Searching for silence. An impossible task?
Whizz. Bark. Buzz. Whizz. Bark. Buzz. Despite many reports saying cities and urban areas became quieter during lockdown, it seems that my little street decided to buck the trend. Pretty…
Category: Hearing health
Swimming in silence
Last week the tinnitus community came together to raise awareness through Tinnitus Week and #ThisIsMySilence, and what a heart warming and breaking week it was. Stories of acceptance and acclimatisation…
Coping with lockdown 2? Not really!
Ok, so I may have said that I was prepared for another lockdown. I may have been confident that my coping skills were ready to take anything another lockdown could…
How to find quiet in an open plan office
After months of working at home many people are starting to return to work. But are you ready for the return of office noise? I’ve come up with some great…
Surviving quarantine #2
I’m sure you’ve seen the many introverts ruling lockdown memes, you know the ones: “Introverts: flattening the curve since forever,” “Social distancing? I’ve been training for this my whole life,”…
Hearing therapy and what it’s taught me about tinnitus
Walking down a grey corridor in an unloved NHS community hospital, the curled edges of leaflets about coping with old age poking out of wire stands, I’m feeling a bit…
Sound or Noise? What are you hearing?
I’d like you to imagine a scenario. You’re sat at home, on your sofa, you’ve just finished work and you want to wind down. What do you do? My first…
Seeking quiet during a pandemic
With most places closed and the majority of the population confined to their homes, I thought the world would be quieter. How wrong I was. After the initial stress of…
Hush! 