Deaf Awareness Week: 6th-12th May 2019 Today marks the start of Deaf Awareness Week, which will run until the 12th May. Organised by the UK Council on Deafness, the week is an opportunity to raise awareness of hearing loss to the wider public. Look out our social media channels (Facebook and Twitter) and those for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People for inspiring stories and […]
Blog: Helping to support Edinburgh audiology patients By Margaret Canning, Hearing Link volunteer Last year, Hearing Link started to offer drop-in sessions for hearing loss as part of it Hearing Aid Liaison Outreach project – or HALO as it’s better known to us! The project, funded by the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership and See Hear Fund Scotland, was created to […]
Blog: Upside down lipreading John Newton writes a personal blog about the difficulties of lipreading at the dentist and wonders how others cope with upside down lipreading.
Experts raise awareness of link between dementia & hearing loss A cross-sector summit has taken place bringing together experts to discuss the connection between hearing loss as a risk factor in developing dementia. The event was convened by the British and Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA) at the Royal College of Practitioners in London. It was attended by BIHIMA Chairman Paul Surridge, The Ear […]
Blog: A few ramblings about rambling… Gill Pestell writes about her love of walking and rambling and offers tips for communicating and protecting your hearing aid or implant when you are out and about.
Little town, big idea We like Romsey. The small Hampshire market town can provide our basic needs – ‘Tea Cups’ tea shop (coffee and Cinnamon cake especially yumpshiss) and ‘Mole Valley’s’ country store where horse stuff and clothing can be found. What more does anyone need? Books. I prefer reading to TV and pop into the ‘Superbooks’ book shop […]
Volunteers attend ATLA conference Our wonderful volunteers May Wood and Catherine Pow flew the Hearing Link flag in Edinburgh last weekend. They attended the Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults (ATLA) conference and AGM held at the Edinburgh Training and Conference Centre on Saturday. It was the first time the conference has been held in Scotland for a […]
