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.
Not Happy With Your Hearing Aids?
Are you wearing hearing aids but still finding it hard to hear clearly? If your hearing aids aren’t delivering the results you expected, you’re not alone—and there’s a solution. Many People Experience Hearing Aid Problems—But You Don’t Have to Accept Them It’s common for people to feel disappointed with their hearing aids. Whether it’s background noise drowning out conversations, speech...
April 23, 2025
Hearing Loss May Play a Bigger Role in Dementia than Previously Thought
New Research Suggests Up to One in Three Dementia Cases Could Be Linked to Hearing Loss New findings from a US study have revealed an important connection between hearing loss and dementia – and it may be even more significant than previously thought. According to researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, up to 32% of dementia cases...
March 29, 2025Why AI thinks you should choose a Dedicated Independent Hearing Clinic
(Text and image generated by Chat GBT) Hearing aids now incorporate creative intelligence computing power constantly learning and developing improved ways of operating with the help of deep neural networks, so emulating how are brains think and work. Our role as scientists and clinicians is to investigate, question, learn, train and then explain these important facts to our clients. We’re...
March 26, 2025
Picture This
At Hearing Healthcare Practice we’ve never used off the shelf stock photography of clinicians (or all they models?) testing hearing or examining ears for our marketing. An independent practice is built on genuine, personal relationships and in our opinion nothing’s worse than when a professional practice purchases stock imagery to promote itself which bears no relation to the staff or...
March 12, 2025Appreciating the Importance of an Expert Audiologist
Our client, Colin Ward, recently turned to Google to leave us a five star review. This is what he had to say… “Having worn the same hearing aids for five years I realised that I had lost more of the higher frequencies and that it was time to have my hearing tested again. “It was during the extensive tests that...
March 11, 2025
The Best Thing Since…
Why Have We Illustrated This Post with a Slice of Bread? Back in 1928, the Chillicothe Baking Co. became the first company to sell sliced bread. Their marketing featured the slogan: “The greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped.” Not the catchiest line, you’ll agree. But other marketers quickly saw its potential, and before long, Chillicothe’s...
March 8, 2025The Secret of Healthy Ageing
Our Director of Practice Development, Robert, explains how hearing well is linked to living well. So, there I lay, in the pre-op area, waiting for the pre-med to take effect before I was given general anaesthesia. Bright lights overhead, the whirring of strange machines surrounding me accompanied the aural backdrop of some unknown constant beeping emanating from monitors hooked up...
March 3, 2025
World Hearing Day
Today, 3rd March, it’s World Hearing Day. This year’s theme builds upon the 2024 focus on CHANGING MINDSETS towards ear and hearing care. By encouraging individuals to recognise the importance of ear and hearing health, this World Health Organisation campaign aims to inspire people of all ages to change their behaviour to protect their hearing from loud sounds and prevent...
February 27, 2025Together since the 1970’s
Yesterday was a special day as we welcomed two clients, Bob and Jude, for appointments. There’s nothing remarkable in that other than they both originally became clients in the same year – 1978 – nearly fifty years ago! Bob and Jude still take comfort in the fact that we are here for them, ready to help when they need us....
February 27, 2025Why Lesley Chose Us
We’ve often written about the loyalty clients have shown to Hearing Healthcare Practice over many years. These long relationships are never underestimated or taken for granted. It means a lot to us when someone takes the time to let us know that what we do really matters. We take great pride in having a different approach were Hearing Healthcare Practice...