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Local man Gerry Keane has seen a “miraculous” transformation in his hearing and quality of life after paying a visit to Specsavers Dundalk and receiving a new set of state-of-the-art hearing aids. Gerry, a long-term hearing aid user had previously ...

13 Jul 2022 at 15:33

Health & Wellbeing

Rick Astley on hearing loss and why it shouldn’t be embarrassing to wear hearing aids

In the 1980s, young people related to a youthful Rick Astley as he belted out hit tracks like Never Gonna Give You Up and Together Forever. Now, more than 30 years after his pop heyday, the mid-life generation that enjoyed Astley’s hits back in ...

24 Oct 2023 at 10:47

‘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 cognitive ...

18 Jul 2023 at 07:00

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 important”. The study by Danish ...

04 Jan 2024 at 16:00

Health

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 ...

22 Mar 2022 at 08:25

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 re-recorded his hit Never Gonna ...

24 Oct 2023 at 09:18

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 ...

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

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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 ...

25 Jan 2024 at 20:33

Health & Wellbeing

6 signs you should get your ears tested

More than 11 million people in the UK have hearing loss – that’s one in six of us. But around a third of older people who are hard of hearing haven’t done anything about it, according to a University of ...

08 Nov 2024 at 08:15

Health & Wellbeing

Peter Schmeichel on overcoming the stigma of wearing hearing aids

Manchester United goalkeeping legend Peter Schmeichel has just been fitted with his first hearing aids. And he wants everyone to hear about it. The 60-year-old Dane had a hearing test two years ago ...

11 Jun 2024 at 12:49

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 ...

27 Feb 2024 at 18:32

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