Author Bella Bathurst shares experiences for Deaf Awareness Week Author Bella Bathurst will be speaking about her life experiences and her books at a free event in Edinburgh this week. Come along and join her at Edinburgh Central Library’s George Washington Browne Room on Thursday 9th May from 6.30pm until 8pm. Bella Bathurst writes both fiction and non-fiction. Her first novel, Special, was published in […]
Gamification project to assist hearing access Ideas for Ears is collaborating with researchers at University of Dundee on the development of a digital tool that will help to make group discussions more accessible to those with hearing loss.
Hearing access to be debated in Scottish Parliament. Hearing access will be debated in the Scottish Parliament as part of a motion recognising World Hearing Day and Hearing Awareness Week (3-9 March). The debate will take place on Thursday 28 February at 12:45pm, straight after First Minister’s Questions. It was lodged by Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, and will be […]
6 Tips to Protect Your Hearing Protecting your hearing is possible, particularly if you remain vigilant about the situations where your hearing could be most at risk.
Product of the Month: Loop Listener Help improve hearing for others in your community with our June Product of the Month. The Loop Listener is a compact device used for interacting with hearing loop systems. It enables the user to listen to and check the functionality of a hearing loop as if they were using the ‘t-setting’ on a hearing aid. […]
Let’s Hear Salford awareness event A very successful Let’s Hear event was held by the Let’s Hear Salford group. The afternoon, held at the Pendleton Gateway Centre, was a Hearing Awareness drop in and a celebration of the hard work and achievements of the group to date. It also offered the people of Salford the opportunity to visit a variety of […]
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 […]
