Local Blue Mountains resident Steve, a volunteer crew leader with the Rural Fire Service (RFS), has reported finally finding hearing aids that work for him with the help of Katie Rahman, owner and principal clinician of Hear Clear Australia hearing clinics. Wearing Oticon Opn S 1 miniRITE R hearing aids, Steve has experienced an improved ability to hear compared to his previous hearing aids.

Steve has a moderate to severe mixed hearing loss and has been wearing hearing aids for twenty years. “He is retired but he had industrial noise exposure. He has been exposed to noise all his life,” reports Katie. He was referred to her from his doctor after trying to see if anything further could be done for his hearing loss.

Katie said Steve’s “quality of life has improved” since being fitted with the hearing aids, and that he “…can engage in a conversation and could go out to a restaurant, he could socialise a lot more than before.”

These improvements are also reported in Steve’s volunteer work as a Crew Leader with the RFS. Steve said about his hearing aids, “I need to wear my hearing aids so I can hear the radios, and the radios aren’t exactly very clear. If I don’t have the hearing aids on I can’t even hear the instructions, so they’ve been really good.”

In addition, Steve commented positively on the connectivity capabilities between his smartphone and his new hearing aids. Steve uses his hearing aids for playing music to accompany him on bush walks and adjusts the volume from the app on his phone. He also uses them as a wireless headset to take phone calls when out for a walk, without having to take his phone out of his pocket*.

*Additional accessories are available for purchase and are not part of the hearing aid package.
Always read the instructions for use. Follow the instructions for use. Lithium-ion battery performance varies depending on hearing loss, lifestyle and streaming behaviour. Oticon Opn S miniRITE R rechargeable hearing aids are not compatible with disposable batteries. The charging dock is an additional accessory required for the hearing aids to function. Additional accessories are available for purchase and not included as part of the hearing aid package.

To learn more about Oticon Opn S hearing aids, contact Katie and her team at Hear Clear Australia today on (02) 9651 7379.