We have sent out our March Newsletter! In this month’s issue: Practice update 23rd March - Looking back at a year like no other World Hearing Day - Hearing Care For All Speen Helping Hospices March in the garden The Power of Poetry Click here to read it Click [...]
Who are they and what do they do? Speen Helping Hospices (SHH) is a small voluntary group run by a team of committed women from Speen and North Dean to fundraise for four local hospices: Helen House for Children, Rennie Groves Hospice Care, South Bucks Hospice at Home and Florence Nightingale in [...]
Some degree of hearing loss is quite common in children with Down’s Syndrome and it is important to find out if your child has a hearing loss as early as possible so that social and language development are not affected. Throughout childhood their hearing should be tested regularly. The first step is to make an appointment [...]
We have sent out our February Newsletter! In this month’s issue: A month for hope Practice update Tinnitus in a pandemic Puppy School Valentine’s day – listening to each other Your garden in February Poem Click here to read it CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP TO OUR FUTURE NEWSLETTERS [...]
Our January Newsletter is out now! In this month's issue: Practice update How we keep you safe How to survive a winter lockdown Getting to grips with virtual conversations The vaccination programme Poem CLICK HERE TO READ IT CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP TO OUR FUTURE NEWSLETTERS [...]
Being in lockdown means that we are back to mainly communicating remotely; whether it's a text message, WhatsApp, phone call, video call or email it can make life harder, again, for those with hearing loss. The hardest virtual communication method is often group video calls, especially with non-family members and is often used in [...]
Charlotte re-joins the team after starting her own family.
At the end of what has been a challenging year, many of us were looking forward to a few days of social interaction, comfort from family members and a touch of normality. So yesterday after learning of our new tier and some of the toughest Christmas restrictions imaginable we were feeling a little [...]
As you will all be aware the plans to relax Covid rules at Christmas have now been scrapped and we are placed into new tier 4 restrictions. This means we are only allowed to celebrate Christmas with members of our own household and support bubbles. People in tier 4 are not allowed to travel [...]
In our December newsletter We appreciate that shopping for Christmas may be more difficult this year due to the lockdown restrictions, mask wearing etc. and that even going into a store may be daunting. We talk to Amy Morton, a local Mum who is passionate about helping people with hearing loss to shop more [...]
