Hearing Link volunteer John Newton has been named this year’s recipient of the Heather Jackson Award. The award is presented annually, and jointly, by the National Association of Deafened People (NADP), Signature, and Hearing Link, to a person who has made a significant contribution to the improvement of the welfare and opportunity of deafened people. It has been […]
After 31 years leading the work of Hearing Link, our Chief Operating Officer, Dr Lorraine Gailey, has moved on to new challenges. Lorraine has dedicated her career to supporting adults with acquired hearing loss and their families across the UK. Her background was in psychology and speech & language therapy before joining the LINK Centre […]
The House of Commons Petitions Committee is hosting an event Tuesday 2nd July to gather people’s views on fireworks. The Committee recently launched an inquiry into how the noise of fireworks affect people with a wide range of health conditions and disabilities including hearing loss. Hundreds of people have signed petitions calling for a ban […]
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 […]
John Newton writes a personal blog about the difficulties of lipreading at the dentist and wonders how others cope with upside down lipreading.
April 2019: Culture Clinic is currently running a research study on the use of the Roger devices (Pen/Select/Table Mic) specifically at work.
If you are looking for a solution to protecting your hearing at concerts and music events, this new range of high fidelity hearing protection can help you.
