In all areas of healthcare, quality of patient care, patient safety and patient well-being should always be at the heart of professional practice. In the UK this is generally the case, and we have strict guidelines, regulations,...

On Friday, the 19th of September, our audiologist, Ruth Bannister, attended the Tinnitus UK conference in Birmingham. It was a great day of learning and networking. The conference ran two rooms with traditional talks, and another that was...

Kent Hearing are thrilled to be sponsoring the East Peckham Juniors Girls under 13 football teams for the coming season. Their two teams, the JPL Warriors and the East Peckham Piranhas, will be playing in the Junior Premier League and...

We are delighted to be providing a promising, local young racing driver, Thomas Merritt, with bespoke communication earpieces for his in-car race communications. Thomas, who is 16 years old and lives close to our Kings Hill practice,...

Our second charity golf day was held last month at Bearsted Golf Club, to raise money for Kent Deaf Children’s Society, a small local hearing charity that is run entirely by volunteers including Kent Hearing’s audiologist Ruth Bannister. ...

We are delighted to have achieved Care Quality Commission registration, providing additional re-assurance about the very high standards of patient-centred care and safety that we offer to all our patients at Kent Hearing. Only a handful...

Following our World Hearing day talk at The Discovery School, Kings Hill, we were delighted to have so many fantastic entries in our Key Sage 1 Colouring competition and our Key Stage 2 Hearing Quiz. The entries (some of which can be seen...

Starting the conversation. Research shows there is a close correlation between tinnitus, depression and anxiety (Hackenberg et al, 2023). On Friday the 14th of March our audiologist, Ruth Bannister, attended a workshop run by the British...

Monday 3rd March is World Hearing Day and this year’s theme is ‘Empower yourself to make ear and hearing care a reality for all’.  World Hearing Day is a global event organised by the World Hearing Organisation (WHO) and 2025’s message...

On Tuesday 4th February, our audiologist Ruth Bannister BSc, attended the launch of Tinnitus UK’s recent research; Ringing the alarm: The tinnitus care crisis. The authors, Sonja Jones, a highly accomplished clinical audiologist and...

Tinnitus Awareness Week takes place from Feb 3rd – 9th this year, aiming to raise awareness of Tinnitus across the UK.  Tinnitus is the hearing of sounds, for example a ringing, buzzing or roaring sound, that are not caused by an external...

We are delighted to offer tinnitus therapy courses to help reduce the negative effects that tinnitus can have on a patient’s quality of life.  This established approach involves a personally tailored course, aimed at reducing both the...