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I was raised in a hard of hearing household. My mother was profoundly deaf and her father wore the body aids with the unit in the front pocket. I remember as a child always yelling into the front of his shirt.

I am very passionate about helping the person with the hearing loss and their family and friends. I personally understand the frustration and tension hearing loss can cause within a family. My goal is to help by providing appropriate hearing devices and teaching techniques to reduce frustrations that arise from misunderstandings.

Being raised with a profoundly hard of hearing mother, MaryEllen, I learned tricks and techniques to ease the use of hearing aids for people with loss without really being aware of the knowledge I had gained. With her profound loss she could not hear conversations in the kitchen when things got busy and pots and pans were clanging. I would stand in the middle of the kitchen and pass messages from my wife to my mom. I know that a deep male voice has a frequency that can over-ride the clatter in the kitchen, and I know the higher woman's voice, like Karen's, can't get through the noise to my mom. It didn't take Karen long to catch on to the tricks such as getting my mom's attention before talking to ensure clear communication.

I really enjoy growing our business together. I love meeting all the new clients and being a part of their solution to better hearing and an increase in enjoyment to their lifestyle.

When I met Blair's mom, MaryEllen, it took me awhile to pick up some of the awareness and techniques to help ensure good communication and avoid frustrations between each of us. I learned quickly that in noisy environments MaryEllen would struggle to hear my voice. So I would look at her, and make sure I had her attention, then talk. And on some level, she really appreciated the extra time and effort I took to help her be a part of the conversation. I also learned when we were in the car, she could turn her hearing aid that was next to the window to reduce the amount of road sounds that could dimish her ability to understand conversation in the car.