What’s a dog going to do? Volunteer Gareth gives us a special peek into his life with Domino. A week ago, the dog trainer came to our house, put Domino and the two bags I’d packed with all his possessions into her car, and drove him to the house where he’ll start his working life as an Accredited Hearing Dog. He’s […]
Claim your free place on a Grange tour Great news! Tours of The Grange are back. They’ll be on Tuesday afternoons for a limited season of dates from until November. General bookings can be made here. We have a small number of spaces available on certain dates available free of charge to registered volunteers, currently as follows:- • Tuesday 11 October (2 vol […]
Engaging with professionals Next month (October) the Hearing Loss Services team will be attending the 18th annual British Academy of Audiology (BAA) Conference and Exhibition in Manchester. We will be using the platform as an opportunity to build our relationships with audiologists across the UK. Our team of staff and volunteers will host a small exhibition stand […]
Book recommendation: Hear & Beyond By Alison Coyle Volunteers Alison Fricker and Mel Woodgate recommended this book to me. I have started reading it, and it’s full of really useful tips and very easy to read. It also mentions Hearing Link Services on page 204. Both co-authors have their own blogs: Shari lives in New York city and is the […]
New technology: live captions from Apple Thanks to volunteer Rosie Wolf who recently tried out the new app Navi for us and our beneficiaries. Rosie says: ‘I contacted the customer service people and they told me: “It requires an iPhone, iPad with iOS 15 or newer or a Mac with macOS Monterey. Those are quite new, but iPhones released in the […]
Looking back: Eastbourne 1980 By Alison Coyle I was fascinated to hear from volunteer Keith Corbett that he still has the letter Rosemary McColl wrote to him back in 1980 when he attended one of the earliest rehabilitation programmes down in Eastbourne. That’s 42 years ago! Keith is still an active volunteer, currently involved with the Helpdesk. Keith has […]
Services update – August 2022 By Nicholas Orpin The charity’s 40th Anniversary celebrations have continued throughout the summer and will run across the year. At various events many different people, from beneficiaries to the general public, have all had contact with Hearing Link Services and our Peer Support network. Thank you to everyone who volunteered at our various events, providing […]
