An ear full of wax filters & wax

Neil Young, May 8 2025

This gentleman was not hearing so well & found his hearing aid was whistling. The wax filters were trapping the wax & encouraging the wax to build up. A simple repair of his device will solve this issue to stop the filters entering the ear canal! If you notice your wax filters are ‘missing’ when you remove your hearing aid from your ear, make...

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The Gift of Hearing This Christmas

Neil Young, November 20 2024

Joy of Hearing in Bushmills are offering a pre-Christmas promotion of 10% off hearing aid orders before the closing date, 1st December. This will be the last day that orders can be taken to allow enough time for the crucial review appointments to ensure you are happy with your devices. To claim the discount you simply need to tell us you saw this...

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Dementia Awareness Week 2024

Neil Young, May 16 2024

It's #DementiaAwarenessWeek and yes hearing matters! Results from the largest randomised, controlled clinical trial of hearing aids for reducing long-term cognitive decline in older adults, were reported for the first time at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2023, in Amsterdam. Findings from the study, published in the Lancet,...

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Summer’s Nearly 'Ear

Neil Young, May 15 2024

With the summer season just around the corner, people will soon be heading off on their holidays at home and abroad. For most, the last thing on their mind will be a trip to the audiologist as part of the preparations and quite rightly so. However, if you suspect that your ears have a wax build up, this may be primed to turn into a problem,...

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Wax Removal Regulation

Neil Young, November 26 2021

Many of you that come across this site will be looking for earwax removal via microsuction. GPs stopped offering water syringing as the procedure risks damaging the eardrum. You may get referred to the hospital but waiting times are at record levels. This is where private audiologists have come into play, with knowledge of ear anatomy and years...

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