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 […]
Hearing Link has teamed up with Advice NI to offer a training session on the forthcoming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) benefits reform, that is accessible and relevant to people with hearing loss. Join our team at Girdwood Community Hub in Belfast for this event which takes place on Tuesday 30th April. It will start with […]
Hearing Link volunteer John Newton writes about subtitles at his local cinema in Buxton.
Residents in Fife, Scotland, can find out more about technology to support sensory loss at roadshow event next week. The Sensory Technology Roadshow will be held at Balgeddie House Hotel in Glenrothes on Tuesday 30th April from 11am-2pm. Join Hearing Link plus organisations including Fife Deaf Communication Service and seescape. Come along and find out […]
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 […]
John Newton writes a personal blog about the difficulties of lipreading at the dentist and wonders how others cope with upside down lipreading.
We headed to the banks of the River Clyde in Scotland for the latest of our LinkUp groups. Held at the Golden Jubilee Hotel in Clydebank, our full group from across the west of Scotland joined together to share their experiences of hearing loss and learn new ways to manage with the challenges it presents. […]
Hearing Link volunteer John Newton writes about subtitles at his local cinema in Buxton.
