Easter Opening Hours 2013

House of Hearing will be closed on Good Friday 29th March up to and including Easter Monday 1st April. We will reopen on Tuesday 2nd April.

Emergency procedures: Are you in danger?

A warning is being made to hoteliers that they may be risking the lives of some of their hearing impaired guests by not having the correct emergency procedures in place.

Some 232 hotels in London were surveyed by Action on Hearing Loss and they found that one in ten admitted to not having a specific procedure or equipment for deaf or hard of hearing guests in the event of an emergency.

Of those hotels that had modified equipment systems in place, only 13% used flashing alarms specifically designed for people with reduced hearing ability, in addition to acoustic sirens or bells.

Under the Equality Act 2010, hotels as well as other public areas are duty bound to make 'reasonable adjustments' to accessibility for those people with disabilities.

It is not known if these figures are reflected across all areas of the UK but it would be wise for anyone with affected hearing levels to always ask, when staying at a hotel or guest house, what procedures they have in place for guests with impaired hearing.

How old?

According to an American plastic surgeon, earlobes can give your age away.

Earlobes - like other areas of the face and neck - lose collagen and elasticity in much the same way your face does, leading to sagging lobes that are elongated. This is exacerbated with woman if they wear heavy earrings and hoops that are so popular nowadays.

This plastic surgeon recommends to all his face-lift patients, that they should consider ear lobe surgery in addition to their face-lift as gravity takes its toll on earlobes too.