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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Mini Blog Series – 2. Forever a student

Continuing our series of mini blogs for Deaf Awareness Week, today it’s Sylvia’s story titled, "Forever a student". You can read it here!

Mini Blog Series – 1. Love and trust

This Deaf Awareness Week, we’re sharing Peer Support Volunteer Julia’s thoughts as someone who lives with the challenges of hearing loss.

The Dangers of Unregulated Ear Wax Removal

The Association of Independent Hearing Healthcare Professionals (AIHHP), has launched a new campaign to help educate the general public about aural care and the importance of finding properly trained clinicians to undertake the procedure.

Blog: Adventures and hearing loss – Travel to Nepal

Peer support volunteer Shona Hudson shares her incredible experience of trekking through Nepal with a hearing loss. Read her story here!

Blog: A Christmas Tool Kit 2023

Read Sylvia's latest blog on how to manage communication barriers with hearing loss over the festive period.

Blog: Helpful Hours return for 2024!

Due to the incredible success and wonderful feedback we have received, our Helpful Hours service has added new dates for 2024!

Blog: A learning curve

Our peer support volunteer Sylvia shares her passion of learning languages and how her Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss hasn't stopped her. Education provider City Lit gave her with the support she needed. Read all about her experience here.