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News about hearing loss, and the latest updates from Hearing Link Services.

Barclays offer new lipspeaker service for customers with hearing loss

Barclays bank customers who have hearing loss will be able to have their telephone conversations with the bank interpreted by a lipspeaker, thanks to a new service. In a UK banking first, this new development aims to make sure all Barclays customers are able to access telephone banking services more easily. Once a customer has […]

Steer hearing loss in a new direction in 2019 – Northern Ireland

Steering group members soughtAre you passionate about making things better for people with hearing loss and their families/friends? Maybe you have hearing loss yourself and have experience of managing the challenges you face in the workplace, at university or during social events. You might work in the field of audiology or health and social care, or you have […]

Sparkling Christmas deals – visit our online shop this December

Hearing Link Christmas cardsThis December, head over to our online shop for our sparkling winter deals. Save 50p per pack on our Hearing Link Christmas cards, now priced £3.00.  Alternatively, if you buy our festive deal, we’ll send you four packs of Christmas cards for £10. Then, if you spend £15 on shop items (before postage) in December, […]

Volunteer May fundraises at Sainsbury’s Saltcoats

May at Sainsbury's SaltcoatsHearing Link volunteer May Wood joined our friends from parent charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, for a day of fundraising in Ayrshire recently. Hearing Dogs has been made Charity of the Year by Sainsbury’s Saltcoats and invited volunteers along to raise funds. May (pictured far right) was delighted to join the team and also […]

Subtitled cinema – Northern Ireland

SUBTITLED CINEMA – Northern Ireland  Compiled by Hearing Link volunteer, Nicola   **Listings based on information available at time of posting**     Antrim Omniplex  Nativity Rocks! (U) – Sat 1 Dec at 12.10pm Nativity Rocks! (U) – Sun 2 Dec at 12.10pm Robin Hood (12A) – Mon 3 Dec at 2.40pm   Armagh Omniplex  Nativity Rocks! […]

Royal Academy of Arts need hearing aid users to test new facilities

The Royal Academy of Arts in London is inviting hearing aid users to get in touch who can help them to test its new theatre. It recently opened the Benjamin West Lecture Theatre and is testing its new assistive listening systems to ensure its talks, films and other spoken word events are accessible for all. […]

Subtitled cinema – Northern Ireland

SUBTITLED CINEMA – Northern Ireland  By Hearing Link volunteer, Nicola **Listings based on information available at time of posting**     Antrim Omniplex  Smallfoot (U) – Sat 24 Nov at 12.10pm Smallfoot (U) – Sun 25 Nov at 12.10pm Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (12A) – Mon 26 Nov at 6.00pm   Armagh Omniplex  Smallfoot […]