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Protect your hearing this festival season
6 Jun 2018
Spending too long listening to loud music at a festival can damage your ears for good.
Noise Action Week 2018
22 May 2018
Noise Action Week 21 – 26 May 2018 is an opportunity to raise awareness of the cost of noise to the health and wellbeing of communities and individuals.
Deaf Awareness Week 14 - 20 May 2018
14 May 2018
The UK Council on Deafness (UKCoD) hold their annual Deaf Awareness Week to raise awareness of the challenges of deafness and hearing loss faced by 1 in 6 people in the UK.
International Noise Awareness Day
25 Apr 2018
Today is International Noise Awareness Day (INAD). This yearly event encourages people to do something about distressing noise where they work, live and play.
Heatwave hearing aid care
19 Apr 2018
With temperatures set to hit the mid 20Cs today, now’s a great time to read our top tips on hot weather hearing aid care.
International Noise Awareness Day – Wednesday 25 April 2018
18 Apr 2018
The 23rd Annual International Noise Awareness Day (INAD) takes place a week today, on Wednesday 25 April. The yearly event was founded by the Center for Hearing and Communication (CHC) in 1996 to encourage people to do something about distressing noise where they work, live, and play.
Celebrating the beauty of West Berkshire
10 Apr 2018
The district of West Berkshire was created 20 years ago on 1 April 1998, when Berkshire County Council was abolished and Newbury District Council changed its name to West Berkshire Council.
Oscar success highlights hearing loss
7 Mar 2018
The success of The Silent Child, a British production about a profoundly deaf child which won best live-action short film at Sunday’s Oscars, has helped to raise awareness of deafness and hearing loss worldwide.
World Hearing Day: 3 March 2018
27 Feb 2018
Every year on 3 March, the World Health Organization (WHO) holds World Hearing Day to raise awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss and promote ear and hearing care across the world. This year the theme is ‘Hear the Future’.
The remarkable Mary Hare
6 Feb 2018
On the 100th anniversary of some women being given the vote, we celebrate the work of Mary Hare – an active Suffragette and Founder of Mary Hare School for deaf children.
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