Volunteer Week A former teacher is championing more people to get involved in supporting their communities through volunteering, as part of national Volunteer Week (1st-7th June). May Wood from Mauchline in Ayrshire, has volunteered for the UK charity Hearing Link for the past year, which supports adults living with hearing loss across Scotland and the rest of […]
Deafened campaigner honoured A deafened campaigner, who has worked tirelessly to improve the quality of life for people living with hearing loss in the UK, has been presented with a prestigious award. Ronnie Bourne, from Hertfordshire, was named as recipient of the 2015 Heather Jackson Award at the National Association of Deafened People’s (NADP) AGM, held in London […]
Downs & ups Haven’t been away, just a case of no pc. What was supposed to be an easy repair turned into a shopping trip. I’ve tried to keep a positive view on things here; if someone is visiting these pages then they probably need reassurance. But there is a negative side to being positive
UK National Blog Awards – being shortlisted It was a simple question, how did I feel to be shortlisted for the 2015 Blog Awards? So why has it taken seven rewrites to get to reach an answer? Well, I’ve over-thought the question, because I’d hate anybody to think I’d hoped to receive any recognition for the blog. My aim was to continue […]
Tinnitus Awareness Week To recap for new readers. Our introduction to Meniere’s Disease was when Sue woke me in the middle of the night to ask why all the church bells were ringing, she had tinnitus. The internal noises have never gone away but have increased and decreased in severity, at present her tinnitus is driving her to […]
Wristbands So, how was last year for you? The most cheering event of ‘14 for me is simple, and cheap. Even better, it signifies a change in how Sue views her loss of hearing. For years I’d suggested she wear a ‘deaf person badge’, the basic line across an ear. That, I argued, would provide everyone […]
I’m a Swell Guy Slight pain near a tooth on Thursday turned into agony on Friday night – luckily I have Co-codamol on prescription which helped. Saturday morning I was told I had two large abscesses that had nothing to do with a tooth problem and given antibiotics.
