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| Wednesday 7th May 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hidden Hearing will be holding 16 Hearing Care events around the
STAGETEXT The phenomenon that is Disney’s High School Musical comes to the stage for the very first time in a spectacular live touring production at The Mayflower. It’s the irresistible story of two teenagers – Darroch Hearing Centres offer free, no-obligation hearing assessments to anyone who wants to have their hearing checked during Deaf Awareness Week – Monday 5th to Sunday 11th May 2008. 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 Widex hearing instruments, from a Widex technical expert who will be in attendance during the week-long event. “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. “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 4-week evaluation period before payment, ensuring their satisfaction with the system. Additionally, all purchasers of Widex hearing aids 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 The Norfolk Deaf Association - Deaf Awareness Festival at The Forum, Norwich Information stands
London Borough of Havering - 7th May 2008 · See what is available for people with a hearing loss This year, to raise awareness the goal is to ask everyone to take one simple step to help change the world. The steps can include learning to fingerspell, join a sign language course, improving your communication skills or just joining us for a couple of hours between 10am and 3pm on Wednesday 7th May to see what’s happening in your local area. NB: We will be holding a 'penny auction' so if you have any items you think would be suitable please bring them to Yew Tree Resource Centre before Friday 2nd May. For further information please contact the Sensory Team on 01708 433447 or email: sensory@havering.gov.uk The Hearing Care Centre - IPSWICH OPEN WEEK Tuesday 6th - Friday 9th May 2008
The Hearing Care Centre Ltd To celebrate this year’s Deaf Awareness Week the staff at the multi-award winning Hearing Care Centre, 5 High Street, Ipswich invite you to book your appointment and take advantage of their hearing care services absolutely free of charge. You can book a hearing test, have your existing hearing aids cleaned and checked or find out about the latest digital technology from the guest hearing aid audiologists who represent the foremost manufacturers of hearing aids. Few of us are aware of how taxing life can be when we have hearing difficulties. In fact, one in seven of us do experience hearing problems. The everyday sounds of conversation, music and laughter can be the hardest hearing environment to cope with. Constant chatter, excessive background noise, music and loud voices all make hearing clear speech almost impossible. The normal hearing person does not have to consider these issues, as the brain has more ability to discriminate and pick out the required speech naturally. This can lead to isolation, lack of confidence and lots more.
Karen Finch and her dedicated team are achieving a high standard of care and understanding of the difficulties faced by the hard of hearing. With today’s technology it is no longer necessary to struggle with hearing problems; the latest digital hearing aids are making vast differences to lives especially in social environments. All services are available by APPOINTMENT ONLY. Call FREE on 0800 0962637 to book your appointment today.
Trafford Deaf Partnership is supported by
Wednesday 7 May 2008 Waterside House,
British Sign Language interpreters will be there and everyone is welcome
Deaf Alerter Scotland Deaf Awareness Week This year’s Deaf Awareness week will run 5th-11th May and will be supported by more than 250 deaf charities and organisations, under the umbrella of the UK and Scottish Council on Deafness. 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 CPD Certification Service, Continuing Professional Development program. The seminar does not only address how to provide safe fire evacuation and communication for Deaf people, it covers solutions that will enable all disabled people to have access to safe egress in public access buildings and places of work.The seminar looks at Acts such as the Disability Discrimination Act and the Fire Act and identifies what the law requires. Bob Bertram, (Fire Safety Adviser for The Scottish Parliament), has previously attended the CPD and commented: “From a personal Continuous Professional Development perspective, I recommend attending the seminar, it is an excellent way to gain an understanding of the barriers faced by Deaf students, employees and visitors and one of the options to achieve safe access and egress in an emergency fire situation”. If you would like to attend the
seminar at one of the below venues,
Contact: Liz Parslow, Marketing Manager, Deaf Alerter Free hearing aids from The Hearing Care Centre, Colchester WIN! WIN! The Hearing Care Centre in Colchester, Essex, is giving away a pair of cutting-edge new Phonak Audeo hearing aids, worth £3,500, which are suitable for those with mild to moderate hearing loss. Competition entry forms and further details will be published in the Colchester Gazette, every day from 5 – 9 May. To further support Deaf Awareness Week, the Centre is also holding an Our award-winning team of qualified hearing aid audiologists are offering FREE hearing tests, FREE clean & check of hearing aids along with FREE professional advice, by appointment only. 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. Experts from the world's leading hearing aid manufacturers will also be demonstrating the latest in ultra-discreet new digital hearing aid technology. And don't miss our Special Offer of Buy One Get One ½ Price on selected Phonak mid to top-range hearing aids (offer ends 31 May). Don't continue to suffer in silence - call TODAY on 01206 760839 for the appointment that can transform your hearing. Or in the words of one of our clients: 'When you purchase hearing aids from The Hearing Care Centre, you are buying a better way of life.' (Mr H. Carter, Colchester) Visit us at 3B Headgate, Colchester CO1 1NU or www.skeelshearing.co.uk Wednesday 7th May A talk on Deafblind Awareness – 11am – 12noon. What is meant by the term ‘Deafblind’ ? How can you help to communicate with a Deafblind person? You can find out the answers to these questions and more. Please contact us for further information at: East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre, 8 St Leonard’s Road, Eastbourne, BN21 3UH.
Wednesday 7th May Wednesday 7th May Local ENT Surgeon Peter Andrew FRCS will also be talking and available to answer questions. A free video camera examination of the ear will also be available. To reserve your place, call 01582 767218. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND PLEASE CALL 01582 767218 deafPLUS Our MAS (Mobile Advisory Service) Vans will be bringing information and advice to Southern Grove. These vans normally travel throughout Somerset, Surrey and Hampshire and we have been lucky enough to bring the van to London. The MAS vehicles demonstrate the following equipment: · Telephone amplifiers The MAS vehicles also supply leaflets on a range of issues of interest to Deaf and hard of hearing people on the following: · Welfare benefits and much more Wednesday 7 th May Launch of the Walsall Sign Language Club at Walsall Deaf Peoples Centre to provide a relaxed environment where Deaf BSL users and hearing learners of BSL can meet regularly to improve skills levels
The Hearing Company and branches of Scrivens Opticians offering hearing care will be celebrating the launch of Deaf Awareness Week with a fundraising drive for one of the industry’s most deserving charities. For every hearing aid sold from 5 to 11 May, £50 will be donated to Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, a national charity which supports the severely or profoundly deaf. The donation reflects an important milestone for The Hearing Company and parent company Scrivens – its 50th anniversary of providing hearing care services. A full list of participating stores can be found at www.thehearingcompany.co.uk. Each offers free hearing checks and a full range of hearing care solutions. To book an appointment call 0800 626 427. |
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