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A Colwyn Bay woman has spoken of her experience of hearing loss as part of Deaf Awareness Week May 3-9. In the UK alone, 1 in 5 people experience it and according to the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), more than 40 per cent of those over 50, and 70 per cent of over 70s have a hearing loss. Hearing loss can lead to isolation, emotional distress, and depression during the recent pandemic social distancing has reduced the ability for those with hearing loss to communicate, with mask-wearing resulting in muffled speech and the inability to lip read. Hearing loss can also increase the risk of dementia by up to five times, but evidence also suggests that hearing aids may reduce these risks.
Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin shares advice with area gardeners about poinsettias, lawns, weeds, turf, shrubs, pruning, peach trees, orchids, fertilizer, ligustrum trees, split-leaf philodendrons, pruning and more.