumbling, or it might take place in a dimly lit room where understand better in this noisy world.
lip reading is impossible. A more reasonable answer might be
that one or both parties have a hearing loss that has not been We have a staff at Grand Hearing Center who has been serving
corrected with either a listening device or hearing aids. the South Plains area for 43 years: Gayle Willson, BC-HIS
(Board Certified in the Hearing Instrument Sciences), Blair
Ask yourself the following questions. If you answer “YES” Willson and Polly Wampler are also licensed. We are willing
to them, please take a minute to call our office, and we can go to work with you to achieve the best possible solution. We are
over these common concerns with you. proud of the “Wampler Legacy”!
• Do you ever feel that others are mumbling?
• Do others comment that your TV volume is turned up too
high?
• Do you ever ask others to repeat what they just said?

• Do you struggle to understand a conversation on the
phone?
• Do you have ringing or other sounds in your ears?

• Is it difficult to understand others when there is
background noise?

• Have you found that you avoid social situations because
you find it difficult to understand the conversations?
There are many tips available to make hearing and
understanding easier to accomplish. If you have already
invested in hearing aids, you might take them to your hearing
health professional, detailing a list of various situations in
which you find it difficult to hear and communicate.

Some helpful suggestions for hearing better include:
• When in a group, choose a place to eat that has carpet,
lower ceilings, and very soft music, if any.

• Choose to sit against the wall instead of in the middle of
the dining area.

• Always look at the person speaking to you and, if

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