What a successful event!
Last Tuesday we sponsored the Healthy Hearing Expo in Victoria and I want to share some of the feedback we got from the attendees. Some of the comments that came in were:
- I am so grateful for the opportunity to really learn for myself what products are out there in the hearing aid marketplace. Wandering around the exhibit hall and talking to the individual hearing aid companies was very educational and eye opening.
- I have been wearing Phonak’s for 8 years so it was great to visit their booth and meet three Phonak reps and ask questions about the product that they released earlier this month. I am ready to upgrade my hearing aids!
- I was pleasantly surprised to meet the hearing ear dog. I had no idea that this was possible! I live alone now and am definitely going to look into this.
- The display about the telecoil loop was interesting. I was interested to hear about Van City becoming set up for the hard of hearing.
- The talks were fantastic. My husband and I stayed for all three. I got a lot out of Dr. Wright’s talk about the new features available in hearing aids. We were able to write down the features that we we’re interested in and now use that to determine the best new hearing aid for my husband.
- My bag was full of giveaways! Chocolates, water bottles, pens, paper, earplugs, mugs. Well worth the trip!
From my perspective as an organizer, I really felt the event was a success. There were hundreds of people who came through and the overwhelming feeling was of gratitude for the opportunity to “shop” around for hearing aids. The people who came could really see how important it is to use an independent audiologist (one that is not owned by a single manufacturer) because they all have unique products.
I am proud to be independent and am glad that the consumer is realizing this value as well.
I also was able to do short interviews with all of the major hearing aid reps regarding the premiere feature they wanted to highlight in their new products. Stay tuned for upcoming video blogs!
Here is a full staff photo of all of us just before the Expo began:
Oak Bay and Broadmead Hearing Clinic – Tracy, Diane, Doran, Erin, Robbyn and Devon
Here are more photos from our Healthy Hearing Expo 2013:
Thanks again to everyone who came out, our success is because of you and we appreciate the time you took to come down!
If you were at our Healthy Hearing Expo this year, we’d love it if you visited our Facebook page here and let us know what your favorite part was!