Why it’s worth going private
Sue Taylor had struggled with her hearing for many years. She found it very difficult to admit she had a problem, which was the biggest stumbling block to her seeking help. But thanks to Amplifon, she’s realised she’s not the only one and is now enjoying
Sue Taylor says it was difficult to pinpoint the moment when her hearing problems started. She thinks it was a gradual thing, and other people noticed before she did. I’d always thought that hearing loss was something that affected older people. I felt embarrassed and it was hard to admit even to myself that I was losing my hearing,” she says. Sue, continued to struggle at work and found it difficult to hear well when she was on the phone at work. “I would do everything to avoid answering the phone. It was getting ridiculous. I didn’t really think I had a problem until my husband and my daughter said something to me one day. I’d often ask them to repeat themselves and I’d always have the TV turned up loud. Then I started putting two and two together.” Sue heard about Amplifon through her daughter Kelly, so she decided to give them a try. Her Audiologist gave her a free in-depth hearing test using pioneering technology to identify exactly what she needed. “My Audiologist was excellent and said he couldn’t believe I’d carried on like this for all these years. He said he wouldn’t be surprised if I’d never been able to hear properly, but I think I’d just got used to it.” Sue found the hearing test at Amplifon went into a lot of detail. “My Audiologist at Amplifon had a lot of time to go through everything and listened to what my lifestyle was like” she says. She was offered a free trial for her new hearing aids, with no obligation to buy and took her new hearing aids home to try them out. Sue’s life has changed dramatically since having her hearing test with Amplifon, and she says it’s fantastic to have lifetime aftercare so she knows they will always be there to help. She enjoys going out to restaurants and the theatre with her husband David and they love going to concerts. She’s noticed a real difference because her new hearing aids adjust to the sounds around her, and she can even hear the birds in the morning now. “We don’t need the TV up so loud now because I can stream it straight to my hearing aids,” Sue laughs, “Now my husband asks why the TV has to be this low, because he can’t hear it!” She urges anyone who thinks they might have a hearing problem to go to Amplifon. “I would recommend Amplifon without a doubt. They encouraged me to tell people I have a hearing problem and they’ve just been absolutely brilliant. I just wish I’d seen them years ago.”
“My Audiologist was excellent and said he couldn’t believe I’d carried on like this for all these years.” “I would recommend Amplifon without a doubt.”