Village People South Norfolk edition – June / July 2022 (Early Summer)

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Listen Listen up up – – check check out out your hearing your hearing loss! loss!

Ear health and hearing is every Ear health and hearing is every bit as important as our eye bit as important asSo our eye health and vision. if you health and So if you suspect youvision. have hearing loss, suspect hearing loss, how canyou youhave be sure? how can you sure? Hearing lossbe can affect anyone Hearing loss can affect anyone and often progresses so gradually and often that it canprogresses be difficultso togradually notice that canexperience be difficultsymptoms. to notice untilityou until youloss experience symptoms. Hearing has far-reaching Hearing loss has far-reaching effects on your health, so getting on help your you health, soitgetting aeffects test can catch early. aRegardless test can help you age catch early. of your or it job, Regardless of your or job, everyone should getage a hearing everyone should get ahearing hearingisn’t test if they feel their test if they feel their isn’t as good as it used to hearing be. Those as good as it are used to be.older Thosethan most at risk people most at risk are people older than 60, and workers in high-noise 60, and workers in high-noise occupations. occupations. A test will determine if there will loss determine if there isAa test hearing and how mild is hearing loss andalso howhelp mild orasevere it is. It can or severe is. Itof can also help define theittype hearing define the typeconductive, of hearing loss you have: loss you have: conductive, sensorineural or mixed and sensorineural mixed best and to whether it willor respond whether it will respond bestaids, to medical treatment, hearing medical treatment, hearing aids, bone-anchored hearing systems bone-anchored hearing systems or cochlear implants. or cochlear implants. Hearing Test Hearing Test This should take no more than This should take no more an hour. It begins with thethan an hour. It begins audiologist asking with you athe few audiologist asking you a few

questions and then, using a tiny questions andwill then, using the a tiny camera, they examine camera,ofthey will the ear health both earexamine canals and health of canals ear drums; toboth makeear sure that and sound drums; to make suretothat has a clear pathway the sound ear has a clear the drum. Next,pathway sounds to will beear played drum. Next,pitches soundsthrough will be played at different a pair at different pitches of headphones, andthrough you will abepair of headphones, youevery will be asked to press a and button time asked to press a button every you hear a sound. Finally, youtime will you a sound. Finally,toyou wearhear a special headband testwill wear well a special headband to test how you can hear sounds how wellvibrations. you can hear through Allsounds of these throughwill vibrations. All of details be recorded tothese keep detailsofwill recorded to keep track anybe changes in your ears track of any changes in your ears over time. over time. If it's found that you do need it's found that aid, you your do need toIfwear a hearing to wear a hearing aid, your audiologist will talk you through audiologist willoptions talk youfor through all the suitable you. allThey the may suitable for you. alsooptions take a mould also take a mould ofThey yourmay ear canal, so that your of your so that new aidear fitscanal, properly. Thisyour takes newminutes aid fits properly. This takes five and is completely five minutes and is completely painless. painless. Hearing Aids Hearing There is a Aids wide range of hearing There is aaccessories wide rangetoday, of hearing aids and aids and accessories designed to help youtoday, hear better designed to Many help you everywhere. aidshear are better now everywhere. Many aids areApple now directly compatible with directly compatible Apple and Android deviceswith (phone, iPad, and Android devices (phone, iPad, tablet). This direct streaming of tablet). This direct streaming of

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pages 82-84

Refreshing Waters - The Norfolk Community Foundation

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pages 77-79

Finance - kicking back against inflation

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pages 74-76

Ear health and hearing with Cecil Amey

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page 73

Property - top tips for selling your home

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pages 62-64

Health - gardening tips for hay

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pages 67-70

Health - how to look after your joints

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pages 71-72

Recipe for Paul Hollywood’s authentic Cornish pasty

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pages 65-66

Book reviews - fiction for

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pages 55-56

Memories of Oakley

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pages 45-48

Homes - focus on timber buildings

3min
page 51

Poetry Corner with Louis Sacksen from East Harling

1min
pages 43-44

WIN tickets to see Queen Symphonic at Newmarket Racecourse

4min
pages 41-42

Recipe for Miso Caramel Apple Cake

2min
pages 31-32

Greenfingers with Alan

2min
pages 35-36

Latitude returns for summer

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pages 23-26

Walking for health around Framingham Pigot East & Yelverton

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pages 17-18

Garden Jottings from The Garden Enclosure

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pages 33-34

WIN tickets to three amazing music concerts in Earlham Park

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Ladies of Letters arrives in Norwich

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