Awareness
Stigma - a kleptes point in hearing improvement
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- Published on 29 November 2022
point-of-view
In 502BC, a young lady named Alexandra walked in the foothills of Mount Olympus, holding a heavy vase strapped to her back and bearing the punitive marks pricked into her forehead for everyone to see.
Jools marks the tempo on Specsavers hearing aids campaign
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- Published on 24 November 2022
conferences
Musician and TV music show presenter Jools Holland just had his hearing tested. Despite exposure to loud sound throughout his career, his hearing checks out okay. But he'd hate to have hearing loss.
GPs in focus when World Hearing Day 2023 spotlights primary care involvement
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- Published on 20 September 2022
awareness
2023 World Hearing Day will see the campaign's host and overseer, the World Health Organisation (WHO), emphasise the role of primary care in hearing care as it strives to make an effective return to this awareness drive.
Judge rebuts 3M bankruptcy ploy to block 230,000+ lawsuits over faulty combat earplugs
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- Published on 30 August 2022
legal
Efforts by 3M to use a bankruptcy legal strategy to resolve extensive personal injury liability lawsuits through one big settlement have been blocked by a judge. The American international conglomerate is now appealing the decision.
Signia teams up with world's most valuable sports club - Dallas Cowboys - to boost hearing health awareness
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- Published on 24 July 2022
awareness
Hearing device brand Signia has a new play for the awareness field; a sports connection with the biggest sports club on the planet.
"Hearing Centre on Wheels" tackles hearing loss cases caused by bombing in Ukraine
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- Published on 18 July 2022
awareness
A team comprising a hearing care professional and an ENT specialist has been working the streets of war-torn Kiev, discovering a high number of people who have lost their hearing as a result of bomb explosions and artillery fire.
Will a hearing aid on Barbie make a difference? What about one on Jesus?
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- Published on 01 July 2022
awareness
The promised June worldwide roll-out of a Barbie with a hearing aid is upon us. What will happen now?
Visit to an audiologist may have saved Birmingham man's life
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- Published on 21 June 2022
Hearing Health
The significance of hearing care - as in both audiologists and hearing technology - is increasingly being pushed up the health ladder. And a recent case of a Specsavers customer getting life-saving advice from his audiologist brightens the spotlight on this importance.
Hearing aid loss or damage tops list of facemask-related UK home insurance claims
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- Published on 27 May 2022
pandemic
An insurance company’s analysis of claims over the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 offers a likely but nonetheless intriguing chronicle of behavioural change through rises in ill-starred scenarios involving hot tubs, garden fires, and exercise equipment.
Man in France fined for driving while wearing hearing aids
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- Published on 25 May 2022
rights
A 55-year-old man from the northern French department of Aisne was driving his car on April 7, blissfully unaware that the eyes of the law were upon his ears. Six days later, Dominique Moret received notification of a 135 euro fine and a three-point penalty for "driving a vehicle with a device capable of emitting sound in the ear".
