Pickle saved my life, no shadow of a doubt

Pickle saved my life, no shadow of a doubt

Kirsten Callander was woken by hearing dog Pickle when the flat’s smoke alarm went off. When she looked through the front door peephole viewer, she saw smoke and flames billowing out of the neighbour’s flat. Without Pickle, Kirsten is convinced that she...
Turning up the Volume on Hearing Health

Turning up the Volume on Hearing Health

Since we were established in early 2019, the UKHCA have been proud of our multidisciplinary membership. The unique value of the UKHCA is to bring together a wide range of different perspectives, professions, knowledge and passion together to be a force for change,...
Lipreading and the McGurk Effect

Lipreading and the McGurk Effect

With today’s unprecedented global pandemic and the population being encouraged to wear mouth coverings there has been an increasing awareness of lipreading and the access people need to it. Lipreading is a skill that can be learned and indeed taught but did you know...
Are you particularly bothered by loud sounds?

Are you particularly bothered by loud sounds?

Do you find the cinema intolerably loud? Stick fingers in your ears when a train screeches to a stop? Enraged when a toddler hammers the hardwood floors with a toy? Does being at a loud party or restaurant stress you out? Do you find sweet relief in wearing earplugs...