Summer Hearing Health
Looking after your hearing health this summer Summer is finally here and now is a good opportunity to check that your ears and your hearing are in tip-top condition for the coming months, especially if you are going on holiday either at...
WHO Primary Ear and Hearing Care Training Manual is published.
Kent Hearing’s Dr Priya Carling, AuD, RHAD, is one of several doctor’s, audiologists and hearing care specialists from around the world to have contributed to this important document, published this month by the World Health Organisation...
Why you shouldn’t use cotton buds in your ears
Cotton buds – and why they shouldn’t be used for cleaning ears! It’s a popular misconception that using cotton buds is an effective way to clean our ears. Whilst this is what they were originally designed for back in the 1920s, we have...
World Hearing Day
The theme for this year’s World Hearing Day is ‘Ear and Hearing care for all – let’s make it a reality’. We know from experience at Kent Hearing that many people often wait to have their hearing checked when they think that they might...
Hearing Test or Hearing Check?
The differences between hearing tests and hearing checks If you are concerned about your hearing and are considering booking a hearing test or hearing check, it’s important to understand the difference between them. Many audiology...
Why should I get my hearing checked?
Good hearing is essential for getting the most out of everyday life. Hearing well means that we can communicate fully with our families, our friends and our work colleagues and enjoy the sounds that we love to hear, be it music,...
New clinics at Kent Hearing
We are pleased to be running two new clinics at our Kings Hill practice. Saturday morning earwax removal clinics Dr Priya Carling AuD, RHAD, will be running microsuction clinics on Saturday mornings between 09.30 and 12.00 until...
Making a splash this summer? Spare a thought for your ears!
It’s the holiday season and everyone loves spending time in the water, especially when the temperatures in the UK and Europe have been soaring into the mid to high 30’s. But frequent exposure to water can cause problems for our ears....
Valley Invicta Careers Fair
Dr Carling was delighted to speak at the Valley Invicta Primary School Careers Fair, held at Capital Space Kings Hill earlier this month. The fair was very well attended by 9-10-year-olds from the school, who spent the morning listening...
BEAR Project Final Review Success
This month saw the culmination of 5 years extensive work by all those involved with the BEAR Project, which was set up in 2017 to review and make recommendations for improving hearing health rehabilitation in Denmark and around the world,...
Meet the Team Ruth Bannister BSc, Audiologist
We are delighted that Ruth Bannister has recently joined the Kent Hearing team. Ruth will be working with us part-time, both taking and assisting with paediatric clinics, fitting hearing aids, and running hearing aid follow up clinics....
Kent Hearing visits Trottiscliffe Primary School
It was a pleasure to visit Trottiscliffe Primary School last week as part of our World Hearing Day activity, to speak to years 1-6 about the importance of looking after our hearing from an early age. There were so many interesting...