Causes Of Deafness & Hearing Loss

Studies have shown that there are over 9 million people in the UK alone with deafness or some degree of hearing loss and over 28 million in the United States and a staggering 360 million people throughout the entire world suffer from deafness or are hard of hearing. Read More...

Deaf & Hard Of Hearing Equipment

A lot of the everyday things that most of us take for granted are a problem for the person that is hard of hearing, simple things for enjoyment such as watching the TV may be a problem, the sound may have to be at an unbearable volume for them to hear comfortably depending on the amount of hearing loss they suffer. Read More...

Deafness & Hearing Loss In Children

For every 1000 children that are born 1 will be born with what is classed as significant hearing loss and will have a serious affect on there education, reading and learning to speak and another one in 1500 will develop hearing loss related problems sometime during there childhood. Read More...

Glue Ear Explained

Glue ear is one of the most common causes of hearing problems in children and is caused by a build up of fluid in the inner ear. Inside the inner ear there are three small lever type bones these carry the sound vibrations to the inner ear from the ear drum, the lining of the middle ear produces mucous and a tube called the Eustachian provides the drainage. Read More...

Sign Language Explained

There is no one universal sign language. Just as there are many different languages such as German, French and English, there are many forms of sign language for deaf people too. Read More...

Hearing Aids Explained

In the past hearing aids have always had a stigma attached them, we often think of them as the clumsy, ugly looking things that fit over the outer ear and go into the ear but with modern technology today they have decreased rapidly in size and now there are ones that fit directly into the ear and are so small that they aren't even noticeable. Read More...