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Sarah Ivermee: Why I started Lugs – so that deaf children can decorate their hearing aids and cochlear implants

June 11, 2015 by

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At 3 months old our first child Freddie, was diagnosed as profoundly deaf in his right ear and moderately to […]

Deaf Sex Guru: Do deaf people wear hearing aids in bed?

May 10, 2015 by

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Karen Stockton: Not everyone can adjust to digital hearing aids after a lifetime of analogue

March 28, 2015 by

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Every weekend, we are publishing popular articles from our archive, which you might have missed the first time round! Tell us which […]

Charlie Swinbourne: The joy of having my ears syringed

March 5, 2015 by

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As usual, I’d waited far too long to get my ears cleaned. About a year ago (yes, a whole year), […]

Read: Jackie Ashley’s Guardian article on the effects of refusing people hearing aids

February 10, 2015 by

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Jackie Ashley, daughter of the late deaf politician and campaigner Lord Jack Ashley, has written an article for the Guardian […]

Rebecca Atkinson: Why the NHS is the greatest social leveller deaf and disabled people have

September 29, 2014 by

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Life is a bunch of straws. You pull some longs ones. You pull some short ones. Maybe you got born […]

The Question: Is the much-used statistic ’10 million deaf people’ helpful?

September 26, 2014 by

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An often quoted statistic about deafness and hearing loss in the UK is that there are ten million people who […]

Emily Howlett: What it’s like to be a deaf auntie

August 29, 2014 by

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It’s one thing being a mother. It’s quite another being a deaf mother. And being a deaf auntie is a […]

“Deafness wasn’t my problem, it was my attitude towards it that was the problem.” Jane Billingham on discovering hearing aids at 47

August 8, 2014 by

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My name is Jane. At the age of 47, in 2013, I started wearing hearing aids. I was well aware […]

Deaf News: Hearing Link urge Deaf adults to give their views on hearing services in England

July 25, 2014 by

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UK hearing loss charity Hearing Link is urging adults who have used NHS hearing care services to get hearing aids […]