**Warning: This review may contain spoilers** On the day of its national cinema release (17th May), Hearing Link volunteer Sylvia Irvine-Robertson shares her review of Oscar-winning film Sound of Metal. This is a film to watch, and I guarantee you will find it thought-provoking and brilliantly acted. The sound team creates unnerving, but realistic effects, […]
Please note: applications have now closed. By Dr Adele Horobin Well, for people who have hearing loss equal to or greater than 80dB, NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) advise that a cochlear implant is better. But what about people who just miss out on this cut-off point? People with hearing loss between […]
Our highly-regarded LinkUp groups are going online from January 2021! Over the past few months, we have been developing a service called LinkUp Online, which covers the same type of topics you would expect from one of our face-to-face groups. A LinkUp Online is delivered remotely, over two days, through a secure online platform. Each […]
A series of local engagement events will take place this month (October) to help support the remobilisation of health and social care services in Scotland, following the Coronavirus pandemic. The Cabinet Secretary for Health has invited the The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (The ALLIANCE) as a member of the Mobilisation Recovery Group, to lead […]
The Banbridge Lipreading group will start a new 8-week lipreading course in Portadown from next month (March). The class will be held at CherryTrees Resource Centre, Edenberry Gardens, BT63 5EA from Tuesday 17th March from 2pm-4pm. The classes are free and are a good opportunity to socialise with others who have hearing loss. A further […]
The Central England Lipreading Support Trust (CELST) are recruiting a new chairperson and trustees to join its successful team and lead them into the next stage of its development. CELST is a registered UK charity based in central England that has been running free to participate lipreading and deaf awareness courses throughout the region since […]
deafscotland will host its annual conference in Glasgow in March. ‘Connect and Capitalise – Right Design for Communication’ will take place on Tuesday 17th March at the DoubleTree By Hilton Hotel Glasgow Central. There are three keynote speakers presenting on the day, as well as a variety of workshops centred around the main theme. There […]
