J from Grumpyolddeafies is less than convinced by DeafEquipment’s Ear Gear range. She’s right, they do look uncannily like legwarmers. But, hey, legwarmers were pretty huge in the 1980s and they looked hideous too!
This does lead on to an important question though: Can hearing aids be cool?
It wasn’t so many years ago that glasses where [...]

Almost any movie you buy on DVD these days will come with optional subtitles (closed captions) in a range of languages - the on-screen text always keeps in sync with the audio and does a great job of allowing deaf and partially deaf people to enjoy film.
Here in the UK, a good percentage of TV [...]

Many branches of Boots and Specsavers now have a hearing aid service in-store. Boots have the David Ormerod sections in many branches and Specsavers have Hearcare. Yet, even though these have been around for quite a while now I’ve never thought about using them. Why? Well, I’ve been a customer of small hearing aid company [...]

This is a poem I found a while back. It is very sad.
My family knew that I was deaf
When I was only three, and since then fifteen years ago
Have never signed to me.
I know when I’m around the house,
I try and use my voice,
It makes them feel more comfortable;
For me, I have no choice.
I try, [...]

Analogue and digital hearing aids are completely different beasts. Up until now I have worn only analogue aids and I’m in the process of getting some digital ones so I thought I’d write about a few things I’ve noticed during the switch.
Didn’t that used to be louder?
Analogue hearing aids amplify all sounds at the same [...]