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The Hearing Review reports that the average person is aware they have a hearing impairment for up to 12 years before seeking treatment. This is due in part to the stigma associated with hearing loss.

“Unfortunately, hearing loss gets associated with the aging process and that stigma results in considerable delays in treatment,” says Shannon L. Austin, Doctor of Audiology and

owner of SLA Audiology. “This is frustrating for those of us who know the life-changing effects of current technology combined with professional guidance. Many times patients are concerned that others will notice a hearing aid, but when you’re not engaging in conversation, that’s very noticeable too.”

According to Austin, hearing loss is the third most chronic health condition in the U.S. behind heart disease and arthritis. In addition, hearing loss can mimic cognitive decline.

“Studies show that listening under difficult conditions requires increased cognitive resources in order to communicate,” says Austin, who has 18-plus years of audiology experience. “This extra cognitive effort can take away from resources that could be devoted to other activities. Difficulty hearing can also result in social isolation and loneliness, which have other negative health consequences.”

SLA Audiology, a local, independently owned company, offers a broad scope of audiology services - not just hearing aids.

This includes tinnitus evaluations, ear wax management, assistive listening devices, and communication and functional needs assessments. Austin also works with those in law enforcement, military and construction, as well as anyone else who is regularly exposed to loud noises such as hunters and musicians.

“We want to be their resource for providing the hearing protection they need to prevent hearing loss,” Austin says.

If a patient’s hearing concerns require an

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ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist, those referrals will be made. Austin has an extensive background in medical audiology, having spent 15 years of her career working closely with ENTs. ENTs are physicians who deal with the surgical and medical management of conditions of the head and neck. Audiologists, who are now required to have a doctor of audiology degree, are responsible for the non-medical management of hearing and balance disorders.

SLA Audiology is open five days per week with early morning and evening appointments available.

“A good number of our patients or their caregivers are still working, so the extended hours allow them to come without taking time off from work,” Austin says. “We also offer virtual appointments.”

If a patient has devices that were purchased elsewhere that need to be reprogrammed, or would like further guidance on how to use them, they are welcome to schedule an appointment with Austin at SLA Audiology where she follows best-practice guidelines when it comes to fitting protocols.

“We’re glad to develop a treatment plan regardless of where devices were purchased,” Austin says.

If you or someone you love is struggling to hear, reach out to SLA Audiology for a consultation.

“Successful outcomes are far greater the sooner the loss is treated, and can result in a significant improvement in overall quality of life,” Austin says.

Bonds of Brotherhood Russell Broughton Talks Military Career and Post-Service Life

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of 2003 he was deployed to Afghanistan.

Before that, in April of 2003, he married Kristi, whom he had known since high school.

Center, where he stayed for two months.

Though there was a level of fear in re-enlisting for a fourth deployment, Broughton wanted to serve his country for In total, Broughton served four tours in Iraq. as long as he was physically able to do so.

His first deployment was 14 months long.

“I can’t say my wife was overjoyed that I re“When I came back, the Army was enlisted after I was hurt,” says Broughton, reshuffling how they did things, organizing who was gone four out of the first eight “My mom’s dad was in the Air Force and their combat teams as they were trying to years they were married. was a Morse code guy,” Broughton says. “My figure out how to deal with two wars at one dad’s dad was infantry in World War II so I time,” Broughton says.

Broughton was in a wheelchair at first as he was intrigued.” rehabbed his way back to mobility. When He got back in October of 2004 and was he was stationed in California in 2013, he Broughton joined the Army on September deployed again in June of 2005. A year later struggled physically because the infantry is a 3, 2001, just eight days before 9/11 rocked in June of 2006, he was riding in a vehicle strenuous job that requires a lot of running our world. when it was hit by an improvised explosive and carrying. device. Unconscious for an hour and a half, “That changed the whole scope of my he then remained hospitalized in Iraq for “My injuries caught up to me and I could career,” says Broughton, who graduated two weeks. When he redeployed for the no longer physically do what I used to, so from basic training in January of 2002, then third time, he was once again injured when I decided to get my hip fixed,” Broughton went to Airborne School at Fort Benning says. a truck bomb was driven through the front where he learned how to jump out of an gate of his base and detonated. Broughton airplane. Following that training, he was He was thrown a curveball, however, when fractured his pelvis and was medevacked stationed in New York, and in September routine blood work revealed that he had to Walter Reed National Military Medical After graduating from high school, Russell Broughton went to Indiana State University for a year, but he never really felt like college was a great fit. Then one day, out of the blue, an Army recruiter called and encouraged him to enlist.

