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It’s World Hearing Day today (3 March) to focus attention on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss and to promote ear and hearing care across the world.

The World Health Organisation has ‘Hear the future’ as its theme for this year’s awareness day. It wants to draw attention to the expected increase in the number of people with hearing loss around the world in the coming decades as well as what can be done to stem the rise.

Half term is a chance to spend quality time with our children, enjoying fun activities and seeing the world through their eyes. The responsibility of a child’s health and development cannot be underestimated which is why it’s important to have your child’s eyesight checked regularly.

Today is traditionally the most romantic of the year when we celebrate love and declare our feelings to those who make our heart sing.
Whispering sweet nothings is the order of the day, but what if you can’t hear them?

We have raised £35,000 for Alzheimer’s Society and pledge to continue our support in 2018.

It brings the total for the cause to almost £65,000 since the partnership started in 2015, with more money being raised each year compared to the last.

It’s a condition that affects one in ten adults and for which there is currently no cure.
Tinnitus Awareness Week (5-11 February) seeks to shine a light on how it impacts people’s lives. This year the British Tinnitus Association will focus on children and young people with its ‘Kids Talk Tinnitus’ campaign.

We commissioned a study among 2,000 adults and found one third believes spectacle wearers look more intellectual than those who don’t adorn prescription eyewear.

One fifth also believe those who wear glasses appear more trustworthy and one in 10 think they improve your chances of getting a promotion.

Seeking help to banish those January blues and get a fresh, positive take on life can come in many forms; it depends where we look for it. If you’re not keen on making major changes and hard-to-keep resolutions perhaps the answer is to find more accessible solutions.
Updating your style and boosting your confidence by treating yourself to a new pair of glasses certainly fits in this category.

It’s that time of year when more of us join a gym or head back to one in a bid to get fitter, feel better and improve our energy levels. With that renewed sense of vigour it’s also worth thinking about switching to contact lenses to give you more flexibility in the gym.

A popular and well-respected optometrist was given a surprise send-off when he retired from a Newquay opticians after 35 years.

John McLaughlin from Varnals Opticians on East Street, part of Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care, was presented with a camera and whisky as colleagues paid tribute to his care and dedication to his patients.

It’s a quieter time of year now the Christmas and New Year break has gone, after giving many of us a welcome boost and some great memories.

But did you find the festivities hard work because you found it difficult to hear on social occasions or in busy spaces? It’s frustrating not quite catching what was said and feeling left out when you can’t join in.