Hidden Hearing, Ireland’s largest hearing healthcare provider, this week celebrated its 25th birthday in Dublin. Since it opened the branch at 49 Middle Abbey St., Dublin it has been offering customers the best professional hearing care, help and advice. Pictured are Veronica Kelly, Noel Cullen, Branch Manager, Jennifer Berrill and Stephen Leddy, Managing Director of Hidden Hearing.
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Hidden Hearing Celebrates 25 Years of Hearing Healthcare in Cork
Pictured at the celebrations for the 25th birthday of the Cork branch were senior hearing consultant Philip Cornwell with Sarah May O’Sullivan Rehabilitation Therapist and Mary Murray Audiological Assistant.
Hidden Hearing, Ireland’s largest hearing healthcare provider, today celebrated its 25th birthday in Cork. Since it opened the branch at 27 Marlboro Street has been offering customers the best professional hearing care, help and advice.
To mark the occasion and to promote better hearing health, Hidden Hearing is offering free one-to-one hearing assessments. The modern test facilities at 27 Marlboro Street are staffed with highly qualified audiologists and offer the latest digital technology to diagnose and treat hearing problems in a supportive environment.
Phil Cornwell, Audiologist at the Cork Hidden Hearing branch said: ‘We’re delighted to be celebrating 25 successful years in 27 Marlboro Street and have remained committed to improving hearing healthcare in Cork since we opened our doors. To mark this milestone we’re providing free hearing consultations for anybody who is in need of assistance. We take pride in offering world-class hearing healthcare services and life-long support for our patients and encourage anyone who is experiencing problems with their hearing to take action as soon as they notice a problem. Over the years, technological advancements have seen hearing aids get significantly smaller so while people tend to notice hearing loss they don’t notice hearing aids.’
Hidden Hearing conducts over 30,000 free hearing screenings every year and is the onlyhearing healthcare provider in Ireland to offer customers free no obligation hearing screenings, a 90 day money back guarantee, a five year warranty and free batteries and service for life. If you have any questions about hearing loss contact Hidden Hearing.
Official opening of the new state of the art Sligo branch
‘The facility in Sligo compares positively with any other hearing care centre across the world’: Dr Nina Byrnes
Hidden Hearing, Ireland’s largest hearing healthcare provider, today officially launched its new hearing centre at Quayside Shopping Centre, Wine Street, Sligo. The new state-of-the-art hearing centre was launched by Dr Nina Byrnes, TV and radio medical affairs presenter.
The new Hidden Hearing facility offers the best professional hearing care, help and advice in a supportive environment, and the latest digital technology to diagnose and treat hearing problems. To celebrate the official opening of the new Hidden Hearing Sligo branch and to promote better hearing health, Hidden Hearing is offering free one-to-one hearing assessments.
Speaking at the new branch, Kevin McGoldrick, Audiologist with Hidden Hearing Sligo said: “We are proud to have opened our hearing healthcare centre, which offers state-of-the-art facilities to test for and treat hearing loss. Our highly qualified team is providing free hearing consultations for anybody who is in need of assistance. The most important thing is to take action on your hearing loss as soon as you notice a problem, because the longer you delay, the worse the problem will become.”
Dickie Rock Opens State-of-the-art Hearing Centre in Artane
Hidden Hearing, Ireland’s largest hearing healthcare provider, officially launched its new hearing centre at Mornington Park, Artane, Dublin 5. The new state-of-the-art hearing centre was launched by legendary singer, Dickie Rock.
The new Hidden Hearing facility offers the best professional hearing care, help and advice in a supportive environment, and the latest digital technology to diagnose and treat hearing problems. To celebrate the official opening of the new Hidden Hearing Artane branch and to promote better hearing health, Hidden Hearing is offering free one-to-one hearing assessments.
Guest of honour at the event, Dickie Rock said: “I’m delighted to officially launch Hidden Hearing Artane, which will provide state-of-the-art hearing healthcare facilities for the people of North Dublin. My main advice for people is that hearing loss is nothing to be embarrassed about. I’ve never been embarrassed to talk about my hearing loss and nobody else should be embarrassed either. Don’t put off addressing your hearing loss, there’s no reason in the world for people to miss out on music, family events or other social activities because of hearing loss.”
