Cardiff City boss opens up about his hearing loss The Cardiff City FC boss has spoken for the first time about losing his hearing. Neil Warnock says the changes in his hearing have knocked his confidence and left him “very frustrated”. To read the full story, visit the Wales Online website: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/cardiff-city-boss-neil-warnock-15095264
Our feature magazine inTouch is out now! Our new-look feature magazine inTouch is now available to download online. Read the latest news from Hearing Link and Hearing Dogs for Deaf People in our summer 2018 edition. In this edition, we meet our volunteers from Northern Ireland who are supporting local communities with their Newtownabbey Hearing Loss Group which meets on the last […]
Help needed for student research A Master’s student from University College London is conducting research into how people with sensory conditions experience therapeutic healthcare spaces. Lara Gregorians is looking for individual to complete the online questionnaire by 9th July. The aim of the study is to better understand how individuals with visual impairments, hearing impairments and autism experience these non-clinical […]
Heather Jackson Award winner announced Margaret du Feu has been awarded the Heather Jackson Award for her significant contribution to the improvement of the welfare and opportunity of deafened people. Starting in medical school, Margaret became progressively deafened by cochlear otosclerosis and is now profoundly deaf. She had a cochlear implant in 1999. Margaret has committed her life’s work to […]
Volunteer’s Week 1st-8th June Volunteers Week is here (1st-7th June)! A HUGE THANKS from Hearing Link to all our first class volunteers who together provide significant and life-changing support for adults dealing with changes in their hearing throughout the UK. We encourage ALL our volunteers to celebrate this week by giving yourself and each other a pat on the back – either in […]
Trustee vacancies Hearing Dogs for Deaf People’s Chairman, Faith Clark, is looking for two new trustees to join the Board of Trustees. Hearing Dogs receives no government funding and so relies entirely on the generosity of its supporters. It really is the people who donate their time, skills, effort and money who help the charity create life-changing […]
Deaf Awareness Week 2018 Today is the start of Deaf Awareness Week 2018. The week is co-ordinated by the UK Council on Deafness (UKCod) and is an opportunity to raise awareness of hearing loss and the impact it can have on the lives of an individual and their families. A series of events are taking place across the country, and […]
