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A leading Galway based audiologist has warned parents of the danger of permanent hearing loss posed by illegal fireworks this Halloween, particularly by bangers which can reach the same dangerous decibel level as a gunshot.

Hidden Hearing Westmeath has been nominated as corporate member of Age Action, with the hearing healthcare provider sponsoring a number of fundraising Age Action initiatives through the year.

The fact that almost 1,300 Galway children with hearing loss are on a waiting list for their first audiological assessment and review has been described as a “scandal” by a local politician.

Coronation Street star William Roache (Ken Barlow) recently revealed he is 50 per cent deaf in both ears, which he left untreated, refusing to wear hearing aids for many years, and suffered from social isolation and difficulties at work as a result. The Coronation Street actor reportedly said that vanity had stopped him from wearing a hearing device until now.

Children with ear problems are unable to access audiograms in Kilkenny as public patients, as there is no audiologist available.

The use of Ipods and listening to loud music is one of the main sources of hearing problems in young people.

Blindness, they say, cuts you off from things. Deafness cuts you off from people. The ability to communicate is one of the things that makes us human, yet many people go through life with impaired hearing and do little or nothing about it. If we needed glasses, we would see an optician, but when we need a hearing aid, not everyone will see an audiologist.

Blindness, they say, cuts you off from things. Deafness cuts you off from people. The ability to communicate is one of the things that makes us human, and yet many people go through life with impaired hearing and do little or nothing about it. If we needed glasses, we would see an optician. But when we need a hearing aid, not everyone will see an audiologist.