Mike Hosking

Now, if you've worked around noise at any point in your life, you know, farms, factories, construction trades, all that sort of stuff, and your hearing's changed, then there is a proper process to find out whether that's work-related, and if it is, ACC may well be able to fund your hearing aid.

So this is Resonate Health.

This is how they do it.

No matter which ACC funding band that you qualify for, you receive the top-of-the-range hearing aids, no surcharge, no extra dollars to access the best tech, and the team take care of the lot.

They do the paperwork, the fitting, the adjustments, the ongoing care.

Now, I know some people wonder whether they can trust a provider to actually follow through on that.

Well, here's the good news.

Resonate, they've just been independently accredited by Consumer New Zealand, no less, as a consumer-trusted business.

So seven mystery shoppers, unannounced, across the studios around the country, and the finding was consultative, no pressure care.

Every single mystery shopper said they'd recommend Resonate.

So how good's that?

That's the independent tick right there.

So if you think you might be eligible for the ACC funding, 0800 737 662 or resonatehealth.co.nz.

Zed.

7.24, consumer confidence is in the doldrums again, as we've mentioned this morning.

We're a flaky old lot, aren't we?

I mean, they've seen similar things in America.

You take a single confidence reading in America, you would believe it's the end of the world.

But look at the metrics on jobs and spending.

It defies the mood, which would lead you to believe that what people say and what they do are often different things.