Working with a colleague who lives with hearing loss is challenging. For you and for them. Here's what you can do to support them.

Hearing loss in the workplace can bring challenges – for you and your colleagues. Missing out on information and informal conversations can leave you feeling isolated and lose confidence. By informing others about your hearing loss, you ensure you get the support you need to do your job and more.

Ringing in the ears is very common throughout the world. People have all sorts of questions about this strange phenomenon, so here are the answers to some of the most frequently asked ones.

Many hearing aid users report an increase in their overall quality of life. Good hearing enables so much of what makes life great – many users experience more profound interactions with loved ones and find it much more enjoyable to participate in social events.

We often talk about the magical impact of getting your hearing back. It has a profound effect on people’s lives that goes beyond simply experiencing sounds.

Hearing is essential to our children’s learning ability. Even in the womb a child can begin to recognise sounds, such as their mother’s heartbeat, and from their very first day in the world they begin to develop skills and knowledge from speech and environmental sounds. It is easy to take for granted how much we rely on sound in our daily lives, even the simplest of tasks are made easy by the ability to listen. For children, hearing is a key sense for personal development and without it you will find your child challenged in many aspects of life.

You may hear with your ears, but your brain makes sense of sound, which is why untreated hearing loss can have a large influence on your brain’s health. Significantly, untreated hearing loss can increase the risk of dementia

Hearing is an essential contributor to your child’s development. If hearing loss is not addressed it can delay important development, such as learning language, and have an impact on vital life skills including socialising. Thankfully there are lots of ways to help a child cope with hearing loss, the first step is to identify the potential problem.