Protecting Young Ears on World Hearing Day
After losing hearing in one ear, former Early Years teacher and hearing health advocate Carly Sygrove saw the classroom differently. In this World Hearing Day blog, she reflects on noise in schools and shares simple, practical ways teachers can help protect children’s hearing while supporting calm, healthy learning environments.
World Hearing Day: Changing Mindsets
When I was first learning to live with hearing loss I worried that my communication difficulties would make me look ignorant or unintelligent. I now realise that this is what the society I grew up in had always told me. So, with time, I decided not to listen (pun intended!)