Tracy James Hearing Blog

Welcome to our blog pages where we share information about all aspects of hearing, as well as updates from Tracy James Hearing.

 
 
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Do you know about our sister company?

As well as providing personalised hearing and ear care, experienced audiology specialists Tracy James and Louise Hart also have a sister company TJ Audiology where they provide training courses for health care professionals, audiologists, GPs and ENT consultants, to hearing aid dispensers, occupational health workers, and professionals working in the music and noise-protection industry. 

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Widex Zen: Using Sound In Tinnitus Management

Widex is a hearing manufacturer who have developed a wide range of digital hearing aids.

Inspired by the relaxing effects of certain types of music, Widex have now developed the Widex Zen tones.

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Why We Are: Your Hearing and Ear Care Specialists

Tracy and Louise both have over 20 years of Audiology experience.

“We are proud to offer a valuable, credible and personalised quality of care. Clients who come to us, tend to stay with us and recommend us to their friends and family.”

Our Hearing Care Service: Need hearing aids? Find out about the benefits of your personalised hearing care service at Tracy James Hearing.

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How To Find Your New Tracy James Hearing Clinic!

We are now taking bookings for OUR NEW CLINIC in NEWBURY TOWN CENTRE!!

Our new hearing and ear care clinic is at Unit 2, Kendrick House, Wharf Street, Newbury, RG14 5AP.

Read on for details of how to find us…

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Introducing the Oticon Intent Hearing Aid

At Tracy James Hearing, we believe in cherishing the moments that truly matter. Experience a breakthrough in personalised hearing with Oticon Intent, the world’s first hearing aid designed to recognise what you want and need to listen to. Read on or contact us to learn more about this revolutionary technology….

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Ear Wax Removal: Preparation, Removal & Aftercare

Learn more about ear wax removal preparation, removal and after care. Never insert anything into the ear canal like cotton swabs or hair pins at any point before or after wax removal, this pushes the wax further down the ear canal and only makes it harder to remove.

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Introducing the NEW Widex SmartRIC Hearing Aid

NEW ANGLES OF NATURAL HEARING  

“The Widex SmartRIC can help wearers engage with the world as naturally as possible with better directionality, reduced wind and touch noise, and improved battery life, the longest battery life yet for a Widex RIC.” - Widex 

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Deaf Awareness Week 2024

Deaf Awareness Week takes place every year to increase public awareness about the issues affecting deaf people and deaf culture as a whole. Various events and activities are held over the course of Deaf Awareness Week for both educational and celebratory purposes.

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Bone Anchored Hearing Aids

Since the late 1970’s the use of Bone Conduction Hearing Devices (BCHD) have been a possible way to treat conductive hearing losses (CHL) i.e. where the sound struggles to conduct through either the middle and/or outer ear. Possible situations where this may happen is when someone has a malformed ear, chronic ear canal infections, a hearing loss due to a perforation or even a condition like otosclerosis (fusion of the bones in the middle ear).

In recent years Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA) have been used for conducive losses with good success rates in treating physical/mechanical hearing losses.

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The Best In Business Awards 2024

On Friday 12th April 2024 Tracy James Hearing were invited to the BEST IN BUSINESS AWARDS after being nominated, and then shortlisted, for the BEST CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AWARD, organised by Newbury Weekly News

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Managing glue ear without surgery – the Otovent.

One in five children will suffer glue ear before the age of two years. Eight in ten children will have had glue ear at least once by the time they are ten years old (NICE guidance). For most of these children the glue ear will go away by itself, usually within three months. Unfortunately it can be very persistent in some children

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Glue Ear: How you can help your child

Glue ear is a condition where fluid builds up behind the eardrum, and the Eustachian tube then becomes blocked as a result. The Eustachian tube is a tube that connects the ears to the back of the nose and throat.

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Preparing Your Child’s Hearing Aids For Family Fun This Easter

A great day out can get derailed if a deaf child’s cochlear implants or batteries run out of charge. Having some spare batteries on hand can really save the day!

Your child may need to remove their hearing technology during your day out, when swimming or in very loud environments for example. Bring a storage case with you and make sure your child knows that if they want to remove their hearing technology they should let you know…

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How we hear and process speech

When we know someone with hearing loss, a common misconception is that the hearing aid should be able to correct or fix how they hear. Yet the reality is that our brains can differ in how we process the sound presented to us, even within the same person on the same day!

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