Awareness
Interview with Sound of Metal director Darius Marder: “This film doesn’t have an opinion about cochlear implants.”
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- Published on 02 June 2021
cinema
Darius Marder’s double Oscar-winning movie, Sound of Metal, has chimed from sweetly to jarringly in the audiology community. In this exclusive interview, the director throws light on the complex blend of story, character portrayal, and audiological realities in this must-see film.
Noise-induced hearing loss is a hazard South Africa’s mining industry is failing to combat
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- Published on 31 May 2021
workplace noise
Academics of Johanneburg’s Wits University have underlined the failures of South Africa’s mining industry in implementing programmes to protect workers from hearing loss caused by noise, one of the great hazards of a multi-billion dollar sector that employs over 450,000 people.
Hearing aid nostalgia: a video slideshow through hearing device advertising since the 1940s
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- Published on 26 April 2021
marketing
A brush through the dust of old hearing aid advertising brings home just how much the past is a foreign country. With the help of the world’s leading hearing device manufacturers, we offer you a slideshow video tour through some classic ads dating back to the 1940s.
Are public health campaigns working?
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- Published on 21 April 2021
awareness
Audio Infos UK regular columnist, Raúl García-Medina, welcomes the global hearing health campaign encapsulated in the WHO’s 2021 World Hearing Report, but asks if it will live up to its promise.
Sonova’s stunning new carbon-neutral building ticks all the boxes for sustainability
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- Published on 15 April 2021
sustainability
Pioneering zero-energy architecture is from this month housing the development of miniaturized communication and hearing protection systems for the multinational Sonova Group, helping the hearing solutions firm behind the Phonak brand meet an ambitious carbon-neutral goal.
Focusing on the future - an open letter from the British Tinnitus Association
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- Published on 25 March 2021
tinnitus
A renewed and refocused drive to combat tinnitus is the subject of an open letter issued by David Stockdale, chief executive of the leading UK charity, the British Tinnitus Association. We publish that letter in full:
First ever WHO World Report on Hearing sets concrete goals for hearing health access to all
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- Published on 03 March 2021
world hearing
A strident call has been issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in a stat-rich report recommending government strategy and prioritisation action to scale up hearing care for 90% of the global population by 2030.
WHO makes veteran jazz musician Charles Owens a World Hearing Day "champion"
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- Published on 02 March 2021
awareness
Octogenarian jazz sax virtuoso Charles Owens, who keeps on giving and getting from music thanks to his hearing aids, has been named a WHO World Hearing Day ambassador.
Angela Barnes stands up on comedy and hearing loss
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- Published on 17 February 2021
culture
If you are suffering from profound loss...of the sense of humour, you may need a modern jester such as Angela Barnes, a hearing aid wearer whose career as a stand-up has made her a star of TV shows such as Stand up for the Week, and radio programmes The Now Show, and Newsjack.
Spanish court rules that school canteen noise caused dinner lady’s hearing loss, and awards her damages
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- Published on 11 February 2021
noise
Being deafened by hungry schoolkids is now an official occupational hazard in Spain, after a Bilbao court that a school refectory assistant's hearing loss was caused by the din in her habitual workplace.