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 [...]
Hearing loss is not a new condition in the slightest, people have been living with and trying to cure hearing loss for centuries.The ultra-sleek wireless devices that we see today came about through centuries of innovation and adaptation, and, although some assume that hearing aids are still old-fashioned, awkward, clunky things, the reality is that [...]
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 [...]
Paula and colleagues from across the industry embarked upon a hearing mission, armed with hundreds of hearing aids, to a small village just outside Nairobi where there is a deaf school. Paula shares her experiences..... Our Kenya Experience Last November I was contacted out of the blue by an audiologist [...]
