Beyond relieving pressure on existing NHS services, home testing could offer patients greater choice, more convenience, ...

It’s not just the price of the hearing aids themselves you need to consider. There are ongoing costs to factor in, and many of them are unavoidable While most people get their hearing aids for free ...

Hearing loss charity RNID has called on the Government to include hearing in the NHS Health Check "to help millions of people in the UK identify hearing loss earlier and potentially reduce their risk ...

Many people who experience hearing loss later in life use hearing aids every day – and love them - iStockphoto Getting my first hearing aid, like getting married (and then divorced a year-and-a-half ...

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IT’S one of the biggest bugbears patients have – difficulty getting a GP appointment. It’s a constant theme in letters I receive from readers, who are frustrated they are struggling to be seen. Well, ...

We ask people with hearing loss and their family and friends for tips on making festive gatherings inclusive and fun this ...

Since 1989 I have worked in the NHS. At first, I told my clients and colleagues,  ‘I am a psychologist, I am hearing, I work with sign language users in the NHS’. Within my job, I have experienced ...

A new audiologist is to start in the new year following multiple recruitment rounds and service challenges dating back more ...

An 81-year-old man has said he is frustrated at having to travel on the bus for three hours to get hearing aid parts that he used to receive in the post. Eddie Yarrow said a change in the audiology ...