Search, save & raise money for Hearing Link with Savoo Supporters can raise vital funds for Hearing Link by choosing to search and save with online search engine Savoo. The organisation, which provides information and support for people with hearing loss, has partnered with Savoo for this new and exciting fundraising project. It allows users to search online or use its voucher codes and deals […]
Deafness Changed Our Relationship When Sue and I first met 30 years ago I had no idea she had impaired hearing. In common with most people she met, I had no reason to think she didn’t have a pair of fully functioning ears.
Hear & Now events in Scotland People with hearing loss in Scotland have a unique opportunity to find out the ‘Hear & Now’ of hearing loss at FREE social and information events being run by the UK charity Hearing Link. ‘Hear & Now’ offers individuals and professionals access to a one-stop-shop of valuable resources, equipment demonstrations, as well as advice and […]
It’s a Sign! I’ve mentioned how easily amused I am by wording and signs and, I’m afraid I mislead. The Iceland T-shirt read “ask me about home delivery”, same meaning but not what I recalled. Saw a van this morning with the company name along both sides, either they’ve got a good sense of fun or can’t see […]
Sense of Humour If I was a successful writer or just rich, people would smile (condescendingly) and whisper “eccentric.” Instead I get everything from “odd sense of humour” to “weird.”
The Man in the Ironed Mask Spiders, confined spaces, clowns, no problems for me. I’m a real man, able to fight my own weight in chocolate Santas. Dentist! Injections!! Entirely different story, I’m genuinely dentist and needle phobic.
National Lipreading Awareness Week Next week marks the start of national Lipreading Awareness Week 2015 (14-19th September) and the UK hearing loss charity Hearing Link, is challenging YOU to test your lipreading skills! Lipreading Awareness Week, led by the Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults (ATLA), is an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of lipreading for […]
