Events

Events 

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Tuesday 7 February

Lincoln: Launch Event for Lincoln Tinnitus Support Group

Macclesfield: Open Day, Hearing Health Care

Upminster: Tinnitus Education and Support Event

Wednesday 8 February

Macclesfield: Open Day, Hearing Health Care

Bristol: Information Day

London W1: Well Being Day

Sutton-in-Ashfield: Tinnitus Awareness Event

Ipswich: Tinnitus Information Drop In

Stirling: Tinnitus Information Stand

Kings Lynn: Hypnotherapy for Tinnitus Event

London: Information Stall

Thursday 9 February

Lyndhurst: New Forest Tinnitus Support Group Meeting

Manchester: Impact of Music on Hearing Workshop: Planning Meeting

Colchester: Tinnitus Open Day

Newcastle upon Tyne: North Tyneside Disability Forum Tinnitus Support Group Meeting

Saturday 11 February

Edinburgh: Edinburgh & South East Scotland Group Meeting

Chesterfield: Chesterfield & North Derbyshire Tinnitus Support Group Drop In/Open Afternoon

 

Information Stands and Displays

During Tinnitus Awareness Week, there will be an information stands in the following locations:

Banbury: Banbury Hearing Centre, 3 White Lion Walk

Basingstoke: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Health Information Point

Blackpool: Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Audiology waiting area

Bolton: Royal Bolton Hospital, Main Entrance Corridor and Staff/Patient Restaurant

Boscombe: East Dorset Audiology Service, 11 Shelley Road

Bournemouth: Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Main Entrance

Bradford: Bradford Royal Infirmary, Audiology Department

Bromley: Sainsburys, Bromley North (Thursday 9 February, 10-3 only)

Cambridge: Addenbrookes Hospital

Cambridge: Cambridge Regional College (Friday 10 February only)

Chesterfield: Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Audiology Department, Suite 1

Corsham: MOD Station

Coventry: University Hospital Coventry

Crawley: Crawley Hospital, Library/Knowledge Services

Croydon: Croydon University Hospital, Audiology Department

Darlington: Darlington Memorial Hospital

Derby: Eagle Centre Indoor Market (Friday 10 February, 10-3 only) (CamTAD Southern Derbyshire)

Doncaster: Hearing Rehabilitation Centre, Chequer Road Clinic

Eastbourne: Arlington Road Medical Practice

Edinburgh: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Audiology Department (Level 1)

Halifax: Calderdale Royal Hospital

Hereford: County Hospital, Accident and Emergency Department

Hitchin: Heales Medical Ltd, 27 Bridge Street

Hornchurch: Havering College of Further and Higher Education

Huddersfield: Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Audiology Department

Keighley: Airedale General Hospital, Audiology Department

Liverpool: Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Foyer, Elective Care Centre  (6-10 February - stand will be manned by a combination of volunteers from the Aintree Tinnitus Support Group and professionals from the Audiology department)

Liverpool: Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Audiology Department

London NW3: Royal Free Hospital, Audiology Department

London SW14: Barns Hearing Centre, 6 Tideway Yard, 125 Mortlake High Street, London SW14 8SN

Lyndhurst: Lyndhurst Community Centre (staffed from 2-4pm 6-11 February by members of the New Forest Tinnitus Support Group)

Macclesfield: Macclesfield District General Hospital, Audiology Department (Outpatients)

Malmesbury: Malmesbury Primary Care Centre

Milton Keynes: Milton Keynes Hospital, Audiology Department – all week in the department and also in the main entrance on 8 February

Neath: Crown Food UK and Ireland, Canal Side

Newcastle upon Tyne: Freeman Hospital, Audiology Department

Norwich: South Foyer, County Hall

Peterborough: Hampton Shopping Centre (Wednesday 8 February, 10-4 only) (Action on Hearing Loss)

Plymouth: Derriford Hospital, Audiology Department

Plymouth: Action on Hearing Loss, Ernest English House, Buckwell Street

Poole: Poole Central Library

Rotherham: Patient Advice & Liaison Service/Health Advice Centre, Oak House, Moorhead Way

Rotherham: Rotherham Community Health Centre, Greasbrough Road

Rugby: Hospital of St Cross Rugby

Sheffield: Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Main Entrance (Thursday 9 February, 10-4 only) BTA staff will be in attendance

Shrewsbury: Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Audiology Department

Stirling: St Modan's High School

Swindon: Great Western Hospital

Watton: Total Health Pharmacy

Windsor: King Edward VII Hospital, Audiology Department

Wisbech: North Cambridgeshire Hospital

 

Other

Bath: Action on Hearing Loss on The Square, Lower Bristol Road will be displaying Tinnitus Awareness Week posters

Blackpool: Blackpool Royal Infirmary Audiology department will be sending Ten Top Tinnitus Tips for GPs with patient's reports to their GPs for a month

Bolton: Royal Bolton Hospital:  Media day - interviews with Audiology Department staff and patients on 2 February

Bolton: Royal Bolton Hospital: talk to GPs by ENT consultant Neel Umapathy on 1 February

Durham: Durham Tinnitus Support Group will be taking information to local GPs

Devon: BBC Radio Devon interview on Tuesday 7 February 2012, 1-2pm

Glasgow: Action on Hearing Loss Scotland will be mailing GPs in the West End of Glasgow

Liverpool: Tony Kay, Head of Audiology Services at Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has produced an 8 minute consultation guide for GPs.

Macclesfield: Macclesfield District General Hospital will be raising awareness of tinnitus across the Trust.

Manchester: Action on Hearing Loss will be displaying Tinnitus Awareness Week posters

Milton Keynes: Action on Hearing Loss will be displaying Tinnitus Awareness Week posters

Northampton: Northampton Tinnitus Support Group are mailing GP and members with our new leaflets and Ten Top Tinnitus Tips for GPs

Oxford: BBC Radio Oxford interview on Monday 6 February 2012, approximately 8.15am

Oxfordshire: Oxfordshire County Council have requested leaflets to distribute

Salisbury: Action on Hearing Loss will be displaying Tinnitus Awareness Week posters

Sandwell (Berkshire): Patient Focus Group's Monthly Health Awareness campaign will be on tinnitus

Smethwick: Coffee morning (date and time to be confirmed) at Ideal for All, Independent Living Centre, 100 Oldbury Road, Smethwick

Wigton: Wigton Lipreading Group will be having a tinnitus information session

Woodford Green: Sensory Services on Southend Road will be displaying Tinnitus Awareness Week posters

 

Irish Tinnitus Association

• contacting all the 2 500 GPs in Ireland, sending them some of our leaflets and a letter
• manning stands in Dublin hospitals during the week
• contacting all Audiology departments in National Hospitals with a poster and information
• sending tinnitus information to all national and local media 
• DeafHear offices will have posters in their windows and extra tinnitus information inside, and some will be manning tinnitus awareness stands in libraries/local centres

For more details on the above, contact the Irish Tinnitus Association on 00 353 1 817 5700 or ita@deafhear.ie or visit their website at www.deafhear.ie