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SENIOR RESOURCES

QUESTIONS TO PONDER ABOUT HEARING

by Gayle Willson
A · When eating out, choose a restaurant needs of the South Plains (49 years). We
senior couple is sitting on their
porch swing in the cool of the
are ready and able to work with you to
that has carpet, lower ceilings, and no
evening, and he tenderly tells
her, “In the moonlight, your teeth look (or only very soft) background music. Sit achieve the best possible solution for
your specific need. We have two offices
against a wall instead of in the middle of
just like pearls!” In shock and dismay, she the dining area. to serve you—in Plainview and Lubbock,
demands, “Who is Pearl, and what have · Always look at the person speaking to and our patients visit from as far away as
you been doing in the moonlight with you and ask them to say your name first Seminole, Hobbs, Amarillo, and Perryton.
her?” Miscommunication results when to get your attention. We have even helped people in Corpus
one party doesn’t understand what the · Never attempt to communicate from Christi and Conroe.
other has said. Perhaps a person really another room.
does mumble, or maybe background · Use the “mute” button on the TV to We are certified and licensed: Gayle
noise or the timbre (quality of sound) focus on a conversation. Willson, Board Certified in the Hearing
is responsible for distorting the sound · If you have already invested in hearing Instrument Sciences (BC-HIS), and
of a voice. A dimly lit room makes lip aids, take them to your hearing health Blair Willson, HIS. We are proud of the
reading difficult. More often, the real professional with a detailed list of the “Wampler Legacy”!
reason is that one or both parties have an various situations in which you find it Come see us as we prepare to celebrate
uncorrected hearing loss. difficult to communicate. our Golden Anniversary in 2026.
GRAND HEARING
Take a minute and ask yourself the can assist in educating
following questions: you about which

· Do you ever feel that others are devices are available
mumbling? for your specific need.
· Do others comment that your TV is too We will conduct a
loud? short screening or a
· Do you ever ask others to repeat what comprehensive test
they just said? and fit you with a trial
· Do you struggle to understand while on set of hearing aids,
the phone? allowing you to use
· Do you have ringing or other sounds in them in your home, in
your ears? meetings, or around
· Is it difficult for you to understand your children and
speech when there is background noise? grandchildren.
· Are you avoiding social situations There is NO
because you find it difficult to OBLIGATION. A trial
understand conversations? is simply our way to
If you answer “YES” to any of them, see if we might be
please take a minute to call our office. We your liaison in helping
have years of experience answering these you understand better
questions. in this noisy world.
The staff at Grand
Many solutions are available to make Hearing Center is in
hearing and understanding easier: its second generation
of serving the hearing

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