Hearing Link Services blogs

Hearing Link Services is delighted to host a number of guest bloggers chronicling their unique and personal hearing loss journeys.

On this page there are posts from all our bloggers mixed together.

To read Tony Long’s blog about learning to adapt to his wife’s deafness, please visit this page.
To read Kirsteen Allison’s cochlear implant blog please visit this page.
To read Maggi Summerhill’s blog about family life and hearing loss please visit this page.

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The value of peer support

Support advisor Claire explains how our Hearing Support Sessions work and the value of providing peer support for hearing loss.

Blog: To see, or not to see

Having ignored reminders that my free NHS eye test and check-up was long overdue; I finally made an appointment with a high street optician. I have glasses for driving, but I have to confess they are languishing in the back of drawer. Now where have I heard that before? Read Sylvia's blog about the learnings of attending an eye exam when you have hearing loss.

Travelling in Vietnam and Cambodia with hearing loss

Our peer support volunteer Gill and her husband recently travelled to Vietnam and Cambodia for a trip of a lifetime. Along the way, she picked up some great tips for anyone who is deaf and likes to travel.

Blog: Volunteers Week – What volunteering means to me

Peer Support Volunteer Merleen shares her experience of volunteering for our charity and the difference its made to her life. You can read all about her story here!

Blog: The Invisible Disability

Our wonderful peer support volunteer Philip, talks about the hidden disability of hearing loss in this insightful blog. You can read it here!

Mini Blog Series – 4. From volunteers to friends

The fourth and final blog in our mini series for Deaf Awareness Week and this is Alison's story about the friendships she has made through volunteering. Read it here!

Mini Blog Series – 3. Creating a meaningful friendship

The third blog in our mini series is written my May, who talks about a valuable friendship she made since becoming a Peer Support Volunteer. You can read it here!