As Hearing loss becomes a more prevalent part of many people’s day to day lives, with an estimated 18 million adults in the UK having some degree of hearing loss, we are beginning to see more clearly the impacts it has on not just those with hearing loss but those around them. [...]
Local lady Irene Sansum has faced many health and personal challenges over the years, including being diagnosed with total hearing loss in her left ear when she was 7. We talk to Irene about her hearing journey and discover how the Aston Hearing team in Thame have transformed her life. Her early years were [...]
Last Sunday evening, from the comfort of my sofa whilst adding the finishing touches to this June update, I watched Elton John performing his last ever live performance in the UK, at Glastonbury. Duncan hitting his 50th birthday last year had decided he should 'do Glastonbury' but instead of scrabbling for a ticket he [...]
Our bumper newsletter for July and August is now out! In this month's issue: Practice update News just in...! Team update Age related hearing loss Lipreading and how it can help Summer staycation in the Chilterns Local events Your garden in July/August Poem Click here to read it Click [...]
This month's edition is out now Practice Update Hearing Focus: Severe – Profound Hearing Loss Audiogram Explained: The Left Corner Audiogram Cochlear Implants with input from Professor Richard Ramsden MBE - click here to read Real Life Listening Story - Ruby Sharp - click here to read How Technology can help with severe [...]
"I am an ENT Surgeon and was Professor of ENT in Manchester for 20 years. I gave up the N and the T and specialised in Otology and Neuro-otology. Over the years I removed around 1200 acoustic neuromas. In the 1980s interest began to grow in the possibility of restoring the hearing of profoundly deaf [...]
Long time client, Ruby Sharp, has lived with a profound hearing loss her entire life and continues to embrace challenges that come her way. She has had a varied career in nursing and teaching and currently teaches ceramics and art to students from her own pivate studio. This is her story. “I was born very prematurely at 28 weeks gestation and spent 6 weeks in an incubator, requiring resuscitation twice [...]
May Newsletter 2021 - Out Now! Featured this month: Practice Update Sudden Hearing Loss: what is it and what to do if it affects you or someone close to you (SSHL) The Hearing Assessment: part of your general health programme Audiogram Explained: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-uFd5zRV9y58SOsYRFjJJw Your Audiologist: Your Trusted Ally No Mow May Poem [...]
Hearing loss is often a gradual process that creeps up on you as the years go by but for some people it can happen very suddenly and without warning. Let us introduce you to Des Gilmore who experienced hearing loss and how it affected his life and passion for travelling with classic cars. [...]
