Latest News

Here you’ll find all our latest news and thoughts. From interesting articles we’ve found in the press to news about our people, work and the latest technological innovations we’re seeing. If you’d like more information regarding any of the topics here, please get in touch.

April 27, 2018

Hearing Screening and Hearing Tests

Hearing Screening and Hearing Tests, here in Harpenden, Hertfordshire! You’ll be amazed at how hearing less well can creep up but, and we can’t stress this enough, having your hearing tested regularly can not only help you to gauge how you’re hearing, but also – potentially – allow an intervention to be made before more damage is done. Don’t wait...

April 23, 2018

Hearing Happy

Hearing Healthcare Best Practice Can there be such a thing as Hearing Happy? At the Hearing Healthcare Practice we work tirelessly to provide Hearing Healthcare Best Practice in every interaction our clients have with us. The foundations of this is a series of clinical pillars and processes supporting our practice ethos. Research proves categorically that clinics providing Best Practices produce...

April 12, 2018

So much more than a ‘Last Hope’

Hearing Healthcare… last hope… new beginnings The Hearing Healthcare Practice in Hertfordshire is one of the world’s leading hearing healthcare centres of excellence and often the ‘last hope’ port of call for desperate hearing aid wearers. Looking through our list of clients, or friends of the Practice as we like to call them, there’s an extraordinary variety of people, old...

April 8, 2018

Hearing Technology that Learns

The annual Global Audiology Congress is just weeks away and we’re looking forward to hearing about the latest advances in hearing aid technology. One thing that has grabbed our attention already is a new generation of smart hearing aids that incorporate machine learning. Machine learning uses statistical techniques to give computer systems the ability to learn – progressively improve their...

March 29, 2018

Landmark Ruling in Hearing Case

Musician’s Hearing Loss caused by exposure to Wagnerian noise levels. “This, in our view, has always been a dismissive view from an industry which creates and sells ‘noise’ as a product.” Strong words indeed from the solicitor involved in the case of a musician whose hearing was damaged during rehearsals at The Royal Opera House. At Hearing Healthcare Practice we...

March 27, 2018

Ear Emoji

Apple wants emojis to better represent people with disabilities. In a proposal sent to the Unicode Consortium, the non profit organisation that sets the global standard for emojis, the company is advocating for 13 new additions. The proposed emojis include an ear with a hearing aid. Not sure if this is representative of hearing aids today though? What do you...

March 26, 2018

Moxi All and the World’s Favourite Sounds

Today we’re in London to witness the latest technology offering from Canadian hearing company, Unitron. We’ll look at and hear about Moxi All, a hearing aid which features a raft of special advanced technologies built on the Tempus chip processing system. The device focuses on picking up clear conversations in any acoustic environment, links wirelessly to any mobile phone for...

March 20, 2018

Think Different? It’s what we do every day…

We like to think the Hearing Healthcare Practice occupies a special place in the lives of our clients and patients. Our core values have not changed since our Director of Audiology, Robert, began his journey helping others more than 40 years ago. Our corporate philosophy is to challenge the status quo, thinking differently, approaching hearing care in a different way,...

March 1, 2018

Lyric and the Best Invisible Hearing Aids

At the Hearing Healthcare Practice in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, we’re passionate about introducing our clients the best hearing aids and the best invisible hearing aids. Perhaps the world’s most acclaimed invisible hearing aid is Phonak Lyric 100% Invisible. Placed in your ear canal by our trained skilled experts, Lyric remains hidden away, out of sight, invisible to the world. All day,...

February 27, 2018

A New Team Member

We delighted to welcome a new face to the Hearing Healthcare Practice –  Audiologist Angelique Da Costa – who joined us in February to work alongside Jo and Robert.