Speaking at the new branch, Gerry O’ Reilly, Audiologist with Hidden Hearing Artane said: “We are proud to be officially opening our hearing healthcare centre, which offers state-of-the-art facilities to test for and treat hearing loss. Hearing loss is sometimes ignored by people and with one in six people in Ireland suffering from the condition it is a serious issue here. The most important thing is to take action on your hearing loss as soon as you notice a problem, because the longer you delay, the worse the problem will become.”
Ben Owen, Audiologist at the Artane Hidden Hearing branch said: “Hidden Hearing has invested significantly to ensure that our branches have the very latest technology available worldwide and the facility here in Artane compares positively with any other hearing healthcare centre across the world. The Artane branch is equipped to deal with hearing loss of any kind and our highly qualified team is providing free hearing consultations for anybody who is in need of assistance.”
Listen up: It’s time to have your ears checked
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Absolutely no pun intended, but here is a piece of information that tends to fall on deaf ears.
One-in-six people worldwide has a hearing loss greater than 25 decibels (dB), according to the World Health Organisation.
About half of them would have a mild hearing loss (25dB or more), while the rest would have what would be categorised as moderate, severe or profound losses.
What’s that you say? One in six of us has a hearing loss?
This may actually be a bit high. The most frequently quoted figure for developed countries is around 10pc of the population, which still suggests nearly 500,000 of us in Irelandhave a hearing loss.
But what is certain is that the numbers are likely to rise thanks to our rapidly ageing population, not to mention ear damage caused by constant exposure to high levels of noise at work, or music at rock concerts and nightclubs, and of course, personal audio devices.
The UK Medical Research Council, for instance, estimates that the number of deaf and hard-of-hearing people is set to increase by about 14pc every 10 years.
But right now, some experts estimate that about 6pc of the adult population could benefit from the fitting of hearing aids.
But why does all this information fall on deaf ears, exactly?
Research suggests people wait an average of 10 years or more before seeking help with a significant hearing loss.
I wish someone would tell that to my elderly dad, as I’m convinced he is going deaf, but he won’t listen. (But then again, maybe he can’t hear me.)
There is no doubting that hearing loss has a serious impact on quality of life. And not just for the individual concerned, but their family and friends too.
There is also no doubting that hearing aids still have a bit of a stigma attached to them, in the same way that glasses used to have before they became high-street fashion items.
Not that hearing aids are ever likely to become fashion items, but the stigma isn’t as strong as it was.
There does seem to be quite a few hearing-aid shops around the place now.
Yes, there has been a huge growth in the private hearing-aid market. Over the past five years, the number of private hearing-aid shops or clinics in Ireland has more than doubled, according to the Irish Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists (ISHAA).
Even the large optician chain Specsavers has muscled into the market and now has ‘hearing centres’ in most of their opticians around the country. The biggest chain remains Hidden Hearing, which has over 50 clinics throughout Ireland.
The most famous of them all, Bonavox (the highly ironic inspiration behind the stage name of a certain member of U2), is now expanding too. But there also remains lots of reputable, smaller shops.
If I manage to persuade my dad to at least take a hearing test, should I tell him to go to the GP first?
You can go the GP, but unless you have a medical card, most of them will usually point you in the direction of a private hearing-aid shop anyway.
Most private clinics will happily give you a free, “no-obligation” hearing test. If the audiologist is properly qualified, they should refer you back to a GP if they find any suspected medical issues during a hearing examination.
So, how about regulation? There is now an EU standard for private hearing-aid dispensers in place, but this doesn’t mean the sector is now regulated. The ISHAA reckons that regulation is still a number of years away, but it intends to ensure its members all meet the EU standard and develop a comprehensive patient-complaints procedure with the health standards watchdog HIQA.
Source: Irish Independent – John Cradden Thursday February 09 2012
http://www.independent.ie/health/health-advice/listen-up-its-time-to-have-your-ears-checked-3014613.html
