I decided just over a year ago that it was time to get hearing aids because I couldn’t hear the television plus I couldn’t hear my husband, my children or my grandchildren. I think I was just really putting it off. I had always thought hearing aids were for old people and I considered at 69 that I wasn’t old! Then I just made a decision that I couldn’t hear the grandchildren and that was really upsetting me that I couldn’t hear them.  I thought that I have got to go and get some hearing aids. My husband shouting at me confirmed by decision too.

When I first got my hearing aids it did feel a bit strange having something in your ear. Having had them for 12 months now I don’t actually realise that they are there. I have gotten so used to them. It is a bit like when you first get glasses and you are quite self-conscious. They have become such a way of life with me now. I get up the morning and after my shower and breakfast I put my hearing aids straight in because I know that I can’t hear without them. I am really happy to put them in now.

If you are hesitating in getting hearing aids, I would say “don’t wait, don’t put it off like I did”. It is only pride and you think you are going to feel self-conscious with hearing aids in or you think what will other people think. Will they look at you as being an older person?  But for me now, even with my short hair, I am quite happy for people to see my hearing aids because they know now that I can’t hear and I think it makes for a better conversation because they go “oh you have hearing aids and I reply with “yes they are great”. We then have a great conversation.

I would say come and get your hearing tested because you are putting off not being able to have a conversation and relationships with people because of your hearing. You try to wing it but by just saying yes or no, but it just doesn’t work.

Hearing aids have absolutely improved my lifestyle. I wouldn’t be without them now. They are such a joy to have because being able to talk with people and hear them is such a blessing.

I do volunteer work and to not be able to hear elderly people who talk quietly and to not to be able to hear them and help them that was really hard for me because I have always done a lot of work with people.  That was hard for me to not be able to hear them but now that I have my hearing aids I can hear them and I am really happy. I can give them answers to the questions that they have. This has given me back my confidence which I had lost prior to getting my hearing aids. I didn’t feel confident at all in my life and was very unsure of myself prior to getting my hearing aids.

With my hearing aids I am confident, I can speak with people and I definitely feel much better. It has been life changing.

I decided just over a year ago that it was time to get hearing aids because I couldn’t hear the television plus I couldn’t hear my husband, my children or my grandchildren. I think I was just really putting it off. I had always thought hearing aids were for old people and I considered at 69 that I wasn’t old! Then I just made a decision that I couldn’t hear the grandchildren and that was really upsetting me that I couldn’t hear them. I thought that I have got to go and get some hearing aids. My husband shouting at me confirmed by decision too.
When I first got my hearing aids it did feel a bit strange having something in your ear. Having had them for 12 months now I don’t actually realise that they are there. I have gotten so used to them. It is a bit like when you first get glasses and you are quite self-conscious. They have become such a way of life with me now. I get up the morning and after my shower and breakfast I put my hearing aids straight in because I know that I can’t hear without them. I am really happy to put them in now.
If you are hesitating in getting hearing aids, I would say “don’t wait, don’t put it off like I did”. It is only pride and you think you are going to feel self-conscious with hearing aids in or you think what will other people think. Will they look at you as being an older person? But for me now, even with my short hair, I am quite happy for people to see my hearing aids because they know now that I can’t hear and I think it makes for a better conversation because they go “oh you have hearing aids and I reply with “yes they are great”. We then have a great conversation.
I would say come and get your hearing tested because you are putting off not being able to have a conversation and relationships with people because of your hearing. You try to wing it but by just saying yes or no, but it just doesn’t work.
Hearing aids have absolutely improved my lifestyle. I wouldn’t be without them now. They are such a joy to have because being able to talk with people and hear them is such a blessing.
I do volunteer work and to not be able to hear elderly people who talk quietly and to not to be able to hear them and help them that was really hard for me because I have always done a lot of work with people. That was hard for me to not be able to hear them but now that I have my hearing aids I can hear them and I am really happy. I can give them answers to the questions that they have. This has given me back my confidence which I had lost prior to getting my hearing aids. I didn’t feel confident at all in my life and was very unsure of myself prior to getting my hearing aids.

With my hearing aids I am confident, I can speak with people and I definitely feel much better. It has been life changing.

Irene Fraser – Busselton