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Battery Disposal |
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All batteries are potentially hazardous when disposed into household garbage and are actually banned from garbage disposal. Discarded batteries have been a cause of several recent fires at the Hartland dump. So what do you do when you're standing there with spent batteries you've taken out of your flashlight, your telephone or your child's toy? Well, now you can bring them to us and we will arrange for recycling. We are pleased to be a part of the federal call2recycle program of recycling batteries and cell phones. We have become a depot for this program, so along with your hearing aid batteries you can recycle all of the other batteries and cell phones that are prolific in our lives. They don't accept car batteries so other options have to be explored for those items. Just bring the batteries that you can carry in your pocket or purse. |
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911 Emergency Services / Emergency Notifications Survey |
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Have you ever had problems accessing 911 emergency services or are you concerned about getting emergency notifications such as storm warnings or natural disaster alerts? Do you feel current technology is limiting your access to these services? Your opinions are important.
If you are hard of hearing and are interested in making 911 emergency services and emergency alerts better and would like to ensure these services meet your needs, then please take a few minutes to complete a survey at http://www.neilsquire.ca/E911survey
Please take part in this survey if you are 18 years or older and are deaf or hard of hearing and live in Canada. As a thank-you for participating in the survey your name will be entered in a draw for a $200 gift certificate to The Bay.
For more information please contact the Canadian Hard of hearing Association 604-795-9238 or 1-866-888-2442. |
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Holiday Hours |
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CLOSED for the afternoon for our Staff Christmas Lunch Dec. 2
Dec. 23rd closed by lunch for the Christmas holiday
Dec. 26 & 27th and 30th closed
Open Dec. 28th and 29th - minimal staffing, no appointments
Jan. 2, 2012 Open and business as usual!! |
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Battery Special |
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Buy 5 packages of batteries at $5/pkg
Get the 6th package FREE
Offer valid until Dec. 23/11 |
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Tinnitus Management |
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During one of our last professional conferences all of our audiologists were pleased to receive training about how to manage the problems that ensue with tinnitus. This speaker, Dr. James Henry from the VA Medical Centre in Portland Oregon, has put together some clear cut coping strategies which seem to work. Now, there is no cure for tinnitus but we are cautiously optimistic about results of these strategies that focus on our reaction to tinnitus. The first step when assessing a tinnitus problem is to have an audiological evaluation which we do routinely. However, McNeill Audiology is pleased to be able to offer this additional program. Please call for further information and prices. |
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Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Mother’s Day Run/Walk |
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May 8/2011 |
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McNeill Audiology was pleased and honoured to be the presenting sponsor of the Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Mother’s Day Run/Walk, their annual fund raising event.
Brent said a few words during their awards/door prize session and emphasized that hearing aids are really improving and doing wonderful things but they don’t ‘fix’ the problem. He cited an example of one client that told him at the beginning of a hearing aid fitting that if this didn’t work his wife was going to divorce him. Well that’s a tall order. Thankfully there are associations such as The Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre that provide services and support for people that are adjusting to hearing loss, to people who need further aids, lip-reading or sign language skills as well as (what the individuals in his example need to start with) information and support for families of deaf or hard of hearing individuals.
Pictured is the group of McNeill Audiology staff that walked or ran the 5k/10k course south of Mitchell’s farm on the beautiful Lochside trail. |
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Schedule an appointment: |
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Our friendly staff will be happy to discuss your particular needs and schedule an appointment with one of our registered audiologists. |
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Victoria BC, location - 250.370.2833 |
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Sidney BC, location - 250.656.2218 |