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focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a condition in which filters in one’s kidneys wear down and stop working. In short, his kidneys were functioning at 40%.

“This was a huge surprise,” says Broughton, who was just 32 at the time. Once he learned how sick he was, surgery to fix his hip was off the table. The doctor told him it was a matter of time before his kidneys failed. Because the condition was irreversible, in December of 2013 Broughton was medically retired from the Army. By March of 2014, he was extremely ill.

“I was exhausted and nauseated every day,” Broughton says. “My ankles and calves swelled because I was retaining fluid, and my skin was gray.”

In May of 2014 he started dialysis at a veterans hospital, where he was the youngest patient by 25 years.

“Dialysis is way more difficult than anything I ever did in the Army,” Broughton says.

Though he desperately needed a new kidney, he wouldn’t let his wife be a donor because he knew his condition could be passed on,

and he wanted to be sure that if one of his daughters had issues, Kristi could potentially be a good match. His parents and several friends got tested, but no luck. In February of 2015 he got an infection in his port and ended up in the hospital with sepsis. Within two days, he was at death’s door.

He was on a transplant list, but he knew full well how many people die while awaiting a transplant. Though it was a long shot, he posted a plea on Facebook requesting a donor.

“It was my Hail Mary pass,” he says.

His condition improved enough for him to be discharged from the hospital, but he was still hurting greatly. Three months passed and then one day a man named Andrew Coughlan, another Army veteran who had served with him during his first deployment, contacted him.

“I saw your post on Facebook,” Coughlan said at the time. “I’ve been doing these tests without you knowing, because I didn’t want you to get your hopes up. Turns out, I’m a match.”

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The two men had been in the same company but had served on different missions. They didn’t go to basic training together or serve in the same platoon. Still, despite not being close, they were brothers. Coughlan told Broughton that during the motor attack that left Broughton wounded, Coughlan’s sergeant passed away, but not before shielding Coughlan with his body, thus saving Coughlan’s life. Donating his kidney to a fellow soldier was his way of paying it forward.

In May of 2016, Coughlan flew up from Florida for the transplant.

“It immediately took and I’ve had no issues,” says Broughton, who couldn’t be more thankful for Coughlan’s selflessness.

“He saved my life and provided me with the ability to see my kids grow up.”

His girls, Abigail and Sophia, are now 17 and 13 respectively.

During his time in the military, he received two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star Medal, a high-level honor given for outstanding leadership.

Though Broughton will forever appreciate the brotherhood of the military, he admits that it was difficult trying to be a father and a husband while also having to go to war.

“I had to come home to my daughters and wife and be kind and attentive to their needs, then a week later go into a war zone and make split-second decisions that could cost somebody their life,” Broughton says.

“It’s almost like I had to be two people.”

Serving in a war undoubtedly affects anyone, and often soldiers feel like they have to stuff down their emotions despite struggling on the inside.

“For me personally, I’ve lost just as many soldier friends to suicide as I have to combat,” Broughton says. “It’s been seven years I’ve been out of the military, and friends are still taking their lives.”

He describes the infantry as a proud division whose members are often reluctant to seek help.

“It was frowned upon to ask for help years ago, but people are now realizing this is a huge problem,” Broughton says. “It took me getting blown through a wall and fracturing my pelvis to admit that I have some issues I needed to talk about. It shouldn’t take something catastrophic to reach out for mental health help.”

As he was getting dialysis, he went back to school to earn his college degree. Now he’s a staff accountant at the Kemper CPA Group. He’s also a homebody who enjoys watching movies and spending time with family.

“I’m not a fan of crowds,” Broughton says.

“That was true even before COVID.” As for future plans, mostly he’s just excited to watch his kids grow up.

“Kristi and I put everything we have into our daughters,” Broughton says. “That’s what matters most.”

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When Lovely went to Danville for the title, she learned that it was the James Brown farm.

Brown was a Kentucky veteran of the War of 1812 who purchased the land as part of the federal Land Act of 1820. Because he was the first white settler in the area, the town of Brownsburg was named after him. Lovely, who has a master’s degree in history, was eager to learn more about the Brown family, but despite snooping around libraries, archives and genealogy sites, she found very little.

