Another successful LinkUp group – York We were delighted to welcome another wonderful group of participants to York recently for a residential LinkUp group. Our full group worked together to share experiences and find new ways and solutions for managing hearing loss. Our LinkUps are a chance for people with hearing loss, and their partners, family or friends to explore issues […]
Free six-week course for hearing loss – Edinburgh A free course covering topics to help manage hearing loss will start in Edinburgh this August (2019). Managing your hearing loss course will run from Thursday August 22nd until 26th September from 6-8pm at the South Bridge Resource Centre, 6 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh. This course will have guest speakers – including Hearing Link – covering […]
Tea, Talk and Takeaway – Edinburgh If you feel left out of social activities and miss things because of your hearing loss, a new activity in Edinburgh is presenting the opportunity to meet others with similar experiences. Tea, Talk and Takeaway is a joint initiative between Edinburgh City Council, Hearing Link, Deaf Action and Edinburgh & Lothians. This free activity offers […]
Hearing loss blogger publishes new e-book Hearing health advocate, writer, speaker and the founder of LivingWithHearingLoss.com has launched a new e-book. Shari Eberts, who is based in the US, has launched her latest publication “Person-Centered Care from the Patient’s Perspective.”, which is based on a series of articles she recently wrote for the Ida Institute. Shari has an adult-onset genetic hearing […]
Our magazine is out now! Read inTouch! Our bi-annual magazine inTouch is out now! Our latest bumper 28-page issue offers an insight to the work of Hearing Link and its parent charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. In this issue, we celebrate our wonderful volunteers who are working across the UK to help deaf people to stay connected with their friends and […]
BIHIMA announces findings from audiology research panel Over half (55%) of audiologists do not believe their patients are aware of the link between hearing loss and cognitive decline, according to the results of an audiologist research panel, conducted by the British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA). BIHIMA questioned approx. 70 audiologists across the private sector and NHS, in April 2019, on […]
MED-EL offers music grant to hearing implant users Hearing implant company MED-EL is offering the chance for hearing implant users to learn to play a musical instrument or to take up singing lessons. The annual music grant will provide two lucky MED-EL hearing implant users the chance to own and learn to play a musical instrument of their choice or take up singing […]
