Bud suffered an injury in 1968 which left him with a profound hearing loss, ‘the first thing I noticed was the ringing in the ears’ he says.
Hearing aids made all the difference in the world – watch Bud’s heartwarming story.
Bud suffered an injury in 1968 which left him with a profound hearing loss, ‘the first thing I noticed was the ringing in the ears’ he says.
This life-changing event left Bud feeling lonely and nervous about joining in conversations and social gatherings as normal.
Bud says ‘if you are hard of hearing, people get angry and impatient with you. Nobody likes that, you pull back and that is what hurt me the most, it is so lonely’.
Bud’s decision to get hearing aids was not taken lightly ‘I’m not a spendthrift, I have taken a long time on hearing aids because of the price……..they were money well spent’.
Bud can now take part in conversations with confidence, he says his hearing aids ‘make all the difference in the world’.