Day-to-day life can be exhausting for busy Kaitaia woman Renee. She works up to 50 hours a week, and is constantly on high alert, trying...

Lavinia was a 22-year-old mum living in Chile with two young children when her ears first started to cause problems. “I remember, my...

Shirvaun Abbott is a determined and patient woman. She learned at a very young age to not give up, and to find solutions to her hearing...

Emilia is a chatty 22-year-old who at the time of writing is waitressing at her local café, flatting with friends and has just finished...

Amateur stand-up comedian, film-maker, corporate sales associate and surfer are just a few of the paths Charlie has walked last ten...

Jesse knows what it’s like to lose a pair of hearing aids. In fact, over the years, more than a few pairs have gone missing… perhaps down...

Rob Gill is a semi-retired and proud Dad to three grown-up children. Rob enjoys running the serviced office and co-working business,...

Adrian lives with his partner and two friends in an inner Auckland flat. He works for Spark at Commercial Bay and is a skilled Brazilian...

It was the birth of her daughter that prompted Nathalie to finally get her hearing checked out. After having suspicions that something...

Amy lives with husband Simon and cares for her two young children – Caroline and Melanie-May. She has lived with hearing loss since...

Tara is a 26-year-old Trainee Primary School Teacher. She lives in Auckland with her partner and their close friends. As a baby Tara was...

Monique Leith is a Consultant Resource & Environmental Planner who runs her own land development consultancy business, Leith Consulting....

Naketa is a bubbly 23-year-old, passionate about the arts, theatre and surfing. Naketa was also born Deaf and has a cochlear implant on...

Tarryn-Ann was studying to become a teacher in India when her life changed forever. Out of the blue, she contracted an illness that led...

Janet, a 53-year-old mum of two from Auckland, almost made a very expensive mistake while on holiday in Samoa. “I dived into the swimming...

Hope lives in Upper Hutt with her parents and twin siblings, and has moderately severe hearing loss in her left ear. She also has...