13/11/2025
“Tina has made me happy again.” 💛🐾
After losing her husband and her beloved cat, Annette Barker — a Hearing House kiritaki/client and cochlear implant user — has found joy again, thanks to Tina, her Hearing Dog.
Trained through Hearing Dogs NZ, Tina helps Annette by alerting her to important sounds — but her biggest gift has been companionship and happiness.
“She’s full of fun,” says Annette. “Every morning she looks at me as if to say, ‘Are you ready for the day?’ The key difference is simply that I’m happy again.”
Read Annette and Tina’s full story here 👉https://www.hearinghouse.co.nz/single-post/tina-has-made-me-happy-again