Hearing Awareness Week (August 21-27) is an annual event that aims to highlight the issues faced by people with hearing loss including the stigma, isolation and associated health issues that are often experienced.
Better Hearing Australia Central Coast (BHACC) is holding an Expo during Hearing Awareness Week on August 24, from 9:30am to 12pm, at the Anglican Church, 3 Mann Street, Gosford. The Expo will feature information about tinnitus, hearing aids and other assistive listening devices available to people living with hearing loss. The Chertsey Primary School Signing Choir will be performing. Guest speakers include: Audiologist, experienced clinician, researcher, international speaker and advisor Dr Celene McNeill; Audiometrist and Telex Hearing Care’s Ms Lindsay Gillespie, and, Printacall Communications Technology’s Mr Andrew Stewart. Relevant hearing loss management services will also be in attendance to provide information. The Expo is a free event and a free morning tea will be served.
Media release, Aug 8, 2016 Julie Asprey, Better Hearing Australia