Latest News
Here you’ll find all our latest news and thoughts. From interesting articles we’ve found in the press to news about our people, work and the latest technological innovations we’re seeing. If you’d like more information regarding any of the topics here, please get in touch.
August 17, 2023
Adding Colour to our Community since 1981
Although Hearing Healthcare Practice welcomes clients from all over the UK and the world, we’re proud to have supported our local community, in Harpenden, consistently since 1981. With a purpose-built clinic and four, permanent in-house hearing aid audiologists, no one else offers our levels of expertise, patient care, and on-site support. And our dedication to the local community extends...
August 12, 2023Harpenden’s Hearing Experts
We don’t claim to be the local hearing experts, without good reason. We rely on the constant postive feedback we receive from our clients, many who travel huge distances to attend their sessions with us, to appreciate the special relationship and trust they have in us. Today, we all rely on the words of others. This gives us the confidence...
August 3, 2023Hearing Loss and Dementia… and Lazy Words
You may have read our previous post highlighting Emily Dixon’s article in the Sunday Times on 16th July 2023. For Times subscribers you can read the whole article HERE. The article discusses research showing the possible connection between dementia and hearing loss and how good hearing aids can make a difference. While we’re very happy to help champion such research...
August 3, 2023In Their Own Words
Our team are constantly engaged in creating special experiences for our clients. Within every interaction, we try to go one step further than is expected and build relationships which last years. Our clients become friends of our practice as Robert explains in the video below. We constantly receive unsolicited emails, Google reviews, comments and letters praising our approach. Our focus...
August 2, 2023Another five star review
Enid has been a client for thirty years. She recently sent the following email to us which she wanted us to share with others. “I have serious hearing problems and the Hearing Healthcare Practice has been looking after me for very many years. They are always a pleasure to deal with. In any emergency, appointments are given swiftly and problems...
July 31, 2023
Hearing Loss and Dementia – The Times
Listen Up, there’s a link between hearing loss and dementia But a good hearing aid can stall decline So wrote Emily Dixon in the Sunday Times on 16th July 2023. For Times subscribers you can read the whole article HERE but, for those who aren’t, we’ve provided a brief synopsis of the article below: “For many older people, hearing loss...
July 12, 2023
This makes us so angry…
Last week we welcomed two new clients to Hearing Healthcare Practice. They both had similar stories to tell, their hearing aids had stopped working and they couldn’t get them repaired. They had both purchased their hearing aids from companies that have recently closed down – their so-called ‘lifetime service packages’ now worthless. They had, understandably, been attracted by cheap prices...
June 11, 2023Another Five Star Review
We were really delighted to receive Jenny’s review this week. It’s always lovely to learn our clients are happy with our service, but when they also take the time to highlight individual efforts, it means so much to us. Letitia, or Tish as she’s known around the Practice, joined us four years ago. For the past 24 months, she has...
June 6, 2023We Are Recruiting
for a Front of House Executive We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our small team based in Harpenden. We are Hertfordshire’s leading private experts for hearing care and audiology. We are a multi-award winning, independent, family-run clinic and we are recruiting for an amazing Front of House Executive. If you are well spoken, smartly presented, confident and...
May 4, 2023
Better Hearing. Better Life!
It’s Deaf Awareness Week (1st – 7th May) so we’re highlighting a story on Sky News concerning a recent RNID survey. It states; “One in 10 members of the public in the UK would actively avoid communicating with a deaf person, a new poll RNID has suggested. “It comes as almost half (48%) of 2,095 surveyed by YouGov said they...