"The damage to my hearing was only discovered when I was four years old. At nursery school, the teacher thought I simply didn’t want to listen. My hearing loss turned out to be 50% in each ear. It’s like someone speaking to you underwater. Over time, I’ve had various hearing aids. It wasn’t until I was 16 that I finally got smaller devices. However, since they kept breaking, I eventually gave up on wearing them."
"I'm so happy with my 'new ears' "!
Later, Kim became an internationally sought-after model and a popular guest on various television programs. The hearing loss became a challenge. For her work as a photographic model, she wanted discreet devices for both ears. At François Nicolle, Hearing Aids she was introduced to the newest generation of ultra-small hearing aids.
"There are plenty of hearing aids. But for my work, I simply can’t afford to wear anything obvious. When I first got my custom-made devices from François Nicolle, it was a revelation. It’s an incredible feeling to hear normally. You also start to appreciate how valuable it is to have a solution for such a problem. I’m so happy with my 'new ears.' I honestly wouldn’t know what to do without them now."
Hearing aids for the dog
"Recently, I needed new devices for a rather unusual reason. My three-year-old son has only just realised that mummy doesn’t hear well and that the hearing aids help me hear much better. Our dog Mickey is thirteen years old and deaf. My son thought, ‘Mickey can’t hear properly,’ saw my hearing aids lying around and gave them to the dog. Unfortunately, Mickey chewed one of them up completely... Thanks to this incident, I now have the very latest devices: Starkey Signature."
