{"id":2477,"date":"2024-05-13T16:43:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amarillohearing.com\/?page_id=2477"},"modified":"2024-05-21T13:35:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:35:27","slug":"meet-our-patients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amarillohearing.com\/meet-our-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Huge Relief To Hear Again<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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\u201cA friend nominated me for a grant with Amarillo Hearing Foundation. I had previously sought out hearing aids, but the high cost made it impossible. Then I had a call that I had been accepted into the program. I was shocked and delighted! Dr. Laughlin made it so easy and was so gracious! That day changed my life in the \u201chearing” world! I had been struggling in a world of missed words and muffled sounds and was always asking someone near, \u201cwhat did he say?” It was so frustrating to miss so much in conversations. If TV was on it had to be loud! When we had to wear covid masks, I was lost because I could not read lips to help. Now when I go to the doctor, I can understand what’s being said. What a huge relief to hear again. I am forever grateful to Dr. Laughlin and the foundation for this generous gift. Thank you and God bless your work!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Trudy Maupin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Joy To Hear So Much<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank you from the bottom of my heart for your gift of new hearing aids. It was such a joy to hear so much so clearly. I could not keep the tears back when Dr. Laughlin helped me learn to use them. I can enjoy my Sunday School Adult Class and Worship service where I can hear all the comments made in class, the prayers, the announcements and the rest of the service. I can enjoy visiting with my friends at social gatherings. I was surprised to hear the sound of the turn signal in my car and the lovely sound of fallen leaves crunching as I walked on them.  It has just opened the hearing world for me that I have done without for many years. May God bless each one of you who made this normal hearing possible for me now. Please keep your Foundation active to bless others with the gift of hearing once again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Anonymous patient<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grinning From Ear-to-ear \u2014 Mr. Bismark\u2019s Story<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Mr. Bismark was first seen at Amarillo Hearing Clinic in September of 2022. He was brought in by a loving church member with concerns of not being able to hear his pastor during Sunday Service. Mr. B had with him a set of over-the-counter hearing aids he had recently purchased from Wal-Mart that cost him $600 of his $800 monthly income. To say these OTC hearing aids were a disaster is an understatement. They would not fit into his ears, squealed loudly and made it impossible for Mr. B to control them. Mr. B was desperate though. He cried as he told me how church is the only social interaction he gets during his week, and he cannot go because he cannot hear what people are telling him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Results from Mr. B\u2019s hearing evaluation revealed a profound hearing loss in both ears. Using a pocket talker to communicate with him, I informed him that his OTC hearing aids were only intended for patients with a mild hearing loss and were not appropriate for him. Again, Mr. B began to cry knowing he had spent most of his monthly income on these hearing aids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our motto at Amarillo Hearing Foundation comes from Romans 10:17 which reads \u201cfaith comes from hearing\u201d. God placed Mr. B in our care for this exact reason. With assistance from the foundation, we were able to get Mr. B a brand-new set of prescription level hearing aids at no cost to him! The day we fit him, his tears were happy ones and there wasn\u2019t a dry eye from anybody else in the room. Two weeks later, Mr. B returned for his follow-up appointment grinning from ear-to-ear because he had heard the sermon at church for the first time in years. He is even watching a little bit of TV now and can talk on the phone. With the help and generosity of our community, we brought people back into Mr. B\u2019s life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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