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Your hearing connects you to life's beautiful sounds, from loved ones' voices to nature's symphony, and we're here to help you protect and care for this precious sense throughout every stage of life. Ear Help is here to help.

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I Have Autoimmune Ear Disease: A Case Study

The music playing in Charlotte’s living room is a bit on the loud side, but most people would think nothing of that, but she turns it off as soon I arrive....

I Don't Hear as Well as I Used To: A Case Study

Flora is now in her early 70s and is very active, going to pottery and painting classes twice a week and a keen walker with her local rambling group. “I ca...

Living With a Deaf Parent: Life Story

Daniel is 16 now and although he can hear perfectly, he knows a lot more about deafness than others of his age. Daniel’s mum Marie has been profoundly deaf...

All About Ear Plugs

There are many occasions when it might be advisable to wear ear plugs. They are most commonly used as for their protective qualities from sound, water and to...

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Hearing Symptom Checker

Describe your hearing symptoms and get guidance on possible causes and next steps.

Tinnitus Self-Help Guide

Get personalised advice on managing tinnitus based on your symptoms.

Ear Injections for Meniere's Disease

If you have Meniere’s disease, you experience attacks of distressing dizzy spells and vertigo that make you completely disorientated. It is not uncommon to...

Glomus Tumours: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments

Glomus tumours are (sometimes cancerous) growths that start in nerves associated with the jugular vein, one of the main veins that takes blood away from the...

The Connection Between Hearing and Speech

Hearing and speech are intimately connected. Someone who is born profoundly deaf has great difficulty learning to speak. It is only by listening to other peo...

The Impact of Flight on the Ears

Anyone who has ever flown in a ‘plane knows that landing can be agony if you have a cold with a stuffed up nose and blocked ears. As the ‘plane comes dow...

How the Inner Ear Helps You Walk Straight

Human babies first learn to walk when they are an average of a year old. Some are able to stand and balance tentatively on two feet from the age of about 9 m...

Do Ear Trumpets Work?

Ear trumpets were an early form of hearing aid, before the development on devices that can amplify sound by converting sound waves to electrical signals and...

Psoriasis and the Ear

Psoriasis is a common skin disease that affects about five per cent of the population in the UK. It takes many forms. As well as affecting the skin anywhere...

Who Was Miller Reese Hutchison?

Miller Reese Hutchison was an American inventor who was one of the pioneering engineers in the field of hearing aid development. Born in Alabama in August 18...

A Brief History of Hearing Aids

The hearing aids of today are technologically complex and sophisticated and help many people with moderate to severe hearing loss to amplify and distinguish...

Common Vestibular Disorders

Vestibular disorders are illnesses that affect the inner ear causing balance problems. Vertigo and dizziness are the most common symptom and regular attacks...

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