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’Ear to Stay – Sound Advice on Hearing

Flagstaff Team

Belinda Furmenger, Customer Services Manager, and Soren Thompson, Audiology Specialist

Kiwi owned and operated Ear Health has since 1995 been at the forefront of ear care throughout New Zealand, guaranteeing the provision of efficient and professional audiology services delivered to an exceptional standard.

Here on the North Shore, Ear Health’s new Narrow Neck clinic opened in September 2020, and its clinic of 10 years in Birkenhead are both owned and operated by the delightful Soren Thompson, who moved to New Zealand from Romania 20 years ago. With his wife and two children, Soren has been a Hauraki resident for five years, having relocated from Christchurch.

Soren and his team take great pride in their long-standing commitment to the aural health and well-being of the North Shore communities in which they work and live, offering state-of-the-art, complete ear-health services.

Soren sets his audiology practices apart through the individual and fully-integrated care he provides.

“Interacting with people, bringing a difference to their quality of life, finding the right solution to individual and particular cases – this is what makes me passionate about the service I offer to each and every person I help,” he says. Soren and his team of professionals specialise in total ear health, with ongoing audiology care and an overall health-focused, holistic approach.

Soren goes on to explain that hearing loss and access to hearing-care services is a concern for many communities. According to a recent report commissioned by the National Foundation for the Deaf, an estimated 880,350 Kiwis suffer hearing impairment – almost 20 per cent of the population may be struggling to participate fully in life. Good hearing keeps life fulfilling, and our hearing is undoubtedly worth preserving. Sound brings us joy and connection to our world; a soothing familiar voice, listening to the rush of water, or reacting to a warning signal are all sounds we can perhaps take for granted.

We thrive on listening and communicating with others. Sounds and conversation fire our brains and engage us in thinking, reacting and responding. Imagine losing part of your ability to hear, with those sounds becoming muffled or even disappearing altogether. As the sound stimulus to your brain changes, so too does your brain itself. Recent research has shown the brain can “forget” how to hear, so it’s vitally important to keep it stimulated with sound.

People often respond to hearing loss by reducing social contact, because engaging in conversations becomes more complicated, particularly when battling background noise. Isolation from friends and family is a risk factor leading to many mental and physical illnesses. Soren passionately believes that preserving your hearing health is a lifelong commitment which will protect your quality of life as a whole. His advice is that being proactive is simple and easy – just have your hearing tested once a year.

Soren and his team look forward to welcoming you to meet and discuss all your audiology needs for a lifetime of wonderful sounds and total ear health.

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Ear cleaning by microsuction
  • Diagnostic hearing tests
  • Hearing aid fitting and repairs
  • Hearing health and rehabilitation
  • Tinnitus assessments and advice

Ear Health is ACC, Enable and WINZ registered. All services are provided by medical professionals, including Registered Nurses and MNZAS Audiologists.

EAR HEALTH – 82Lake Road, Narrow Neck / TEL: 09 242 0866


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