My Tinnitus Has Changed. Do I Need To See The Doctor / Audiologist?
A significant, persistent change in the intensity or quality (e.g. pitch) of the T sometimes needs to be investigated. It’s quite tricky to
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Aug 10
- 2 min
I work in noise, will Flare earplugs help me stay comfortable?
CALMER / LOOP EARPLUGS FOR LEISURE vs WORKING IN NOISE.
Loop ear plugs are, I believe, designed to reduce high frequency sounds. People
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Aug 4
- 7 min
Fitting Hearing Aids - Severe / Profound Hearing Loss
Fitting a severe/profound sensorineural hearing loss is very different to working with the standard mild/moderate loss.
Patients such as
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Jul 13
- 5 min
Severe Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants - Part Two
The key concept that I took away from meeting my implanted patient is this: she’s going to keep on improving, while my hearing ability can
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Jul 13
- 3 min
Severe SensorineuralHearing Loss and Cochlear Implants - Part One
How severe, high-frequency, sensorineural hearing loss affects patients, and how audiologists deal with it. Cochlear implants are next.
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Dr James Jackson
- Jun 26
- 2 min
Assistive Listening Devices - Guest Post by Dr James Jackson
As a Widex hearing aid wearer, I naturally need Widex gadgets, but I thought I would post on just how important these peripherals are,
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- May 11
- 3 min
Hearing Care and Social Isolation in the Elderly
Hearing loss can be socially isolating. Are your loved ones withdrawing from life? Could it be hearing that’s the problem - and can we fix
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- May 11
- 2 min
Spen Valley Hearing Care Closure - Happy Retirement David Smith!
I am therefore offering 2 free appointments to David's hearing aid customers, which will likely see them to the end of their current hearing
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Mar 3
- 2 min
Courtesy Aids - Keep On Hearing!
My customers have access to Courtesy Aids, and it makes life that bit easier. I keep a spare pair of each brand of aids that I sell, so…
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Feb 21
- 4 min
What Does Frequency Lowering Do For Me?
Frequency lowering comes in two main flavours, frequency compression and frequency transposition. Both of these are strategies to bring ver
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Feb 18
- 1 min
Can Hearing Loss Cause Tinnitus?
Can hearing loss cause tinnitus? My answer to this question I received on Quora.
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Nov 15, 2023
- 1 min
I’m a Lipreader - Make It Known!
I’m a lipreader! Lovely badges that tell the world they need to stop mumbling into their sandwich.
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Oct 31, 2023
- 2 min
Widex Sound Assist
My most challenging (in hearing terms!) customer has been trying out the Sound Assist. This customer is well into the cochlear implant zone
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Sep 30, 2023
- 2 min
Can you explain how we hear sounds? Why do our eardrums vibrate when we hear a noise?
Can you explain how we hear sounds? Why do our eardrums vibrate when we hear a noise?
Certainly can do! Sound travels in a wave form. Air m
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Sep 27, 2023
- 3 min
Hidden Hearing Loss / Cochlear Synaptopathy
To understand Hidden Hearing Loss (HHL) which is the catchy name for cochlear synaptopathy, you need to understand a little bit of...
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Jul 25, 2023
- 4 min
HearFocus & GN Resound
HearFocus, based in Cardiff, have indeed permanently closed, leaving their customers without care. Some of those hearing aid customers
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Jul 16, 2023
- 2 min
What are the factors that affect the use [adoption] of hearing aids?
With the NHS, we have very accessible hearing aids, albeit relatively basic and not particularly attractive. The service is the issue though
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Jul 9, 2023
- 6 min
“He won’t wear his hearing aids” - refusing to rehabilitate.
It’s not possible for an audiologist to remove unwanted sounds and only give back amplified speech on demand.
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- Jul 8, 2023
- 3 min
Does wearing hearing aids accelerate hearing loss?
Does wearing hearing aids accelerate hearing loss?
Not as a rule, no. There has been research done on this, and the study I read (apologies
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Sally Jackson RHAD
- May 5, 2023
- 3 min
Q&A “Has anyone tried "Calmer" ear plugs for reducing the noise that is around you? Does it work?“
Q&A: Has anyone tried "calmer" ear plugs for reducing the noise that is around you? Does it work?
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