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Untreated hearing loss has been linked to an increased risk of dementia for some time. Now a new study has suggested that using hearing aids can delay dementia onset in people with auditory problems by up to five years.

Researchers in Northern Ireland studied 2,114 people over 50 with a hearing impairment. They found that a third of them who wore hearing aids had not developed dementia five years after a diagnosis of MCI or mild cognitive impairment, yet the figure was only a fifth for those who did not wear a hearing aid.

Sometimes it’s not enough to give your specs a good cleaning, that clouded vision may be due to an issue with your eyes.
Cataracts are the main cause of impaired vision and are more likely to develop as we get older. An estimated one in three people over the age of 65 have this common condition.

Coping with different ways of working, unreliable technology, a lack of support and isolation from colleagues – plus the challenges of home schooling – can all take their toll. For people with tinnitus, such challenges can increase their anxiety and worsen their symptoms. With this in mind, and as part of our Tinnitus Week awareness campaign, we’ve put together these top tips.

It’s a hidden condition that affects one in ten adults and raising awareness of the need for help and research will be spotlighted in Tinnitus Week (1-7 February).

With more children being home schooled again and a lot of people working from home – some even for the last 9 months – you may have your new routine carved out and be happy with your WFH setup. But is this setup helping or hindering your eyes? Can you do more to help keep your eyesight in tip-top condition when working or studying from home.

Do you suffer from headlight dazzle? If yes, you are not alone.

With shorter days, we spend more time in winter driving in the dark.  It can be an issue when bright LED headlights intensify the problem for glasses wearers, who can become dazzled by the brightness.

Rosalie Roe, an optometrist from our Broadstone branch, who turned her sewing skills to making face masks in her spare time has raised more than £700 so far for our chosen charity, Alzheimer’s Society!

Now that the clocks have gone back and the nights are drawing in, it’s a good time to make sure your eyes are winter ready.

Wearing a face mask is a crucial part of tackling the Covid-19 pandemic – and they won’t be going away anytime soon. But as something many of us are still fairly new to wearing, face coverings are throwing up a few issues; like foggy glasses, maskne and an increase in people suffering with dry eye.

Worryingly, an estimated four million people are at risk of hearing damage from loud music according to the charity Action on Hearing Loss, now known as RNID.