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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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Blog: Staying connected this Christmas – Embracing technology

TechnologyBy Hearing Link 2020 has been a challenging year for us all. At one time or another, we have been disconnected from our family and friends due to the social distancing measures put in place to combat the spread of COVID-19. Christmas will not be much different. There is a limit on the numbers of […]

Blog: Amy Morton – Living with hearing loss

By Amy Morton My name is Amy Morton. I am married and have two children aged 8 and 6, I’m a Holistic Therapist by trade. I have had a hearing loss from birth due to a virus my mum had whilst pregnant with me. The virus caused my nerves to be damaged, so unfortunately, all […]

Blog: The Other Side of the Hearing Loss Story

Interview with Audiologist, Dr. Raj Sharma By Carly Sygrove I am always interested in talking to people with different types of hearing loss, to learn about their lives and to tell their stories. Yet, I have rarely thought about the other side of these stories—the narratives of the hearing healthcare professionals such as ENTs and […]

Blog: Volunteering at the Audiology Drop-In Centre at Manchester Royal Infirmary

Thoughts, insights and experiences By John Newton, Hearing Link volunteer Not long ago at the audiology clinic in Manchester I met a charming teenage girl with cochlear implants which had been implanted when she was a baby. She was accompanied by her mum, and was looking for help with using her smart phone. I was […]

Blog: Helping to support Edinburgh audiology patients

By Margaret Canning, Hearing Link volunteer Last year, Hearing Link started to offer drop-in sessions for hearing loss as part of it Hearing Aid Liaison Outreach project – or HALO as it’s better known to us! The project, funded by the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership and See Hear Fund Scotland, was created to […]

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