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<\/p>\nIn 2020 alone, the Naples Woman\u2019s Club awarded more than $230,000 in scholarships and grants to deserving individuals and groups. It also began lending support to a transitional cottage for abused single mothers who are at risk of becoming homeless.<\/p>\n
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Patricia Watts, 68, is among the 300 members who made all that happen. While her husband plays golf, Patricia gladly spends the bulk of her free time doing charitable work, primarily for the Naples Woman\u2019s Club.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been around a long time (since 1932), and we have a very good track record,\u201d Patricia says of the Woman\u2019s Club. \u201cWe have a lot of programs that are designed to help students that need help with college, women in need and young mothers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not long ago, a hearing problem made doing charitable work and life in general rather difficult for Patricia.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring large events, I was missing out on things because I couldn\u2019t hear everything that was being said from across the room,\u201d Patricia recounts. \u201cAt first, I just let it go. But after a while I realized I was missing too much.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patricia\u2019s difficulties prompted a trip to a doctor who told her she needed hearing aids. In a hearing aid, Patricia wanted something discreet that didn\u2019t require a lot of daily maintenance. Her doctor suggested she try the Phonak Lyric\u2122 device.<\/p>\n
The Lyric is an extended-wear appliance that sits inside the ear canal near the eardrum. It can safely be worn 24\/7 for up to 12 weeks, during which time the wearer can sleep, shower and even swim with the hearing aid in place.<\/p>\n
The doctor who suggested the Lyric didn\u2019t carry the device, so Patricia was forced to look for a provider in her area that did. Her research led her to Drianis Duran, AuD, of
\nGulf Coast Audiology.<\/p>\n
During her initial visit with Patricia, Dr. Duran confirmed her need for hearing aids and explained that the \u201cinvisible\u201d Lyric device is placed just 4 mm from the eardrum. As a result, there are candidacy guidelines the patient must meet.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo make sure the Lyric will fit, we need to measure the length and diameter of the patient\u2019s ear canal,\u201d Dr. Duran explains. \u201cOnce we\u2019ve determined that a patient can adequately receive the device, they can walk out with it that day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese Lyric devises are so convenient that I often forget I have them at all.\u201d \u2013 Patricia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI refer to the Lyric device as being like contact lenses for the ears. You go to the eye doctor and try your contact lenses for a week or so. Then you come back and decide if they\u2019re a good option for you. We do the same with the Lyric.\u201d<\/p>\n The Lyric proved to be an excellent option for Patricia. She immediately began to pick up pieces of conversation she was missing previously and realized she no longer had to raise the volume on the television to hear it.<\/p>\n \u201cDr. Duran fit me perfectly, programmed the devices, showed me videos and gave me all sorts of information that made the transition to wearing the Lyric simple,\u201d Patricia raves. \u201cNow, I\u2019m hearing clearly, and I don\u2019t miss out on anything anymore.<\/p>\n \u201cAll I have to do is go back and see her every five or six weeks and change out the hearing devices and I\u2019m good to go. She\u2019s an exceptional audiologist, and these Lyric devises are so convenient that I often forget I have them at all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 2020 alone, the Naples Woman\u2019s Club awarded more than $230,000 in scholarships and grants to deserving individuals and groups. It also began lending support to a transitional cottage for abused single mothers who are at risk of becoming homeless. Patricia Watts, 68, is among the 300 members who made all that happen. While her…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","locid":"","rating":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":567,"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions\/567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}