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A Lovely Story

When I was volunteering at Hearing Link's Intensive Rehabilitation Programme in May I met some lovely people. One of the ladies that I met, Linda Watters had had a cochlear implant for about 8 months...

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The Olympics

Wow wasn’t the Olympics brilliant. What a great achievement for Team GB. The organisation was superb and I thoroughly enjoyed it all.The opening and closing ceremonies were just amazing. It must have...

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So helpful and enjoyable

I spent a really enjoyable day last Friday at Hearing Link’s ‘Living Well with Hearing Loss’ in Edinburgh taken by Linda Sharkey. This was a full day course covering many topics including sharing...

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Visit to Krakow and Auschwitz

I had a lovely week's holiday to Krakow with my friend Rita. It was warm and sunny so we enjoyed sitting in the large square, Rynek Glowny, where there are so many lovely restaurants with outside...

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Captioned performance at the theatre

When I noticed that Phantom of the Opera was at our local theatre I thought I would really love to see that but felt there was no point as I wouldn’t hear the dialogue or the music. I had been to a...

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Visit to the Dentist

Today I had to go to the dentist as I had lost a filling. I don’t usually get nervous about visiting the dentist but since my hearing has deteriorated I find that I do get a bit anxious. It is not...

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