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HALLS/FOUNTAIN CITY SHOPPER-NEWS • FEBRUARY 20, 2012 • A-13

NEWS FROM WEAVER HEARING AID CENTER

Expanded product line benefits patients By Sandra Clark There’s a reason people from a four-state area travel to Knoxville for hearing aid advice and instruments. Gary and Belinda Weaver are all about customer service. “We are a provider to the hearing impaired 24/7,� said Gary. So Weaving Hearing Aid Center has forged relationships with wholesalers to bring an array of products to its office in Franklin Square. A major manufacturer is Oticon, which offers ConnectLine. These devices link wirelessly to hearing aids,

connecting the patients to their cell or landline phone, to music, the computer or the television. “With ConnectLine, your hearing instruments become a personal wireless headset,� said Gary. And he won’t just send the device home with a patient who has no clue how to use it. He will program it and demonstrate it until each patient is comfortable. Because the sound is transmitted directly to your ear, the speaker’s voice is not amplified to create disturbance for others in the

Sell, don’t annoy

room. With a range up to 30 feet, the patient can listen to programs at his preferred volume while the family listens at theirs. Safety is a factor as well. Gary Weaver asks what happens when a patient goes home. What happens when the hearing aid comes out. “Can she hear the smoke detector at night? Can she hear the phone ring? The dog bark? The door bell? “Getting a hearing aid is not the end of the story,� he says. Auxiliary devices in-

Belinda and Gary Weaver. clude a pillow vibrator to help you “hear� a smoke alarm. The device might also have a strobe light and even dial for help. Freedom Alert is an exclusive new product with a programmable 2-way voice emergency pendant and no monthly fees. Gary can program numbers for four emergency contacts: family, friend, neighbor, nurse or E-911. Worn around the neck,

the pendant’s range includes both house and yard. Families buy the system with no further financial obligation. “If you move, take it with you. Take it on vacation,� said Gary. “It’s yours.� Intiga is a super small Oticon product designed to help new wearers acclimate to a hearing aid. “The process of learning to use the aid is quicker and more comfortable,� said Gary. “And it’s so tiny when it goes

behind the ear you’d have to have a flashlight to find it.� Intiga aids are water repellent and offer remote control over sound and programming. With customers already from East Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and Kentucky, Gary said Weaver Hearing Aid Center is a one-stop shop for hearing devices. “We carry all the brands. We offer a 30-day trial period with 100 percent guarantee. And we’ll do what it takes, even make a home visit, to ensure that your equipment works for you.�

Weaver Hearing Aid Center 9648 Kingston Pike, Suite 2 (Franklin Square) 357-2650

BUSINESS NOTES â– The Knoxville Area Urban League will host an all-day Independent Contractor Workshop 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, 1514 East Fifth Ave. The workshop is designed for small trades contractors with six or fewer employees. The workshop is sponsored by the Knoxville Area Urban League and presented by SCORE. Cost is $100, which includes lunch, computer software and business forms. Info or to register: 524-5511 or info@thekaul.org.

At the risk of sounding â– Suzy Schierbaum of like everything I know I SunTrust Mortgage Inc. has learned from restaurants been named and science fiction, I’ll rea President’s visit my wait staff experiTeam honences this week. oree for her outstanding performance in 2011. This designation Shannon is the highSchierbaum Carey est honor in â– The Halls Business and the company. Schierbaum Professional Association will was recognized for her inmeet at noon Tuesday, Feb. 21, Scott Sepulveda has dividual sales production, at Beaver Brook Country Club. The specter of any wait opened ProCare Auto closing more than $30 milThis month’s program will be a staff job is Suggestive SellSamantha Miller, owner/designer of Little Bella Boutique Service and brings 33 lion in loans last year. Info: forum featuring Knox County ing. We were all instructed in Powell, saw a need for unique, quality children’s items in years’ experience in au560-7217. Property Assessor candidates to suggestively sell everythe area and has opened the doors to her store on Emory tomotive care to the area. Phil Ballard and John Whiteâ– Brooke Givens has thing from top shelf liquor Road. Little Bella Boutique carries an assortment of items – Sepulveda offers oil/lube/ head and Knox County Law joined the Elder Law Practice to calamari. Secret shopmany of them locally made – featuring classic apparel, fun Director candidates Bud Armfi lter change, disc brake of Monica pers came in droves to enand funky clothing items, hand-painted furniture, boots strong and Joe Jarret. Lunch is service, air conditioning, Franklin, loforce this practice. and accessories. Miller will host a grand opening 10 a.m. $10. No reservations necessary. tire repairs and rotation, cated at 4931 I’m all for suggestive to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. The first 10 customers at the Info: www.hallsbusiness.com. belt and hose inspection, Homberg selling, but it’s way too easy event will receive 20 percent off their purchase, the secâ– The Knoxville Chamber transmission mainteDrive in for suggestive selling to beond 10 will receive 15 percent off and everyone can enjoy board of directors will discuss nance and other mainteBearden. come pushy selling. We’ve a 10 percent discount all day. Little Bella Boutique is open economic development in the nance services for foreign Givens is a all had that moment when 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to Knoxville area. Ed McCallum of and domestic vehicles. 2011 graduMcCallum Sweeney Consulting we want the sales person, 5 p.m. on Wednesday. It is located at 113 E. Emory Road ProCare Auto Service is loate of UT will provide insight into the wait staff or otherwise, to near Computer Depot. Info: 297-3130. 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