Here’s Fletcher Chisalipo. A Malawian Audiologist who got in touch with Hearing Aid Recycling in late 2023. Fletcher was trying to source hearing aids for children in rural Malawi who didn’t have any hearing aids. He had been informed that a Malawian government procurement process could, even if successful, take 3-4 years. We were so pleased …
As well as our established aid ‘drop in clinics’ in rural Pakistan. We are linking with Dr Aroyehun in Eastern Nigeria to supply hearing aids to their clinic. Where possible we are trying to partner with established charities and connect in with their infrastructure. To prevent re-inventing the wheel and make the aid go as …
Hearing Aid Recycling advocate and supporter – Alex Jovy. Thank you Alex Jovy for your friendship, kindness and support for our Hearing Aid Recycling initiative. It’s difficult to know whether to start at the beginning with Alex or with his support for Hearing Aid Recycling. Let’s make it all about (and start with) us! We …
Donating Hearing Aids supported by Studio Mitchell. Thank you Studio Mitchell – Probably the best animation studio in the West! We’re so grateful to Mark for his support for Hearing Aid Recycling. His patience and kindness, enthusiasm and creativity in helping us with all things, but mostly spreading the word about our initiative is so …
Thank you Mr Durell! We’d like to say a massive THANK YOU! to Mr Durell of Felixstowe who popped into Funeral Partners branch Farthing Funeral Service last week. To donate his late Aunts’ hearing equipment. A whole shoe box full of fantastic hearing aids and TV streaming systems. All beautifully packaged, still in their boxes. …
Chris Martin of Coldplay discusses his hearing loss due to loud noise exposure at concerts in the band’s early days. Also suffering from tinnitus he talks about how he now always protects his hearing and wears ‘special’ hearing aids to help him screen the incoming sound from the ringing in his ears.
Jo Whiley rocks! Here she is chatting about her hearing journey.
Well done Rocket Man helping Rugby Man!! Ben Cohen tells us how it was Elton John who finally made him accept and correct his hearing loss with the wearing of state of the art hearing aids.
Thank you Pete Townshend for helping demystify and destigmatise and helping make hearing aids cool!!
Fantastic of Gareth Malone to share his story and how hearing aids has helped him continue to work effectively and combat his hearing loss and tinnitus.
Great to see that these celebs have had the benefit of hearing care and access to hearing aids. Help us work together to make the same opportunities available for the hundreds of millions of deaf people around the world.
We’re so grateful to all our Funeral Director collection centres. Wonderful to have had a shout out in FD Monthly: Funeral Directors Monthly – August 2022
The link between hearing loss and developing dementia is being seen to be stronger by the day. Making assessing for and addressing any decline in our hearing a health priority.
There’s now enough evidence that the social isolation caused by hearing loss can permanently and drastically effect our brains. Leading to a dramatically increased risk of developing dementia.
Deafness hasn’t held these guys back!
We can’t add a link due to copyright but just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone at BBC Radio Derby and A W Lymm for their fantastic radio article helping spread the word about hearing aid donation this morning!
Interesting chats from Derek Moore of TV Watching and Cake. Thank you for speaking out and raising awareness about the hearing loss dementia link.
Thank you ‘BIG’ Ian Donaghy. It was great to see you at The Health Plus Show.
Having experienced social isolation from my peers during my teens through my hearing loss it was interesting to read how it can also affect us in later life. Thank you Jenny Bond for helping raise awareness.
