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

Mr Andrew Lanwith: Mr Langwith served in the Army in the REME regiment for 38 years! During this time he was exposed to loud noise. In 2019 Andrew turned to the Veterans Hearing Help for hearing support through the British Legion Hearing Fund, however Andrew was one of many who

My Story: I joined the armed forces on 14th September 1964. In initial training we were at the firing ranges twice a week, we learned to fire small arms 22 rifles(indoor range) SLR (self-loading rifle) and SMG’S (sub machine gun) outdoor ranges. Trade training we loaded and fired 20lb main

Time in the Navy: Mr Ernest Chapman was on a submarine frigate based in Japan/Singapore and in Suez. He was in charge of 4 inch guns on the quarterdeck. No ear defenders, firing on exercise and in combat. There were other guns on board ship such as Beaufort guns and