Are you getting the most out of your hearing aids?
Busy audiologists can sometimes neglect to tell you about the features of your hearing aids, but since we are all paying the price of new...
Clinic and home-based hearing care in West Yorkshire, from a qualified, experienced, registered audiologist.
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COVID 19 & Hearing Loss
COVID 19 side effects include hearing loss and tinnitus. Here’s what you need to know if you find yourself impacted by this.
“What is the best hearing aid to reduce tinnitus?”
Here’s a question I answered on Quora today, hope you find it useful. Follow my blog (on my website) for more of this sort of thing!...
Tinnitus Support Group - Brighouse / Calderdale / Kirklees
I am in the research stage of starting a tinnitus support / self-help group based in Brighouse. Currently the nearest one is run by my...
Sudden Hearing Loss
This is quite a topical post, as it still appears that not all GP’s are seeing patients face to face - even when there is a clinical need....
How close are we to hearing aids that completely restore high-frequency hearing loss?
[This is a question I received on Quora, and I share my answer below] Good question! There are so many factors involved. If you still...
Single Sided Deafness & CROS Aids
People with Single Sided Deafness (SSD) often have a dead ear - which is an unattractive term but unfortunately is what we call it when...
Introduction to Wear and Tear Type Hearing Loss
The most common type of hearing loss is sensorineural (approximately 90% of hearing loss cases) and is experienced after the age of 55....
Dynamic range compression aka the adverts are too loud!
I know, fun right? How can this help me? So, dynamic range compression is where you stop amplifying all input levels at the same ratio. ...
COVID 19 Impact
The COVID 19 pandemic has had a huge impact on hearing aid uptake, despite most audiologists continuing to work completing essential...
Lenire Tinnitus Treatment
Having read through the website and the background study for Lenire, I remain highly unconvinced. Lenire is based on “bimodal...
Will Hearing Aids Make My Hearing Worse?
This was a question I was asked last week, and not for the first time! In a word, no. You do not become dependent on hearing aids...
Government Support for Private Hearing Aids
This post is to raise awareness of the support available to those who are not managing with their NHS hearing aids. Dependent on your...
Tinnitus Therapies
I have had a great meeting today with Lisa Caldwell at The Hearing Coach (www.thehearingcoach.com). Lisa has trained as a Mindfulness...
Hearing & Communication Tips - Free Download
Here it is, the moment you have all been waiting for! Well maybe not, but I hope it is useful. My best and most comprehensive set of...
New Pretend Hearing Aids - Here We Go Again!
Bluetooth Earbuds Slash Hearing Aids - where do we start with this? Let’s start by saying that you would only want this product if you...
Is my music too loud? Am I damaging my hearing?
I was asked this question on Quora about noise damage to hearing. Question: What damage have I already done to my ear hair cells by...
New! Easy on the Wallet, but Great in Background Noise!
I am delighted to introduce my Essentials Range of hearing aids. I have been busy testing these hearing aids from Unitron, and checking...
Masks and Social Distancing - Yes They Are Ruining Conversation!
This is one of those posts where you think, 'Well I could have told you that!'. Yes, probably true, but I like to have proof of things,...
ReSound One - Stunning New Hearing Aids Launched
This is a review of the latest hearing aids from GN ReSound. They are called ONE and are a unique premium product available only from...