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Being an audiologist doesn’t make you Deaf friendly
Last week after much waiting in frustration on my part I got fitted with my new digital hearing aids from the NHS. Oticon Chili (or as the NHS call them Sprit Zest C
It’s only taken six months of waiting.
You’d think I’d be jumping for joy at the wonderful instruments – the latest gadgetry in NHS Digital aids (a new post to follow).
The features if you are really interested are best explained by Oticon website and a brilliant...
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Category Blogs, Digital Tags: Audiology, Deaf, digital hearing aids, GP, Princes Royal Hospital Telford, Stirchley Medical Practice, Telford
The future is NOT orange
Hello world … this is my first blog.
I’m red – fierce red, furious at ORANGE – they HATE their disabled and deaf customers.
The Orange Shop in Telford Shopping Centre mis-sold me a HTC Touch Diamond phone on a 24 month contract last Wed (26th Aug 09).
They were rude and aggressive when I returned to cancel it – at one point I was surrounded by three staff members with the Assistant Manger 6 inches from my face (see...
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Category Blogs, Digital Tags: DDA, Deaf discrimination, Deafness and Deaf Culture, Digital exclusion, Digital Inclusion, discrimination, htc, htcdiamond, orange, Orange Code of Practice for Consumer Affairs, Orange customer services, Orange Telford, Telford, Telford Shopping Centre, Touch Diamond, Tytan II