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Hearing Aids · · 5 min read
The Best Hearing Aids for Watching Football Live at the Ground
There's nothing quite like matchday. The smell of the grass, the roar of the crowd, the collective intake of breath as a ball curls toward the top corner. For millions of fans across the UK, watching football live at the ground is one of life's great pleasures.
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Hearing Aids · · 4 min read
The Hearing Aids that let you hear the Beautiful Game beautifully: opening up Football for the Hard of Hearing
There is something about a World Cup that gets under your skin in a way that is very hard to explain to someone who has never felt it. It's not just the football. It's the whole thing. The commentary building to a crescendo. The roar of a crowd on the other side of the world bleeding through your television speakers at some ridiculous hour of the morning. The sharp intake of breath when a striker lines up a shot. The collective chaos when the net ripples.
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Hearing Tests · · 4 min read
Hearing Is a Full Body Sport
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month. And honestly? I had to look that up. Did you know the observance dates back to 1927, when ASHA (the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) began promoting a hearing and speech awareness campaign? Nearly a 100 years of awareness and somehow I still have to explain why I need you to face me when you talk. Well, we keep going.
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Hearing Aids · · 3 min read
The Changing Seasons of Sound
Lately, I have been thinking a lot about seasons. Not just the weather kind, although April is doing its usual thing with rain, a bit of sun, some cold, and everything in between. But the kind of seasons that reflect growth. The ones that quietly remind you that change is happening, even when it does not feel like it.
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Hear us Out · · 3 min read
The Woman Who Heard My Future Before I Did
Being born hard of hearing must have been difficult for my mother. I think about it more now that I am older.Back then there were fewer answers, less information, and technology had not quite caught up yet. Hearing aids were not the sleek, intelligent tools they are today. Parents like my mum were navigating unfamiliar territory with very little guidance.
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Hear us Out · · 3 min read
Love, Dates and Loud Places: A Valentine’s Day Story About Hearing Differently
You know one thing I used to be genuinely terrified of when meeting someone new? It wasn’t the usual worries like “What if they don’t like me?” or “What if I spill food on my top?” Although both have happened.
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Hearing Loss · · 5 min read
Can Hearing Loss Cause Dementia?
Healthy hearing is vital to living a fulfilling life, and even mild hearing loss has been scientifically proven to increase cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s and dementia. Hearing loss can make one feel isolated from friends and family and less likely to participate in social activities. It can begin as a minor problem but have severe consequences later on.
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All Articles · · 5 min read
Why Has My Ear Been Clogged for Days? Reasons Your Ears Are Clogged
Table of Contents 1. Common Reasons for Clogged Ears That Don’t Self-Correct 2. Clogged Ears and Buildups of Ear Wax 3. Ear Infections and a Feeling of Clogged Ears 4. Eustachian Tube Blockages and Clogged Ears 5. High Altitudes and Their Connection With Clogged Ears 6. What do our Audiologists say? 7. How to Treat Ears That Have Been Clogged for a Few Days 8. When to Book a Hearing Check Due to Clogged Ears Ears usually feel clogged due to a buildup of ear wax, although you can also...
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Ear Protection · · 4 min read
Vibration Noise in Your Ear? Here's What It Could Be
Hearing a vibration-type noise in your ear normally means your ears are working hard to protect the delicate inner workings of your ears from damage, but a sound that is persistent and doesn’t go away could indicate any number of issues, from infections and ear wax blockages to tinnitus. It is normal to occasionally hear slightly unusual sounds, most often described as rumbling, but if this happens regularly, is annoying or irritating, doesn’t stop, or becomes progressively worse, it's...
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Ear Wax Removal · · 7 min read
Why Is the Inside of Your Ear Itchy? Causes and Treatments
Table of Contents 1. What should I do? 2. Itching Inside Your Ears: Quick Facts 3. Common Causes of an Itch Inside Your Ear 4. Alternative Reasons Behind Itching Inside Your Ears 5. Finding the Causes and Treating the Underlying Reasons for Inner-Ear Itching 6. Treatment Options and Therapies to Relieve Itching Ears 7. Specialist Hearing Checks and Guidance to Resolve Itchy Ears 8. How can we help? A persistent and ongoing itching inside your ears can be distracting and even embarrassing when...
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· 6 min read
Leaking a Watery Discharge From Ear? Fluid From the Ear Causes
Table of Contents 1. Quick Facts About Watery Ear Discharge 2. Understanding Some of the Potential Reasons For Fluid Discharges From Your Ear 3. Common Causes of a Watery Discharge from your Ear 4. Treatment Options for Fluid Discharge Coming From One or Both Ears 5. What to Expect From an Ear Check at Regain Hearing to Investigate Watery Discharge 6. How We Can Help Seeing fluid leaking from your ear can be alarming, but this type of discharge is often linked to conditions and causes that a...
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All Articles · · 5 min read
Why Do I Hear Squeaking in My Ear?
Healthy hearing is vital to living a fulfilling life, and even mild hearing loss has been scientifically proven to increase cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s and dementia. Hearing loss can make one feel isolated from friends and family and less likely to participate in social activities. It can begin as a minor problem but have severe consequences later on.
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