“We try to open doors that have been closed for a while, and give clients a new outlook on life.”
- Joseph McDermott
McDermott understands the importance of hearing properly, especially for older Canadians. On top of the mental fatigue of constantly focusing on a conversation, the hearing specialist says people assume that, if they hear something incorrectly, it’s their brain that’s the problem. “Young people might think, ‘Oh, granddad’s losing it.’” Instead, the person might answer a question incorrectly because they can’t hear properly, explains McDermott. “That’s stressful,” he says. The staff at Beltone want to eliminate that sort of worry for their clients. Unfortunately, the average person waits eight to ten years before addressing hearing loss. “And people who live alone tend to wait longer,” explains McDermott. He recommends that anyone over the age of fifty should get a hearing test done. McDermott’s clients don’t always realize the toll hearing loss can take until they’re fitted with a custom hearing aid. This proved to be the case for Osborne Phillips. Suddenly, a whole world opened up to him. “I came home from my appointment, and I could hear the birds singing!” he says—a sound he hadn’t heard in years. “We try to open doors that have been closed for a while,” says McDermott, “and give clients a new outlook on life.”
▲ Joseph McDermott ◄ Dianne Thomson
Beltone PEI
Charlottetown 199 Grafton St. Suite 304, 902.894.8455 Summerside 674 Water St. East, Suite 10 902.438.4079
www.beltone-pei.com
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