DEAF AWARENESS WEEK in SCOTLAND

Darroch Hearing Centres offer free, no-obligation hearing assessments to anyone who wants to have their hearing checked during Deaf Awareness Week – Monday 4 th to Sunday 10 th May 2009.

By booking an appointment, you can have your ears examined, your hearing tested and can talk to a hearing aid audiologist about any concerns you have about your hearing. Existing hearing aid users can have their hearing aids cleaned and checked free of charge.

In addition, new and existing clients can find out all about Starkey hearing instruments, from a Starkey audiologist who will be in attendance during the week-long event. In particular, visitors to their local centre will have their first opportunity to find out about Starkey’s latest S Series hearing system – new hearing aids that promise higher fidelity and smart behaviour in different audio situations. Featuring parallel multi-threading processors, the system can calculate specialized algorithms to a greater degree of precision, leading to better sound quality.

“Hearing loss is a very personal thing and I treat it as seriously as you do. To support Deaf Awareness Week I will offer a free hearing assessment,” says Paul Darroch, hearing aid audiologist and owner of Darroch Hearing Centres. “This is a thorough, professional examination, and takes around 30 to 40 minutes. Of course, there is no obligation or commitment to purchase a hearing aid.”

However, everyone deciding to try hearing instruments has a free 4-week evaluation period before payment, ensuring their satisfaction with the system. Additionally, anyone who purchases any Starkey hearing instrument will receive 20% off the normal list price during Deaf Awareness Week.

Darroch Hearing Centres welcome referrals from ENT Consultants, General Practitioners and other healthcare workers, as well as charities, employers and special needs groups. “I would particularly encourage anyone employing staff who work in noise to contact me, to get advice on how to comply with the current HSE regulations,” states Paul.

By focusing on the person, not just the hearing impairment, we can help patients achieve a better quality of life by helping them to hear clearly again.

Phone 0141 620 3865 or e-mail advice@darroch-hearing.co.uk to book your appointment . For more information visit: www.darroch-hearing.co.uk

Thursday 7 May

 Hi Kent will be visiting The Meadow Children’s Centre Nursery in Maidstone to talk to the children about deafness.  The 3 Hi Kent doll puppets will be demonstrated to encourage the children to sing nursery rhymes whilst using some basic sign language

Deaf Awareness Week Activities at The Hearing Care Centre, Colchester

Charity Golf Day in aid of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People

Thursday, 7 May at Brett Vale Golf Club, Raydon, nr Ipswich IP7 5LR

Time: 12.30pm for light lunch - Tee-off at 1.30pm – Evening Meal at 7.30pm

Cost : £45 includes lunch * 18-hole game * 3-course evening meal * prizes

Bookings: Holly at The Hearing Care Centre Tel: (01206) 760839

Or e-mail office@skeelshearing.co.uk

All levels welcome. Fourball teams on the day.

ALSO

Open House 7 – 15 May at The Hearing Care Centre, Colchester

Our award-winning team of qualified hearing aid audiologists are offering:

FREE hearing tests without obligation
FREE clean & check of hearing aids
FREE professional advice
FREE demonstrations of latest digital technology
FREE hearing aid batteries (buy one get one free)

Clients attending our free clean & check are invited to donate £1 to our charity, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, in the spirit of Deaf Awareness Week.

Enjoy our Unbeatable Offer of £500 OFF latest Phonak binaural hearing aids, on all price ranges. Offer valid two weeks only (7-21 May).

Don't continue to suffer in silence - call us today on (01206) 760839 for the appointment that can transform your quality of life.

Visit us at 3B Headgate, Colchester CO1 1NU or
www.skeelshearing.co.uk

Thursday 7th May
9.30am-11am
Gillian Harrison, Deaf Information Assistant, will deliver Deaf Awareness training to library staff

Thursday 7th May
1.30pm-2.30pm
Deaf storyteller Rachael Bell will give stories in BSL to deaf children at George Washington Primary School in Washington.

For further details:

Gillian Harrison
Information Assistant (British Sign Language)
Libraries & Arts
Gateshead Council

AIRS
Gateshead Central Library
Prince Consort Road
Gateshead
Tyne and Wear
NE8 4LN

Minicom: 0191 4784839
SMS: 07887628004 (text only)
Email: GillianHarrison@gateshead.gov.uk
Web: www.airs.gov.uk

Easi-Ear will be holding an Open Day at its centre inside the Cheshunt Chiropractic Clinic [Albury Ride] on Thursday 7th May with audiologists in attendance from Easi-Ear and Siemens. 

DEAF ALERTER PLC FREE EVENT – DEAF AWARNESS WEEK

All organisations and employers should be looking at ways of ensuring they are equal access providers, and if they are not they should be seriously looking at removing barriers to improve access for Deaf and hard of hearing people. 

One of the most concerning barriers Deaf people face on a daily basis, is not having access to fire alarm warnings in public access buildings and places of work.  Something most hearing people take for granted; but for Deaf people a fire alarm evacuation can be frightening and impose great danger! 

Deaf Alerter plc, the UK’s leading provider of fire alarm warning and messaging systems for Deaf and hard of hearing people, is offering organisations and employers the opportunity to attend a free seminar, accredited by The Construction Service’s, Continuing Professional Development program.  The seminar is entitled: ‘Fire evacuation communication for disabled people: The law and the solutions,’ and is aimed at raising awareness about the lack of fire safety provision for Deaf people and disabled people. It identifies what the law requires by looking at Acts such as the Disability Discrimination Act and the Fire Act. 

The seminar is an excellent way to gain an understanding of the barriers faced by Deaf students, employees and visitors and provides solutions to achieve safe access and egress  for Deaf people in an emergency or fire situation.

If you would like to attend the seminar for free during Deaf Awareness Week 2009, at one of the below venues, please book on-line at www.cpduk.co.uk Roadseminars 2009

                       
                       
Wednesday 6^th May  Glasgow  Crowne Plaza Hotel

Thursday 7^th May  Edinburgh  Marriott Hotel

Other dates include:

Wednesday 20th May      Coventry        Enterprise Centre, Arena Coventry      
Thursday 21st May       Cambridge       Menzies Hotel  
Wednesday 10th June     York    Novotel Fishergate     
Thursday 11th June      Newcastle       Marriott Gosforth Park 
Tuesday 23rd June       Plymouth        New Continental Hotel  
Wednesday 24th June     Bristol         Marriott Royal Hotel   
Thursday 25th June      Bracknell       Hilton Hotel   
Thursday 2nd July       London  Royal National Hotel, Russell Square   

For further information about Deaf Alerter plc contact; Liz Parslow-Smith Marketing Manager Deaf Alerter Tel: 01332 363981, Minicom: 01332 291921 Email marketing@deaf-alerter.com or visit www.deaf-alerter.com