Cambridgeshire Hearing Help

Congratulations to Hearing Help Essex for winning The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.

Action on Hearing Loss have published an important review into the shortcomings in the way audiology services are commissioned, with very few areas having proper information on which to base their decisions and with only about 19% of people with hearing loss accessing NHS services.
Audiology services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are currently under review so now is the time for make sure the decisions made are based on proper data and research. http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/val uing-audiology

Your local Healthwatch would like to hear from you about how to plan its future services. http://www.healthwatchcambridgeshire.co.u k/…/what-do-you-th…

Last chance to sign up for our workshop in Royston on 4 June. Don't miss this opportunity to find out more about how to hear well.

Great article in the Guardian about too much noise in restaurants. Let's hope this brings some changes. https://www.theguardian.com/…/great-foo d-but-please-do-some…

And finally... Celebrate the end of Deaf Awareness Week by trying out our online Hearing Matters course, packed with information about how to Live Well with Hearing Loss. Just go to the page below and click on the button for the online course. Thanks to all our partners who have helped us to promote the cause of hearing loss and deafness this week, Cambridgeshire Deaf Association Healthwatch in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Care Network Cambridgeshire, Neighbourhood Cares St Ives, Ely Markets and thanks again to The Eastern Academic Health Science Network for funding the project.
https://www.cambridgeshirehearinghelp.org .uk/living-well-w…/

Thanks to our colleagues at Healthwatch in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough for helping to promote Deaf Awareness Week. Please do share posts to spread the word.
http://www.healthwatchcambridgeshire.co.u k/…/hearing-loss-o…

There's a hearing advice and information workshop coming up in St Ives on 31st May. We're working with our partners Neighbourhood Cares St Ives. It's at the Library at 10 am so please come along and learn more about the complex nature of hearing and how to get the best out of your ears. They are worth it!

It's Deaf Awareness Week! Tomorrow we'll be at the reception area at Hinchingbrooke Hospital with lots of information about how to meet the challenges of hearing loss and deafness. We'll be with Cambridgeshire Deaf Association Action on Hearing Loss and Cambridgeshire County Council.
First steps - hearing protection - so get ear plugs and don't listen to music too long and too loud. That buzzing sound that lasts is not a good sign.

Important for everyone.

Deaf Awareness Week coming up. Hearing Loss affects over 10 million people in the UK and it's estimated that by 2031 it will be 14.5 million, or 20% of the population. There's a lot of help out there, but approximately 40% of people with the condition never get any support. Take the time this week to talk to about how we can all improve hearing and listening. The Living Well project at Cambridgeshire Hearing Help offer more information either via the online course or a workshop at www.cambridgeshirehearinghelp.org.uk/livi ng-well

Great work supporting people with cochlear implants by our colleagues at Cambridgeshire Deaf Association.

Next hearing information and advice workshop coming up on 11 May 2019 in Cambridge at the end of Deaf Awareness Week. Come along and find out more about how to improve the listening experience.

Deaf Awareness Week coming up. Find Cambridgeshire Hearing Help at a stall by the main entrance at Hinchinbrooke Hospital from 8-10 May 2019 with Action on Hearing Loss, Cambridgeshire Deaf Association and Cambridgeshire County Council Sensory Team. We are also at Ely Markets on 9 May.
Please come and visit us to support our work, find out more about how you can raise awareness of the isolation and lonliness that hearing loss and deafness can bring, and how simple actions can help everyone to hear better.

Only 40% of people who could get help with hearing actually seek that support. Hearing better is life enhancing and a wonderful boost to mood. Spring is the time to find out more. Our next hearing workshop is on 11 April at 10.30 at Huntingdon Library. www.cambridgeshirehearinghelp.org.uk/livi ng-well

Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have asked us to share this opportunity for people to have their say in the planning services. If you would like to take part please go to the link below.
Share your experience in a one-to-one conversation and help Cambridgeshire County Council improve Day Services for older people.
Conversations will take place between 25 and 29 March 2019 in Cambridge or Huntingdon.
... Find out how to get involved here: http://www.healthwatchcambridgeshire.co.u k/day-service-revi…
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