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Did you know that every time you expose your ears to loud noises it can be progressively damaging your hearing and making you liable to debilitating hearing loss in future years? It is very important to look after your ears and in turn your hearing so that you can fully converse with everyone around you. So we thought we would share the following very sound information which gives you information on the early signs of hearing loss, if your hearing at risk and how you can protect your hearing.

The following is from the Health 24 website and is well worth heeding: Early Signs Of Hearing Loss You can, however, recognise the early stages of hearing loss and intervene before your hearing loss becomes serious. The National Health Service of the UK...

Unfortunately for many children who have had cancer treatment, one of the side effects of the drugs they have to take can be a loss of hearing. The drug Cisplatin can be pretty effective in shrinking tumours in children but it also can damage their hearing. In fact this is the case in approximately two thirds of the cases where this drug has been taken. Now scientists believe they may have discovered another drug which, if taken a few hours after chemotherapy treatment, could alleviate the side effects including hearing loss.

50% Improvement During Trials This drug has already been tested out on children at the world famous Great Ormond St Hospital in London and the feedback from the tests has shown that hearing loss has been reduced from 63% down to...

Being a musician is something that many of us see as a very appealing and exciting way of life, travelling the world playing music, being part of a creative process as well as all the adulation that sometimes comes with being a musician if you are lucky enough to get some level of fame.

Musician`s Lifestyle Takes Its Toll But many musicians can pay a heavy price later in their life when they begin to suffer from hearing loss as well as tinnitus in some circumstances. This is of course not a very surprising issue...

Now despite the fact that this story may lead to our hearing centre going out of business we think it is very good news indeed!! News comes to us that there have been promising trials in the United States in which scientists have made great progress in repairing damaged cells deep inside the ear.

Hearing Loss Affects 1 In 5 Of Us Hearing loss is an issue that affects approximately 1 in 5 of us here in the UK and so any hopes of there being a cure for this should be welcomed with open...

It was really pleasing to see that two Oscar winning films at this years Academy Awards have helped to raise the issue of deafness in society, as it is not a subject that is normally broached in films. The Silent Child and The Shape Of Water, although two very different films, both used sign language in them.

The Shape Of Water & The Silent Child Firstly The Shape Of Water was a big hit at the ceremony, winning 4 Oscars which included the coveted Best Picture award. The film stars Sally Hawkins who plays the lead role as...

There has been a recent study by the University of Illinois on how tinnitus affects sufferers and how it impacts on their concentration levels among other things. Tinnitus can be just a mild distraction for some people who suffer from it, but for others it can be more severe and the constant ringing and buzzing and lead to anxiety and depression for many.

Measurable Differences In A Region Of The Brain So the more information we have about this condition which affects so many of us both here in the UK and across the world the better. And this recent study found that there...

Hello and welcome to our first blog post of 2018! Firstly we would like to wish you all a Happy New Year. Today we thought we would answer a question that we get asked from time to time, and that is `if you already have a certain amount of hearing loss can loud noises damage your hearing further?`

Protect Yourself From Loud Noises The short answer to this question is absolutely it can, if you have hearing loss you can make it worse by being close to loud noises or spending a prolonged length of time in noisy places....

There was a very interesting article in one of the papers last week which was about research done by Trinity College in Dublin. The research, which involved over 20,000 participants, found that hearing loss can sometimes be a sign of oncoming dementia. But they also found that the use of a hearing aid can help prevent the cognitive decline associated with dementia as they help people to keep communicating with others and are an aid to keeping the brain working and healthy.

Hearing Loss links The study found that hearing loss can be linked to the executive function of the brain, a slower processing speed, cognitive impairment and dementia. When people suffer hearing loss and they don`t take any action, such as purchasing...

We live in a world where our senses are being assaulted almost 24/7 and it is particularly our hearing which takes a battering. This pummeling of the ears from numerous sources means that more and more people need to get their ears tested for any signs of hearing loss.

Sensory Overload We have the TV, the radio, the laptop/computer and our smartphone in our home all giving us sensory overload, we go out and there is music piped wherever we seem to go, including shops, restaurants, offices and transport etc....

If you are a parent of young children, or even teenage children, there can sometimes be a reaction to you suddenly wearing hearing aids, but if there is the good news is that this only lasts a short length of time and they soon come to understand the reality of the situation.

Support Of Your Family & Friends Family and friends will be generally supportive of you but sometimes with children it takes them a little time to adjust, but this is fine and perfectly normal. Even though the hearing aids you buy...