Courtesy of 7 Local News Mackay Amelia Simpson, Reporting – For the past two years, truck driver Gus Sacco has struggled to hear conversation. Gus Sacco, Cochlear implant recipient – “Text messaging and Facebook were my main means of communication, because being able to hear people on the phone was near on impossible”. But that […]
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‘Hear With You’ group
Courtesy of 7 Local News Mackay Amelia Simpson – Reporting: Navigating a hearing loss diagnosis can be isolating and Mackay Audiologist Jodie Miles wants to help change that. She’s started Mackay’s first support group for people coping with the condition. Jodie Miles – Mackay Hearing Audiologist: “Because of that gap in Mackay, in the local […]
Do you know someone with hearing loss? There’s help
Courtesy of the Daily Mercury PEOPLE in Mackay who suffer hearing loss there is now a group that’s ‘hear with you’. In a first for the city, the local Deaf Services Queensland has the support of a group of volunteers who will give people suffering hearing loss the attention they need. And it starts today. […]
Hearing support group is ‘Hear With You’
A SUPPORT group for people with hearing loss has been established by local audiologist Jodie Miles. In a first for the Mackay region, the locally and volunteer-run initiative provides a supportive peer environment for people managing hearing loss. Mackay Hearing principal audiologist and director Jodie Miles said the new support group, named ‘Hear With You’, […]
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