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Look out, it’s national eyewear day!

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 6 June 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

Polish those lenses for an extra sparkle and celebrate National Eyewear Day today. It’s a chance to sport those frames with pride and mark changing attitudes to the joy of specs. Gone are the days when they were regarded as uncool or carried a stigma. Glasses now do not simply correct our sight, they are Read more…
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Listen to needs of people with hearing loss

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 25 May 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

Socialising and dining out with friends and family should be fun and add to our sense of well being, but sadly that’s not always the case for those with hearing loss. Venues with loud background music, interiors with hard surfaces where sound bounces around and a lack of quieter, more intimate spaces, can be a Read more…
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Schoolgirl is a winner with cricket design

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 22 May 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

A trip to her local opticians for an eye test proved a winner for a Birmingham girl who became a match day team mascot at Warwickshire County Cricket Club. Chelsea Yardley, aged 11, scooped the prize when she entered a Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care competition to design a one-day team shirt. The Shirestone Academy Read more…
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Gene therapy research offers hearing hope

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 17 May 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

It’s exciting to hear about a new gene therapy technique which restored hearing in profoundly deaf mice as it offers hope of a cure for hereditary hearing loss in people. In a research study, healthy DNA was carried into the ears of deaf mice using a harmless virus and made changes which enabled them to Read more…
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Doncaster opticians puts dementia in the frame

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 12 May 2017 Read time: 1 minute

A Doncaster opticians is hosting a coffee and cake event with advice from a dementia support worker on Wednesday 17 May. Sheena Carr of Alzheimer’s Society will be at Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care on Printing Office Street between 2pm to 4pm as part of the branch’s support for Dementia Awareness Week (14-20 May). Branch Read more…
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Ten reasons to choose contact lenses

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 5 May 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

Contact lenses are a great alternative to wearing spectacles, offering more flexibility and a whole new outlook. If you are thinking of making the switch but still undecided here are some good reasons to give them a go. 1. Contact lenses are safe, comfortable and easy to use 2. Contact lenses sit directly on your Read more…
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The quiet message that needs to be heard

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 26 April 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

Noise is not just an annoying and pervasive part of modern life that is difficult to escape, it’s also bad for our wellbeing. Have you heard that April 26th is International Noise Awareness Day which aims to raise awareness of noise on the welfare and health of people worldwide? It was founded in 1996 by the US Read more…
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Let’s talk

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 7 April 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

Today is World Health Day and this year’s theme is “Depression: let’s talk” with the aim to get more people with depression to both seek and get help. Depression is the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide. The World Health Organisation estimates more than 300 million people are now living with depression, an Read more…
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Warwickshire Cricketers Take 20:20 Test

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 29 March 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

Warwickshire County Cricket Club players are eyeing up a successful season as the players step up to the crease for a team eye test. Celebrating its fifth year as a headline sponsor and official eye care provider, Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care is making sure the entire squad’s eyes are fit and match ready. Warwickshire Read more…
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Hearing aids work – but it does take practice!

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 17 March 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

Far too many hearing aids end up gathering dust in drawers, simply because their owners don’t think they work. However, they do work – but it can take practice, says Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care, which is one of the UK’s leading providers of NHS and private hearing care. Scrivens hearing aid audiologist, Stuart Spencer, Read more…
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