Month: November 2018

Travelling with hearing loss

Forida & Kia Abdullah
Forida & Kia Abdullah

Travelling with Hearing Loss.  Forida had always wanted to travel but was scared of travelling with her hearing loss.  After an appointment at Harley Street Hearing everything changed.

“I was given one pair of Opn miniRITE chargeable hearing aids. 

My audiologist, Jas, helped me to download an app called Oticon ON which helps me to hear straight from my iPhone and helps me to turn the volume up and down.  She showed me how to use everything step by step and how to maintain hygiene. When I went to book another appointment, for the first time I could actually hear everything that the receptionist was saying, She was so lovely and said good luck with your journey with the new hearing aids. I was soo excited. I couldn’t wait to go and explore everything”

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Hearing Loss: 100 Years of Adult Education

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Harley Street Hearing’s Matthew Allsop (Operations Director) was delighted to be invited to this evening of celebration at the House of Commons. Guest speakers included Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP, Secretary of State for Education, and James Fitzpatrick, MP for Poplar and Limehouse since 2010.

City Lit offers over 5000 short courses in the centre of London.  Amongst the very first courses were lipreading classes for WWI veterans who had acquired hearing loss serving in the trenches. Link to City Lit

Damian Hinds speech
James Fitzpatrick Speech