In this area you will find articles and resources to inform, educate and inpire you along your hearing journey. These resources include:
Happy hearing, and happy reading…
In March 2021, the Hearing Care Industry Association (HCIA) published a white paper, Dementia, Hearing Loss and Hearing Care: Saving Australia’s Minds. Prepared by Mark Laureyns, the paper highlights the scientific link between hearing loss and cog...
An Assistive listening device (ALD), or hearing assistance technologies (HATs), are pieces of equipment designed to help people who are hard-of-hearing. ALDs can be classified into three categories: ALD for Face-to-face communication and the receptio...
Freedom Hearing supports the World Health Organisation’s call for action to address hearing loss across the life course with regular hearing tests. World Hearing Day is celebrated on 3 March every year and this year, the theme is: Hearing Care for ...
There are three main types of hearing loss and each form brings on different symptoms. These warning signs can be very easy to miss as hearing loss is a gradual process that develops over time. Here are some common tell-tale signs of hearing loss tha...
Hearing aids wearers are usually amazed by the difference in their hearing when they are fitted with hearing aids for the first time. Then gradually, without realising it, you become heavily reliant on the many ways that hearing aids enhance your l...
It can be a little tricky wearing hearing aids with a face mask. Here are some simple hacks to make it easier to wear both a facemask with hearing aids comfortably together. Use a mask that goes around the back of your head instead of looped around t...
The best way to protect your hearing is to minimise your exposure to loud noises. It’s widely recommended by audiology professionals to keep your surrounding sound levels to a range of 60-85 decibels. However, unless you carry around a decibel mete...
Paul Talbot hails from Birmingham, England. He left school when he was 14 years old, excited to become an Indentured Apprentice Electrician – earning one and sixpence three farthings an hour. As his career expanded, so too did his exposure to l...
It’s important that you take the time to adjust to hearing aids after you have been fitted with them for the first time. Otherwise, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the different listening situations you will encounter in the initial ...