Hearing and Tinnitus Care

25/08/2026

Calling all tinnitus sufferers! New research by Leeds Trinity University, asking for participants right now... See poster for details and contact directly if you can help.

24/08/2026

Customer review of the latest AI-powered hearing aid, the Widex Allure AI...

https://www.hearingandtinnitus.co.uk/post/widex-allure-ai-review

11/08/2026

So many hearing care providers! Who can you trust with your money when purchasing hearing aids?

AKA Confessions of a High Street Audiologist. The question really is, "Why do you cost more, and what do I get for that money?". There are several factors which contribute to your experience: Quality/Newness of hearing aids: Service quality - in each appointment Qualifications/experience of audiolog...

28/07/2026

Frank from the Dog and Partridge (Sowood) has been on The Piano! Starting at 7m 30s in this episode.
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-piano/on-demand/78636-003

Lovely to see our favourite gentleman meeting Claudia Winkleman, and I am proud to be providing sound quality which makes the piano sound rich and true. It is no easy thing to make music sound good though a hearing aid, and musicians are quite rightly the most tricky customers. Frank, however, is an utter gem - and he can be seen live Tues-Sat evenings at the D&P!😀

Britain's oldest pub landlord gets York station singing and a gifted songwriter astonishes

25/07/2026

Something we don’t often talk about with tinnitus distress, is that after habituation* we can “hit the wall”.

I travelled out of area a couple of years ago to do a private Active Habituation** consultation for someone with extremely severe tinnitus. The patient worked with me that day and improvement was great at follow up. We were both delighted at the change.

Sometimes though, the pattern of events that dragged you into tinnitus distress can happen again. 2 years later, a period of extreme, prolonged stress caused a spike in the patient’s tinnitus signal. They started to doubt, thinking they were back to square one. This uncertainty fuelled the tinnitus spike, and set up a feedback loop.

Tinnitus -> anxiety
Anxiety -> tinnitus

These are the circumstances which usually bring someone to my door in the first place. Luckily, the patient kept my number and we did a refresher last week.

If you hit the wall, following a bereavement or other personal circumstances, do not despair. It is normal to see a spike in your tinnitus during times of stress.

If you find yourself stuck in a negative loop, where the tinnitus signal is persistent and you are in despair, I will happily offer either a first time or a refresher session to get you on track.

No one has to feel that tinnitus is ruining their life. Once you understand it, it rapidly loses its power over you. When it loses its power, you break out of the feedback loop and start to habituate.

It’s rewarding work, and I’m happy to travel in Yorkshire for severe cases, with bespoke pricing. But anyone can access a one-off session via clinic visit or online appointment.

Sally Jackson BSc (Hons) RHAD MSHAA
Senior Audiologist with Tinnitus Specialism

* the psychological state of not noticing/reacting to your tinnitus signal
** my 2-hour crash course in tinnitus habituation, tailored to the individual

24/07/2026

Copper wire networks are being switched off. Great news for hard of hearing people- read my new blog post explaining phone call quality and why it matters.

I’m delighted that the copper cable phone network is being shut off! Hooray! Why? Because it used an old audio standard that carried about half of human speech frequencies….

03/07/2026

Tinnitus causing you problems sleeping?

Magnesium glycinate may well be able to help you. Read my latest blog post for more details on why this low-priced, everyday mineral supplement can help.

for some, the combination of: Silent room Nothing occupying the brain No hearing aids Can cause the tinnitus signal to become more prominent than it usually is during the day.

22/06/2026

https://www.hearingandtinnitus.co.uk/post/what-causes-tinnitus-and-why-is-there-no-way-to-treat-it

Tinnitus is so easy to get, so natural to people (and animals) with ears, it’s not going to be easy to cure. It can still be perceived if you have your auditory nerve severed, so even that is not a cure…

14/05/2026

Hard of hearing? Would your smoke alarm wake you up? New blog post - we have answers!

https://www.hearingandtinnitus.co.uk/post/can-you-hear-your-smoke-alarm-guide-for-hard-of-hearing-people

22/04/2026

A very friendly place!