Tom Millar RHIP/Owner NexGen Hearing West Kelowna, BC A F T E R C A R E S E R V I C E S Your relationship with your Audiologist continues Our Provincially Registered Audiologists and Hearing Instrument Practitioners (RHIP) are trained to offer comprehensive hearing evaluations, hearing aid consultations, and hearing rehabilitation. Clients can stop by the clinic with no appointment to see our staff for hearing aid cleanings, minor repairs and adjustments. Or you can evaluate whether a consultation is needed by trying our Online Hearing Test. Clients who have purchased hearing aids from NexGen Hearing can tap into our Comprehensive Hearing Aid Care (CHAC) plan which provides all services including hearing aid batteries, at no additional cost. With CHAC you can stop by as often as you would like. Other Featured Services • Sales and service of Assistive Listening Devices (ALD’s) • Ear moulds for swimming, hearing protection, musicians, media players, and communication devices • Instructions on Bluetooth technology with your hearing aids • Our convenient Online Hearing Test What is a Registered Audiologist or Hearing Instrument Practitioner? A Provincially Registered Audiologist or Hearing Instrument Practitioner (RHIP) is one who has been registered by the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of BC to test hearing and prescribe hearing aids. An Audiologist has a Masters or Doc- torate degree from a university. A Hearing Instrument Practitioner has a 2-3 year col- lege diploma. Think of an Audiologist as an Optometrist and a RHIP as an Optician. Audiologists have a relatively wider scope of practice in that they can test and fit infants and can also do more specialized types of hearing testing. In the field of adult hearing health however, both of these professionals receive extensive training in the testing, fitting, counselling, and post fitting follow up of hearing aids. Tom and his wife Allison enjoy living in the Okanagan with their two boys. As an avid outdoors enthusiast, his passions include skiing, dirt biking, fishing, hiking, softball, and photography. He enjoys traveling with family to Maui – one of his favourite destinations. With over 20 years of experience in the health care product industry, Tom has a wealth of knowledge that has been instrumental in caring for his clients’hearing care needs. Growing up in a family where hearing loss was prevalent, he developed a compassion for the hearing impaired. This naturally led to a career path to become a hearing practitioner and clinic owner. As a Hearing Instrument Practitioner, Tom manages the West Kelowna and Peachland clinics and looks forward to meeting you! MEET YOUR HEARING PROFESSIONAL: TOM MILLAR Outdoors enthusiast 31 | HEARING TODAY NEXT GENERATION OF HEARING CARE | 32