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Construction worker cannot wait to hear his fiancée’s wedding vows as she finally agrees to marry him after he has hearing aids fitted

It was music to the ears of a construction worker when his fiancée finally agreed to tie the knot as she had refused to marry him until he had hearing aids fitted fearing he would never hear the vows. Sarah Smart, 38, who works in advertising, ...

22 Mar 2022 at 08:25

Local News

Elderly people waiting years for first hearing aids

ELDERLY residents of Laois and Offaly are being shut out from social and family participation and are having their quality of life dramatically reduced because of the inability of the HSE to provide audiology appointments. That’s according to ...

24 Aug 2022 at 20:33

New test could reassure parents their babies’ hearing aids are working – study

The parents of the one in a 1,000 newborn babies with hearing loss might soon have the reassurance that their children’s hearing aids are picking up speech thanks to a new test. University of Manchester scientists travelled across the UK in ...

06 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Health & Wellbeing

New test could reassure parents their baby’s hearing aids are working

06 Apr 2023 at 06:15

Health

Deafblind girl who felt isolated at school says ‘real world’ made her resilient and she can ‘do more than people think’

A deafblind girl who learned braille at the age of six while facing the additional challenge of losing her hearing, has said she wishes people would stop “assuming (she) can’t do things” as she is capable of far more than they realise. ...

28 Jun 2023 at 07:00

Watchdog blocks merger of hearing implant firms ‘to protect patients and NHS’

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Watchdog blocks merger of hearing aid firms ‘to protect patients and NHS’

The competition watchdog said it was protecting customers and the NHS on Thursday as it blocked part of the planned tie-up between two hearing implant companies. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that it would not allow ...

22 Jun 2023 at 11:54

‘Hearing aids might reduce cognitive decline in adults at higher dementia risk’

Hearing aids might reduce cognitive decline in older adults, but only in people who are at higher risk of dementia, research has suggested. The study found the devices and audiological support services did not have any impact on ...

18 Jul 2023 at 07:00

Home

Woman jailed for robbing victim's hearing aid and wallet in Dundalk

A woman who initially denied robbing a partially deaf man and claimed during her garda interview that the victim had sought sexual favours, was jailed for 21 months at Dundalk Circuit Court last week. Shanice Mulready (32) with ...

25 Jan 2024 at 20:33

Ireland

Charity calls for national hearing plan

Ireland prescribes hearing aids at approximately half the rate of the UK, according to a leading charity. Chime, the Irish charity for deaf and hard of hearing people, is calling on the Department of Health to urgently ...

27 Feb 2024 at 18:32

Hearing aids may help people live longer, study suggests

Hearing aids may help people with hearing loss live longer than those who do not use the devices, new research suggests. The findings indicate that hearing aids reduce the risk of death by almost 25%, and that those ...

03 Jan 2024 at 23:30

Hearing aid use linked to lower dementia risk, study suggests

Using hearing aids could delay the onset and progression of dementia, research suggests. Experts said further work to better understand the link between hearing loss and dementia risk “has never been more ...

04 Jan 2024 at 16:00

Music

Rick Astley reveals he now has hearing aids as he backs awareness campaign

Singer Rick Astley has revealed he has been fitted with his first hearing aids as he backs a campaign to raise awareness about hearing loss. A part of the Specsavers project, the 57-year-old has ...

24 Oct 2023 at 09:18

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