Hearing loss information event – Northern Ireland Hearing Link and Hands that Talk will host an afternoon of information sharing and discussion on the 17th August. Come along and meet others who will share their experiences of living well with hearing loss. Join us at: Hands that Talk, 116 Main Street, Dungiven, BT47 4LG, from 2-4pm on Wednesday 17th August. Adults with any […]
Get involved in NGT research Facts International and Opinion Leader are asking Next Generation Text (NGT) users to share their views on the service. Previously, two research studies were carried out on behalf of the regulator Ofcom in 2014 and 2015. See here for details. Now, Facts International and Opinion Leader are recruiting participants for new research. The survey is being carried on behalf of BT. […]
Couples needed for sensory research Project ISSSL is inviting couples to take part in a new, international study to share experiences of sensory loss. Project ISSSL is run by the University of Copenhagen, Denmark and the University of Montréal, Canada. The aim of this study is to further understand couples’ experiences by asking the following questions: Does sensory loss affect both partner’s lives? What […]
Autifony starts pilot study Autifony has began a pilot study to evaluate its new compound AUT00063 (called QuicK+fire) in adult cochlear implant (CI) users. The study, which is being conducted in the UK, is aimed at improving the hearing of adult CI users, particularly in challenging environments such as with background noise. It is thought that AUT00063 will help enhance people’s hearing […]
Hearing loss and accessing legal services The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) wants people with a hearing to share their experiences of accessing legal services for civil matters. It is working with the British Deaf Association Scotland (BDA) www.bda.org.uk, the Scottish Council on Deafness (SCoD) www.scod.org.uk and the Deaf Sector Partnership http://deafsectorpartnership.net/ to carry out a short survey. Civil legal matters include divorce or separation, buying a house […]
Ramona raises £100 for Hearing Link She hopes to continue raising funds over the coming months by holding more car boot sales and similar fundraising activities. Ramona helped start the Banbridge Lipreading Group along with her husband Les Williams in 2015 after realising there was a lack of lipreading provision in their local community. They recently completed their third semester of […]
Hearing Link Matters magazine – summer 2016 The latest edition of our feature magazine Hearing Link Matters is out now! In this bumper 28-page Summer 2016 issue, we share the story of Emily Owen who tells of her experiences of living with Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2) in her newly published book “Still Emily – Seeing Rainbows in the Silence”. Singer-songwriter Rob Finlay shares his experience of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing […]
