Q&A: Has anyone tried "calmer" ear plugs for reducing the noise that is around you? Does it work?

Dementia Action Week is coming, 15-21 May 2023! A fantastic opportunity to raise awareness of this condition and how we can support you

How to improve the sound from your TV. Tips for the hard of hearing.

If the ears are working and sending signals correctly, then you may have a processing disorder. Understanding speech is a complicated proces

I have been on an aeroplane or had a cold, now I’ve got blocked ears and dull hearing. What can I do to help get rid of it?

I review the new Widex Sound Assist table microphone / partner microphone as a hearing aid end user and as an audiologist.

Do not delay, however, if you experience a sudden (over hours/days) hearing loss. You must seek medical advice immediately (an audiologist

What happens when we delay getting the hearing aids we need?

How to read your hearing test results ( audiogram ) and interpret them. How your audiogram relates to your hearing experiences.

How wearing hearing aids has been proven to lessen tinnitus distress in hard of hearing people in the short and long term.

Article explaining how audiologists and care home managers can work together to obtain best outcomes for hard of hearing residents

With noise induced loss, the 4kHz region is worst affected, then the hearing rebounds and 8kHz is better than 4kHz. This produces the tick

I meet a lot of people who are having problems with their NHS aids and are thinking of going private because of them. This is not a bad...

High intensity sound is received by the cochlea (the organ of the inner ear) and stimulates the hair cells there as with all sounds. The pro

Human speech has evolved to make use of the frequencies that we can hear most effectively. Audiologists only test the range of speech freque

Yes indeed there are! Basic hearing aids will amplify all sound inputs equally, so loud background noise that’s roughly the same volume as t

I have recently refreshed my in-depth training on dementia and registered as a Dementia friend. It’s important for people who are...

How long did it take me to adapt to hearing aids? About 3 days. But there’s more to it than that, and other success factors …

If you’re hard of hearing, you’ll know that the phone is not always your friend. While I could tell you the great technological ways I...

Is it inevitable for one’s hearing function to decline as they age, and if so, is there any way to slow down the progression?