{"id":948088,"date":"2026-05-09T10:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/948088\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T10:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:27:16","slug":"womans-hearing-aid-a-revelation-after-decades-of-struggling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/948088\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman&#8217;s hearing aid a &#8216;revelation&#8217; after decades of struggling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dr Krishan Ramdoo, a surgeon researching hearing loss, said: &#8220;Hearing loss often develops gradually, which is why early symptoms are easy to dismiss or ignore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said people often notice a feeling of fullness in the ear, ringing after loud noise, dizziness or muffled hearing, but put off getting checked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Untreated hearing loss is linked to social withdrawal, mental health issues and cognitive decline,&#8221; said Ramdoo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;While waiting lists remain high in some areas, pharmacies and local health practitioners can now offer checks, making it easier for people to act early and avoid wider health problems later on.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr Krishan Ramdoo, a surgeon researching hearing loss, said: &#8220;Hearing loss often develops gradually, which is why early&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[105,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-948088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116544146445826508","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}