“I was hoping I’d stumble across a letter or a photo, but no such luck,” Lovely says.

In one of the barns, however, she found initials and dates carved into the hand-hewn beams.

Through the years a number of people owned the property. After Brown died, one of his sons inherited it. It later passed through a lot of hands, though the man Lovely bought it from had lived there for four decades.

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all kinds of crazy stories that involve him and animals, like taking raccoons on dates. He was such a character.”

Though her father never got to see the farm, he knew his daughter was buying it and was happy for her. The day she and Chris signed the papers, her beloved father passed away.

They decided to name it Montrose Farms in his honor.

When the couple first bought the farm, alpacas were not on their radar. They considered growing cash crops like pumpkins or mums, but they weren’t sure they had enough space or equipment to make it profitable. Lovely is vegetarian/vegan, so if they were going to raise livestock, it needed to be an animal that provides an end product that doesn’t require slaughter. The couple traveled all over the country since Chris worked as a mechanic with IndyCar. During one of their trips, they visited a farm in northern Indiana that had a five-day-old alpaca.

“We got to go into the pasture with him and his mom,” Lovely says. “I squatted down, and the baby came over to me and gave me a nose bump. That was it. I was hooked.”

Lovely’s favorite part of running the farm is interacting with the animals, which includes not only alpacas but also chickens, ducks, dogs and cats. In 2016 her husband passed away and the farm became a lot more work. He took care of plumbing, electrical wiring, mechanical components and carpentry. He built fences and furniture, and was basically a jack-of-alltrades.

“He could fix anything,” Lovely says. “He was also really great with the animals. He loved them so much.”

After his death, Lovely halted breeding for three years. In 2019 she began breeding again, which produced a baby alpaca named Whimsy who turned 1 year old in July of 2021.

“She has become the sweetest, cuddliest, most people-friendly alpaca I’ve ever had,” Lovely says. “She’ll snuggle up to you and tuck into your shoulder, then look up at you and give you kisses.”

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Several years ago, Lovely began focusing on agritourism, which involves classes, events, educational tours, and bed-and-breakfast stays.

“I borrowed ideas and also came up with some of my own,” she says.

These include alpaca yoga, guided meditation, painting classes, fiber spinning classes and wine tasting. Alpaca yoga involves getting into yoga poses with treats in outstretched hands. In guided meditation, participants lie on mats with their eyes closed as they are led through various mental exercises.

“The alpacas are much more comfortable with that since people are quiet and still,” Lovely says. “All the alpacas enjoy visitors.”

Almost every event is a partnership with another small business.

She partners with Hopwood Cellars Winery in Zionsville, Christine Yovanovich with Honor Yoga, Buffe Challand at My Art Indy for painting classes, and Leonard Parker with Life Enhancement Dojo, who does the guided meditation. They also occasionally offer laughter yoga, with certified laughter yoga instructor Christine Eartheart with Joy Potential. She is one of only three certified laughter yoga instructors in the state.

“That’s been very popular with every age,” Lovely says. “I love working with other small businesses and people who bring their passions to me.”

Montrose Farms hosts educational tours for preschools, scout troops, FFA (Future Farmers of America) students, senior groups and masonic groups.

In addition, those wishing to commemorate birthdays, impending nuptials or other celebrations are welcome to book an event. She even hosted an acoustic session with Grammy Award winner Bill Miller.

“It’s fun trying new projects, Lovely says. “It makes life more interesting,” Lovely says.

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“A sunglass company even brought their models out to take pictures,” Lovely says. “There’s always something different going on.”

Lovely, a freelance writer and editor, struggles to find enough hours in the day to get everything done. She especially can use extra sets of hands when it’s time to cut and stack hay, and during shearing day in early May. “God forbid something breaks - that’s the hardest part of being a one-woman show,” says Lovely, who is reminded daily of how much her late husband helped make this dream a reality. “It was really hard losing Chris. I was so depressed. If I hadn’t had the animals to take care of, I don’t know that I would have gotten out of bed. Running this farm has kept me social.”

She’s also pleased that Montrose Farms serves to help others.

“Life is hard,” Lovely says. “To be able to make people feel good and experience joy is nice.”

Montrose Farms is located at 3750 North 950 East in Brownsburg. For more information, call 317-456-4083 or visit montrosefarms.com.

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