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EXCEPTIONAL SENIORS

volume does not improve every person needs a hearing aid
speech discrimination to improve understanding or as a
issues. cure for improved communication.
We have brochures that give helpful
• If you must repeat what suggestions to improve these
you have just said, situations for the communicator and
restating the comment the listener. Come by today for your
in a little different order copy.
might help.
We also offer FREE video ear canal
• Always use the person’s inspections. Call today for your
name at the beginning of appointment.
your comment to clarify
you are talking to them. Our staff, Gayle Willson, Polly
Wampler, and Blair Willson, are
• We all use visual cues, available to answer your questions.
even when we don’t Our family has been serving the
realize it. Face the person Plainview and Lubbock area for 45+
you are speaking to and years.
allow them to watch
your lips. Facial hair that
covers the lips makes it
difficult for a person with a hearing deficit to
distinguish words. At a proper distance, pull
your mask down so your lips can be seen. We
have masks with a window in them for this
purpose. Come by one of our offices for a free
mask.
• Make sure ambient sounds are at a minimum
when conversing. Save the conversation for
when the dishwasher has completed or when
you can mute the television. Pause in the
conversation if loud sounds occur, like a car
passing by or the blare of a siren.

• Please, please, don’t tell a person to turn up
their hearing aids or even ask them if they are
wearing them. Remember, it is even more
frustrating for the person with compromised
hearing than for the person who is trying to lead
the conversation.

• Many times, the person who struggles to
understand will lead a conversation to a topic
they know and can follow. Allow them that
privilege.

We may need to do a FREE hearing screening for
you, to see if we might make other suggestions
to improve understanding. Please know, not

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