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Replacing the earmould tubing
We now have three videos in our ‘How to…’ series – How to manage the whistling in your child’s hearing aids, How to use your hearing aid care kit and the latest How to change the tubing in your child’s...
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Battery safety
A recent study looked at 20 years worth of data from emergency departments in the USA about children who had attended following a battery related incident. Whilst incidents were rare at 4.6 hospital...
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Battery recycling
How long a battery lasts depends on the type and power of hearing aid, how long it is worn each day, what kinds of situations the hearing aid is worn in (it’s processor has to work harder in noisier...
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Build-A-Bear hearing aids
Good toy hearing aids and cochlear implants are hard to come by but some parents have ordered the Build-A-Bear soft hearing aid from the USA. In what has to be the best example of ‘if you don’t ask,...
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Children’s hearing aid services to be nationally commissioned
As part of the new Health and Social Care Act 2012 the commissioning (or purchasing) of NHS services will be the responsibility of local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) except where the service is...
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Your thoughts – Children’s hearing aid services to be nationally commissioned
Yesterday I published news that specialist paediatric audiology services are to be nationally commissioned from next April. Discussion with colleagues and on Twitter has confirmed confusion about the...
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Meningitis & childhood deafness
One in 10 children who survive meningitis are deafened as a result of the illness. Great strides have been made in vaccination for some types of meningitis including the vaccination for Hib...
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Weekend for teenagers with acquired, progressive, or late-onset deafness
The new NDCS weekend for teenagers with acquired, progressive, or late-onset deafness and their families has been a while in the planning and last weekend it finally arrived. As did the snow! Which...
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Urgent – two volunteer audiologists needed for ear camp in Nepal this April
Can you help? “Ear Aid Nepal are urgently looking for one or two volunteer audiologists for a charitable ear camp in Nepal this April: “The International Nepal Fellowship has run these ear camps in...
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Funding for bone anchored hearing aids & middle ear implants
From this month NHS England (briefly known as the NHS Commissioning Board) takes over responsibility for commissioning specialist services for deaf children. This includes specialist implantable...
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Disability Matters – e-learning to inform and inspire
“Over 60% of Britons say they are not confident communicating with a child who is deaf” (Disability Matters Launch Report, Feb 2015) Over the last few months I’ve been working with the project team at...
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New Care Standards for the Management of Patients with Microtia and Atresia
Atresia or microtia is the absence or underdevelopment of the outer ear and is frequently associated with other craniofacial conditions that may impact on all aspects of their lives. It is essential...
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Learning disability and hearing loss
This article was originally written for the Netbuddy website which has since merged with Scope where an edited version appears. I have re-published it here for Learning Disability Week 2015. Research...
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Telecoils – a tool for enhancing language, educational and social development...
Hearing aid wearers are most familiar with their ‘T’ switch to help them hear better in public places fitted with loop systems, such as churches, theatres, banks and post offices. These aren’t...
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New National Commissioning Framework for Hearing Loss Services launched
Yesterday I attended the launch of the new National Commissioning Framework for Hearing Loss Services. This is a document was developed by members of the Hearing And Deafness Alliance (a group of...
View ArticleTransition from children’s to adult audiology services
I have been asked to speak a few times on transition of young deaf people to adult hearing services – on the challenges they report and what good practice in transition looks like. I start by saying...
View ArticleHear Glue Ear app wins ‘Children’s App of the Year’
The Hear Glue Ear app, created by a Cambridge Paediatrician Dr Tamsin Brown, won ‘Children’s App of the Year’ at the UK App Awards last month.Children with glue ear often have long periods of time with...
View ArticleCoronavirus and deaf children
This blog has been written for families with deaf children. It covers things that parents need to be aware of in the coming days and weeks during school closures, accessing hearing aid repairs and...
View ArticleCoronavirus and the changing world of audiologists
The spread and impact of the coronavirus on all of our lives has been unprecedented and will continue to affect all of us for some time. When we watch the daily news it is easy to see the upheaval and...
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