Tinnitus support from charity was life-changing says Belfast woman I thought something was really wrong with me. I struggled to sleep; I was crying; I felt like I was going mad!”
Claire Donaldson
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A Belfast woman has opened up about how support she received from a local charity to help her cope with Tinnitus, was life-changing .
Stephen Hill
Biography
Mr Hill is Chairman of the Alzheimer Society, a non-executive director of Applerigg Ltd, an investment holding company, and manages his own family’s investment and philanthropic businesses.
Stephen has extensive board experience having served as an independent director on the boards of Channel Four Television, Royal SunAlliance PLC, Psion plc, Aztec Ltd and IG Group plc in the UK and as Chairman of the Board of Interactive Data Inc in the US. He was also an independent member of the board of OFCOM, the media regulator, from 2014 to 2016.
From 1996 to 2002 he was Chief Executive of the Financial Times Group and a member of the Pearson Management Board, and, prior to that, he had held Managing Director roles at a number of entities within Pearson in a career spanning 15 years. More recently, he was a Senior Adviser at, and Founder of, 3iQPE (Quoted Private Equity) plc, Chief Executive at Betfair Ltd, and
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Research is ongoing surrounding whether dementia is directly caused by hearing loss or is an indirect consequence of social isolation caused by hearing problems.
“If you ve got poor hearing, your ability to socialise and interact with others is affected. And without the mental stimulation of talking with people, health declines.”
Barry has some simple advice to protect your hearing. “Do not put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear,” Barry says. “The ear will look after itself. We see an awful lot of damage from people poking things in their ears trying to get wax out. Leave your ears alone!”
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.