{"id":21,"date":"2016-09-13T13:16:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T13:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/Themes\/2017\/Vision\/Website_WP\/index.php\/company\/"},"modified":"2019-07-19T06:46:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T06:46:26","slug":"company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.heargear.co.za\/?page_id=21","title":{"rendered":"Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h1>Innovative Solutions To Keep You Connected<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<h3>A Little History Behind Our Company<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/Profile01.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5>Charlene Brett<\/h5>\n<p>Practitioner <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"index.php?page_id=28\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>My story and Why Hearing Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There has always been a pull in my life towards connecting with people.<\/p>\n<p>When one looks at the influences in one\u2019s life which point toward clarity, I can see that my heart, mind and soul played a part in leading me to the point\u00a0 where I can offer people the choice of \u201cLove at first sound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My paternal grandfather was deafened during the war years. As a Speech &amp; Hearing Therapy student I took my grandmother to the Speech and Hearing clinic to be tested and fitted with hearing aids. The difference in ease of communicating with her was phenomenal<\/p>\n<p>Once I was already qualified, my mother was my best example of how hearing aids change lives. She began wearing hearing aids at the age of 79- and in her later years developed new hobbies such pottery jewelry design and lived life to the fullest as an Octogenarian.<\/p>\n<p>At about the same time, research emerged on the relationship between Hearing and Brain Health.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The international community at first was skeptical. But as more research confirmed the initial findings, I embarked on a journey of observation with my patients. Many of them whose hearing was corrected were able to maintain their lifestyle. 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