Toolkit updated to MAKE GP SURGERIES HEARING FRIENDLY

The UK hearing instrument industry has redoubled its efforts to improve the response from GPs on primary hearing care by tweaking a Deafness and hearing loss toolkit first launched during the worst days of the Covid pandemic. BIHIMA (The British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association), which is funding the idea, and RCGP (The Royal College of GPs) have been collaborating to update the existing hearing loss toolkit, hosted on the RCGP website. The 2024 iteration of the project adds subject areas that are key to understanding hearing loss and the conditions associated with it. “It was important to us to support this new development of the hearing loss toolkit because the landscape for hearing loss has changed enormously since we first launched the resource. It now includes information and training on subjects such as dementia and hearing loss, tinnitus management, balance and vertigo, and paediatric audiology. It also shares guidance...