Charity - Aid for Crete - Winter 2005

Sevenoaks Hearing Care Centre’s Matt Cannon was visiting the beautiful holiday island of Crete recently – but not to idle away his days on the sun-kissed shores of the Mediterranean.

The purpose of his trip was to help bring the latest in hearing technology to underprivileged islanders suffering in silence because they could not afford to buy hearing aids in the absence of any government assistance.

Manufactures GN ReSound who have a presence in Crete wanted us to assist with fitting and teaching the patients how to use their new instruments. The hearing aid in question was the brilliant new ReSound Metrix. This provided Matt with an unrivalled opportunity, not only to help these people but also to familiarise himself with features of the instrument.

Matt reports that the reactions of the patients were often very moving, as they rediscovered their hearing and were able to experience an immediate and dramatic improvement in quality of life.