Stories from people with hearing aids

Meet people who have gained back their quality of life with hearing aids - read or listen to their stories - how they experience having a hearing loss and how hearing aids have improved their every day life.

Marga Butterworth, Student

"It has always been my view that disabilities should not negatively impact on your quality of life, so not surprisingly, music has always played an important part in my life...
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Willem de Lange, age 45, Photographer

"For years I have been excluded from many conversations, and meetings in a boardroom are my worst nightmare...
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Janet Opperman, Audiologist

"I have had some good and bad experiences with audiologists over the years...
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Warwick Tarboton, age 61, Ornithologist, Photographer, Writer

"Birds and birding have been my passion for as long as I can remember ...
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Lyn Venter, 48 years, Stellenbosch Music Teacher

“Hearing loss should not take your music away”, says Lyn Venter. Music has been my profession for the past 26 years. By day I teach others to play the cello...
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