Habits To Help Your Hearing… Hearing loss occurs when  the hairs or nerve cells in the cochlea are damaged or missing. Not all types of hearing loss are preventable or reversible. However, there are steps you can take to lower your chances of developing age related hearing loss, or noise-induced hearing loss. The following ‘Habits… Read more »

Background Noise – Number One Problem With Hearing Aids… For many people with hearing loss, having a normal conversation in a busy restaurant is a dream. Background noise is said to be the number one problem with hearing aids that needs to be solved. Companies have been trying to solve this problem for years, but… Read more »

Effective Hearing Aids Could Reduce Stress… Hearing aid manufacturer, Oticon, have unveiled new research suggesting that effective hearing aids could reduce stress by reducing the impact that noise has on stress levels. As part of their ongoing BrainHearing Research, which looks at reducing the listening effort of a person with hearing loss, Oticon are delving… Read more »

  COVID-19 & Hearing Loss COVID-19 is an illness that has taken over all of our lives for over a year now. The common symptoms that people experience are a high temperature, a new, continuous cough and a loss or change to their sense of smell or taste. But a different side effect has been… Read more »

Endoscopic Ear Wax Removal Training Our Director and Head Audiologist, Chris Carr, recently attended the Clearwax Endoscopic Ear Care Training Course in Leicester. This course allows qualified and registered ear professionals the opportunity to be trained and accredited in performing endoscopic ear wax removal, including e-suction, using their specially developed wireless iCLEARscope video oto-endoscope. Since… Read more »

A Warning From The World Health Organisation The World Health Organisation (WHO) have warned that 1 in 4 people worldwide will have hearing problems by 2050. At least 700 million of these people will require hearing care or rehabilitation unless action is taken. “Our ability to hear is precious. Untreated hearing loss can have a… Read more »

We are very happy to announce that, after a very difficult few months, we are now OPEN and taking appointments again in our Cambridge branch. We are booking appointments for the week beginning 1st June 2020. Let me start by thanking you for supporting us during this very difficult time. As a family-owned, micro-business, we… Read more »

As the COVID-19 outbreak develops and Government (and industry governing bodies) continue to offer advice, we wanted to ensure all of our clients that we are doing everything we can to support you and our staff during this difficult time. We are fully compliant with our government regulator (the HCPC) and its clinical code of… Read more »

AIHHP Golden Globes On the 22nd and 23rd of November 2019, AIHHP (the Association of Independent Hearing Healthcare Professionals) celebrated their 25th anniversary with their annual conference and Golden Globes Award ceremony. This year saw the largest attendance since AIHHP’s inception; and the delegates were treated to an amazing weekend! As always, Friday was the… Read more »

Tinnitus in Mainstream Hollywood! Tinnitus is a debilitating condition which many people in the world live with. Even more people, however, have no idea what it is. Thus, it really is a sight for sore eyes whenever Tinnitus is depicted in the media, especially so, in the film industry. This isn’t the first time tinnitus… Read more »