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by Debbie Swift, BC-HIS, Founder and President of Swift Audiology
s the Baby Boomer population
has grown, so has the financial
interest in providing hearing
solutions by an onslaught of
previously uninterested groups.
The Good News: What Used to be a
Stigma, is No Longer! Debra Swift founded
Swift Hearing Service over 30 years ago, at
the age of 28.
Debra realized her human truth; love, faith
and our connection to others and our world
are at the core of our human existence.
Our human senses feed who we are and
how we relate with each other in this life.
Our sense of hearing is one of the most
important. It enables us to stay in touch, to
communicate with others, to keep our brain
fed with speech clarity and acclimated to our
environment. Our brain health, our memory,
our cognitive alertness are highly related to
our hearing abilities.
Debra became aware of the value of
hearing and how it relates to our overall
health. She saw how hearing well, helped
individuals maintain independent living
and supported our confidence, emotional,
mental and wellbeing. Her Grandmother was
at the core of this emotional discovery for
Debra.
She then founded a professional service
that would provide solutions for better
hearing to offer a better quality of life to
her patients. She was impassioned by
this
discovery
in her young adult life and
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has devoted her life to helping others to
continue to hear well.
Debra has found over the years that the
need for a professional evaluation, fitting
and long-term follow-up care provides the
most benefit with hearing devices. This
strategy isn’t recognized when patients
are presented with products that offer
“enhanced or misleading” truths about the
results they will experience, as well as very
limited to no service.
hands and skin, wax produced in the
ear canal, hair and dead skin follicles
plus environmental moisture. Moisture
effects the performance of any hearing
device and requires regular cleanings
for optimal performance.
2. Hearing devices are electronics, and
the advanced devices are small digital
computers. Sound is received, goes thru
digital processors and comes out into
Debra Swift, BC-HIS
Dr. Megan Myers
Founder and Owner
Doctor of Audiology –
the ear. These small devices contain
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open ports such as microphones,
receivers, filters and battery doors.
development every year to offer the most
These are working parts that need to be
advanced technologies so you can truly hear
maintained, just as you would maintain
and understand better for living life to the
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your automobile to ensure longevity.
fullest.
3. As our hearing changes, the
Technology has now implemented
programming of the devices will need
artificial intelligence (AI) that will bring
to be updated by a hearing professional
hearing devices into the healthcare and
according to your individual needs. It is
body health monitoring realm. New devices
important to work with a professional
may be remotely adjusted over the Internet
to assist you on hearing better as
by your hearing healthcare professional,
hearing changes, it’s not a one-size-
without the user coming in to the office. The
fit-all approach, it is specific to your
AI hearing device can translate languages
hearing prescription. We know that
in real time as someone is speaking to the
cognition and memory fade over
device wearer. It can offer fall detection and
time without good clear information.
notification to whomever is designated by
Hearing is a function that provides the
the wearer. These are just some of the most
brain with the information and sensory
recent advancements in hearing devices we
needs to remain healthy.
proudly stand behind.
Offers for inexpensive or easily accessible
Strictly focusing on price only is a
devices are out there, “We have always
misguided strategy and will not provide the
had self-fit, hearing devices available in
benefit, service, and maintenance needed
magazines and on the Internet for as long as
for the longevity of your investment. We’ve
I can remember” says Debra. “They are not
all heard this saying, “We get what we pay
expensive, but they are virtually ineffective
for”, that can easily be the case with many of
for active living. They work in quiet settings
the purchasing options out there.
and possibly for one-on-one conversations,
We’d love to help you or your loved ones
but fall very short in assisting you in living
hear well. Trustworthy for 32 years, that says
an active, normal life.” These offers are
* “We love what we do and we
it in a nutshell.
typically driven by quantity over quality; sell
do it well, with heart and soul”, says Debra.
lower-cost to many more consumers is the
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model and little to no professional services
a comprehensive hearing evaluation and
included.
consultation with professionals you can
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devices from five major manufacturers.
pressure or obligation. You can’t get Swift
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