Hearing Link Services blogs

Hearing Link Services is delighted to host a number of guest bloggers chronicling their unique and personal hearing loss journeys.

On this page there are posts from all our bloggers mixed together.

To read Tony Long’s blog about learning to adapt to his wife’s deafness, please visit this page.
To read Kirsteen Allison’s cochlear implant blog please visit this page.
To read Maggi Summerhill’s blog about family life and hearing loss please visit this page.

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The Silver Screen

The recent revelations about how people have been mistreated in the ‘Hollywood industry’ either did the Oscars no good, or drew in viewers keen to see what would happen on the night. Surely though, very few were surprised by what’s been going on. Even though we don’t take an interest in the ceremony we were […]

Cochlear implant blog: Part two

Part two and the conclusion of our mini blog series to mark International Cochlear Implant Day (25th February). Marc Van Cartier-Kerr continues his cochlear implant story. Part two: Bringing back my world I had just started a new job and it seemed to be going well. I was missing a lot, but people were being very […]

Cochlear implant blog: Part one

To mark International Cochlear Implant Day (25th February), our volunteer Marc Van Cartier-Kerr shares his journey about receiving an implant.

Wakey, wakey!

Hi all, Thought you’d probably heard enough of my ramblings for a while, so I didn’t bother you for a few months. Hope you didn’t get too used to it, here’s some more rubbish. I’ll start the year with activities in the bedroom – – – – – – no, not that sort of thing, […]

Blog: Living with tinnitus

By Helen Thom, Hearing Link volunteer It was around ten years ago that I first began suffering from tinnitus. A botched ear syringing caused a dramatic loss of hearing in my right ear. Coping with that was difficult enough, but the resulting tinnitus, which I experienced as a loud, screeching whistle, was very stressful and […]

The Thai Way

I had to laugh out loud the other day. We were all at the table having dinner. A friend had joined us and there were lots of talking at laughing going on. Couldn’t quite follow what they were talking about as they were all interrupting each other, so I just ate my food and from […]

Not An End, Just A change

Greeting from wet and wild Cornwall. As we arrived and began to pitch camp the rain started. Doesn’t bother us seasoned campers. On the way down we stopped at Morrisons, Bridport, for breakfast (living the high life). Couple of chaps came at sat at the next table and proceeded to converse in BSL, I leant […]