November 18, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. GMT For people with hearing loss, using a hearing aid is associated with a reduced risk of three common health problems of aging — dementia, depression and falls — according to a recent study…more
People with learning disabilities have a similar risk of falls throughout their lives as olderpeople in the general population. Around one-third of falls by people with learning disabilities result in injury and the rate of fractures is higher than…more
31 May 2019 Source: Fight for Sight A study funded by research charity Fight for Sight aims to understand the role that our own immune cells play in the development of macular scarring. This scarring can cause irreversible sight loss…more
19 June 2019 Source: Fight for Sight Fight for Sight has announced funding for scientists at Queen’s University Belfast who hope to boost the capacity for damaged tiny blood vessels in the back of the eye to repair themselves –…more
14 June 2019 Source: Guide Dogs Whether you have a vision impairment yourself, or have a loved one who needs yoursupport, the charity Guide Dogs can help. Guide Dogs has recently released a set of sighted guiding videos, full of…more
The UK National Eye-Health and Hearing Study is a research study being developed to gather data to understand why people in the UK are losing their sight due to preventable causes, and why people continue to live with correctable visual impairment and hearing loss….more