SignPost presenter Alex Duguid who has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours! Alex has been recognised for services to Deaf People and British Sign Language Education.

Deaf boy has IQ 'greater than Einstein'

A 12-year-old boy has joined Mensa after achieving 162 on an IQ test, a higher score than Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking.

Freeman Hospital

Volunteer, Judith Daniel attended Freeman Road Hospital in November 2018 and identified several of the LOOP systems were not in good working order; this was reported through the appropriate channels.

Following a revisit to Freeman Road Hospital in January 2019, this situation has now been rectified.

Northern Stage – Loop/Captioning Feedback

Several of the SHHH group attended a subtitled performance of the Lovely Bones in Autumn 2018. Unfortunately this didn’t work well for some of our members as the position of the seats was directly under the captioning screen, meaning it was uncomfortable to read and impossible to read and watch the stage at the same time.

Helen Howie,

We are sad to announce that our great friend Helen has passed away suddenly and unexpected on 31st December 2018, aged 71.  Helen was a dearly loved mum, grandmother and sister. She will be sadly missed by all her family and friends.

Tinnitus Awareness Week 2019

4th - 10th February

You are not alone 

Click here to find out more  

Donation

We are very grateful to Bazaar Group Northumberland for their incredibly generous donation of 2 bean bags. We will be able to use these in a charity auction.

If you want to see what you can bid on please check out their website www.bazaar-group.uk

thanks again :)

An event for people with tinnitus taking place in Birmingham on Saturday 15th September 2018.

The British Tinnitus Association are bringing together a range of opportunities and expertise about managing your tinnitus.

The event will include