New Hearing Aids Helps Perez Re-Gain Her Self-Confidence
Perez works as a part-time manager at a fast-food restaurant. Working in a busy kitchen environment with a lot of noise, she found her hearing loss was affecting her ability to work.
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Skip to NavigationPerez works as a part-time manager at a fast-food restaurant. Working in a busy kitchen environment with a lot of noise, she found her hearing loss was affecting her ability to work.
At 71 years old, Ali still works as a manager and estimator for a construction company in Vancouver. However, his hearing loss was making it difficult to communicate on the job. Through WorkBC Assistive Technology Services, he received funding to help cover the cost of the hearing aids he needs to keep working.
“[Assistive Technology Services] guided me through the process of applying for assistance for my hearing loss and subsequently covered a portion of the hearing aids purchase. This was a great help,” Ronald says.
After a long career as a service tech working on cars, Robert now works full-time driving the customer shuttle at a car dealership in Kamloops.
Lois works as an administrative assistant for a regional health authority. A large part of her job involves taking minutes for meetings and fielding many task requests. The meetings are held both in-person and virtually, and she found she was having trouble with her hearing loss in both contexts.