The 3Rs of Checking Your Own Hearing is a very easy-to-remember self-check that you can use on a regular basis as an early warning system for any changes in your own hearing. You don't need any special equipment. It's all based on things you'll encounter in every day life.

We often joke that someone has "selective hearing", meaning they ignore us when it's convenient to them.

But actually, selective hearing is something far more powerful. Its secret lies in the partnership that our ears have with our brain, and harnessing its power can have huge benefits when it comes to listening in challenging situations.

This article explains how.

 

LACE is an interactive home-study computer or DVD course that enables you to increase your listening skills by up to 45%.

Whether you wear hearing aids, are just acquiring aids, or simply wish to improve your listening skills, LACE training will help you get the most out of the sounds of life.

Taming Tinnitus™ is a systematic approach we have developed to provide you with personalised strategies and advice to help you tame your tinnitus. This article provide you with a brief overview of how it works.

There are several products currently available that can help with the relief and managment of tinnitus. Some products help by distracting from the tinnitus; some help by trying to recalibrate the way the brain works; some try to correct the problem that caused the Tinnitus.

This article explains more.

For a small number of people tinnitus becomes bothersome. They may even become so concerned about it that it begins to affect their quality of life, to such an extent that it may keep them awake at night, or distract them during their daily activities. They may even have approached their GP and been told (mistakenly) that there's nothing that can be done about it and that they need to learn to live with it, which only seems to aggravate the tinnitus further.

This article explains more about why tinnitus can become bothersome.

Tinnitus (normally pronounced "TIN-i-tus" in the UK, but sometimes "tin-NYE-tus") is often described as "the sensation of hearing noises or sounds in the ears or the head that cannot be put down to an external source".

With recent research into the mechanisms of tinnitus we can be even more specific, and say that tinnitus is a 'phantom auditory perception', similar to how amputees experience a phantom sensation such as an itchiness or an ache in their amputated limb.

This article explains more.

A commonly asked question about wearing hearing aids is whether you should wear a hearing aid in one ear or both ears.

Although the answer depends on your personal circumstances – including your type of hearing loss – there are very significant advantage to wearing one in both ears. In this article we explain what those benefits are.