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My journey into darkness and light
Before my illness I was a pretty average bloke. I had a job in telecommunication sales, had a good life with my wife Joanna and owned my own house. I enjoyed going to the pub on a Friday night and...
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My talk
I began writing about my experience of hearing loss with my wife last year. It took us about three months to write it down as I had never written anything so personal before. The experience of writing...
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A Deaf Day to remember
Last Saturday I represented Action on Hearing Loss at City Lit’s Deaf Day, the biggest deaf-related event in the UK. This is an annual event, attended by almost 2,000 members of the public and this...
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The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Voluntary Award reception: a royal celebration of...
A while ago, I received an email asking me if I would like to meet the Queen as a volunteer representative from Action on Hearing Loss at a reception to be held at St James’s Palace. This was to...
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Disability Awareness Week at Holy Trinity Primary School: enthusiasm for deaf...
Last Wednesday morning I gave a talk at Holy Trinity CE Primary School in Dartford, Kent on behalf of Action on Hearing Loss. This was part of a series of talks and events that the children had been...
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Rediscovering sound – like meeting up with an old friend
After six weeks of anxiously waiting after my cochlear implant operation and hoping so much that it was going to work, I finally had my switch-on last week. So much has happened in those last six...
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Time to act now on hearing loss
I felt honoured to be invited to the launch of Action on Hearing Loss’s ‘Hearing Matters’ report recently at the House of Commons. It was launched at a cross-party reception for MPs hosted by the MP...
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Wine tasting and fundraising: a perfect combination!
When I first found out about a wine tasting event for Action on Hearing Loss, I immediately thought this was my kind of event! I don’t claim to be any sort of wine expert, apart from enjoying drinking...
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