Mr Newell served for 9 years in the Royal Military Police and his hearing was damaged using a pipe range for weapon firing consistency whilst on a two year tour to Northern Ireland. He was also during my career exposed to weapons being fired rifle / pistol/ machine gun but

Mr Jack Weaver- Jack was serving in the Leicester Regiment from 1961-1974. He was a weapons trainer which involved teaching other servicemen/women how to use weapons correctly. With all of the weapons being fired at once, this created an immense amount of noise. There was no ear protection offered. Mr

Paul served in the Royal Navy from 1963 to 1972 being exposed to noise during this time, particularly from the submarines. He has been wearing NHS hearing aids for 6 years, however is still having great difficulties with hearing. My NHS hearing aids pick up all noises, and everything is

Alan’s time in the Military: I joined the army in 1961. My corps was Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, REME, our job, you may say, was in the background, workshops, always keeping the army on the move. This covered all corps, regiments and units. We were solders first and tradesmen

Military Service- Mr Castle was in the RAF from 1954 to 1967. During basic training he would be exposed to noise whilst on the rifle range firing live rounds.  After his initial training he was a Marksman. This involved firing a vast amount of small arms, which caused a lot

Mr David Leyland an RAF veteran of 12 years has now been fitted with a pair of top of the range Widex Moment Hearing aids, provided by Widex themselves in supporting Mr Leyland to hear well again and manage his tinnitus. David worked on the flight line with jet aircraft