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Resources

Our commitment to support means we provide help and assistance to find and choose products and services for the hard of hearing.  The following are the most common but please contact us to help you provide what will best suit your needs.

Hearing Therapy

Is a free and independent national service that can help you to live well with hearing loss.
They offer:

• Hearing evaluation with a qualified hearing therapist
• Information on hearing aids and other technology, including available funding options (hearing therapists do not fit or sell hearing aids).
• Practical advice and tips for living with hearing conditions like tinnitus. Strategies for you, your family, and whanau to ease communication.
• Referrals to other health services if needed.

Hearing Therapy, provided by Your Way | Kia Roha and is funded by the Ministry of Social Development,
for New Zealand citizens and permanent residents aged 16 years and over.
Available in Tauranga and Whakatāne.
Freephone: 0800 008 011 OR
Email: angeline.slade@yourwaykiaroha.nz
Website: www.yourwaykiaroha.nz

Ear Nurses

By facilitating easier communication and social engagement, these apps can lead to a better quality of life and improved overall well-being. In essence, hearing transcription apps use advanced speech recognition technology to create a reliable visual aid for spoken language, making communication more accessible and inclusive for millions of people. Each application can be downloaded from the App Store (for Apple devices) or Google Play (for Android devices).
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Healthy Ears EBOP (previously Ear Health Ltd
* KEA Centre, in Kaweau Community Clinic, Corner Onslow & Gordon Street, Kawerau
* TE AO Hou Trust, 38 King Street, Opotiki
* Kope Pharmacy, 78 King Street, Whakatāne
Monday to Friday.
Telephone: 07 571 6360 OR 0800 327 435
Email: admin@healthy-ears.co.nz
Book online: https://healthy-ears.co.nz
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Ear Care BOP

Book an appointment to see Nicky, her appointment days are:
Tuesday: Audika, 7/9 Domain Road, Topaz Corner, Papamoa, Telephone 07 542 1122
Thursday: Audika, 43, Girven Road, Mt Maunganui, Telephone 07 575 0091
Friday: Matamata Hearing Association, 8 Meura Street, Telephone 07 888 6414
Book online at: https://www.earcarebop.co.nz
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Clearer Hearing Ear Nursing – Emma Pere-Brandt
Every other Monday at Bay Audiology, The Esplanade Mall, Whakatāne
Also, Winz service provider and ACC service provider.
Tel: 027 610 2047
Email: info@earnursing.co.nz
Book online at: www.earnursing.co.nz
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The Ear Clinic BOP – Sandy Cheetham
51 Fifteenth Avenue, Tauranga (Unichem)
Tel: 021 220 5539
Email: sandraann@outlook.co.nz
Book online at: www.earclinicbop.co.nz
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Ear Health Katikaiti
Visits Katikati Community Centre every second Tuesday.
Call 07 868 9225 to book.
https://www.earhealth.co.nz/clinic/katikati/

Personal Listening Devices

Reid Technology LTD

Contact: Terry Weston
Product Management and Technical Support – Hearing Assisted Technology
- DDI: 09 985 4403
- Mobile: 027 597 8332
- Email: terry.weston@reidtechnology.co.nz
- Website: https://healthcare.reidtechnology.co.nz/products/assistive-listening-devices

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Bellman & Symfon Assistive Listening Device

The Maxi Pro with Bluetooth is a complete listening tool that can connect to your smartphone, tablet and radio if you wish. Listen with headphones or use a neck loop if you have hearing aids or cochlear implants.
Key Features:
* Microphone - omnidirectional
* Built-in Bluetooth capabilities
* Battery - rechargeable internal battery - up to 70hrs of use
* Comes with Headphones and carry case
* Can be connected to the BE2022 TV streamer
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Maxipro Television Streamer

The Maxipro TV streamer enables you to hear the television at a volume that suits you, without affecting the volume for anyone else in the room. Listen at your own volume.
Designed to: 
* Connect to your Maxipro
* Help to hear your TV
* Wireless listening
* Easy to set up
* Product code: BE2022

MooseBaby New Zealand

1/97a Sawyers Arms, Papanui
- DDI: 09 985 4403
- Mobile: 021190 5564
- Email: headmoose@moosebaby.co.nz
- Website: https://www.moosebaby.co.nz/products/wobl-waterproof-vibrating-reminder-watch?variant=32804877598791

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WobL + Vibrating Reminder Watch
Wobl + expanded features include 9 independent alarms, extended intervals for the countdown timer (1 minute to 24 hours), easy setup, ability to erase/shut off the countdown timer, comfortable silicon strap and it is now waterproof! The watch is also a great assist for those with visual or hearing impairment, ADHD and ADD, and diabetes. Large buttons and clear instructions make it a valuable tool for daily life. 

Useful Mobile Apps

By facilitating easier communication and social engagement, these apps can lead to a better quality of life and improved overall well-being. In essence, hearing transcription apps use advanced speech recognition technology to create a reliable visual aid for spoken language, making communication more accessible and inclusive for millions of people. Each application can be downloaded from the App Store (for Apple devices) or Google Play (for Android devices).
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Live Transcribe

Live Transcribe significantly benefit people who are hard of hearing by providing real-time transcriptions of spoken conversations, allowing you to easily follow along and participate in discussions even if you can't fully hear what is being said, essentially acting as a live captioning tool for everyday situations.
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NALscribe

NALscribe is a free, award-winning live speech captioning app developed by the National Acoustic Laboratories that helps people with hearing difficulties understand conversations by transcribing speech into text in real time. The app is designed for mobile devices
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Otter AI
Otter transcribes all your meetings, interviews, lectures, and everyday voice conversations in real time, so you can focus on the discussion.
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NZ Relay Services
Helps people who are Deaf, hard of hearing, speech communication difficulties, and deafblind to connect with businesses, friends, and whānau over the phone. For more information on this service check out their website: https://www.nzrelay.co.nz/index
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Soundprint
Is a free mobile application available on both iOS and Android that helps users find quiet places and promotes hearing health by allowing users to measure and share sound levels at various venues. Essentially acting as a crowdsourced database of noise levels, enabling users to search for locations based on their decibel levels.
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Resound Tinnitus Relief
Also known as ReSound Relief, is available in New Zealand and can be downloaded for free from the App Store (for Apple devices) or Google Play (for Android devices). It's designed to help individuals manage tinnitus symptoms through a combination of sound therapy and relaxation exercises, and it can be used by anyone, regardless of whether they use ReSound hearing aids.

Products

We offer a range of products that can be purchased, like hearing aid batteries, drying capsules, and badges that read ‘I am hard of hearing’.
We also have white cat pins; wearing one shows solidarity for people with hearing loss, as many white cats are born deaf.

If you would like to purchase any of our items, please contact us directly. For more information on why the white cat. - click here

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