Public engagement
We get involved with public engagement activities so we can raise awareness to members of the public, of all ages, about hearing loss, cochlear implants, brain health and so on!
Science and Engineering Festival 2023: Saturday 18th March
Several members of ALL_EARS volunteered their time to run our exhibit about hearing and cochlear implants. https://www.sotsef.co.uk/SED/whats-on/?id=86
Koala’s with a dummy cochlear implant!
Raising awareness
We had play dough and cookie cutters in the shape of a hearing aid and cochlear implant.
Neil and Margaret talking to visitors about the parts of a cochlear implant.
Kate enjoyed teaching visitors about how we hear and why we must protect our hair cells.
An exhibit at the New Forest and Hampshire County Show
Tuesday 25th July 2023
We had an exhibit called ‘The world of hearing and cochlear implants’ in the Wessex Medical Research tent at the New Forest Show. Alongside researchers Kate and Tracey, three members of ALL_EARS@UoS volunteered their time to talk to members of the public about their experience and knowledge of hearing and cochlear implants.
Chris and Carol explaining how a cochlear implant works.
Sarah playing the ‘How loud is too loud?’ game with a young visitor.
In our interactive poster game, people have to decide how loud different sounds are .. from a ticking watch to a rock concert and jet engine.
Science and Engineering Day 2024: Saturday 16th March 2024
Take a look at this video to see what we had in our exhibit this year!
This year the theme of British Science Week was ‘Time‘. We had key messages we wanted to get across to people across all ages of the lifespan.
For young children – our aim was to raise awareness of hearing interventions such as hearing aids and cochlear implants to reduce stigma associated with hearing inventions from an early age- change mindsets!
For teenagers – our aim was to raise awareness of safe listening! Limiting unsafe noise exposure through personal headphones/airpods when listening to music and gaming. Key message: Set safe listening levels on your devices!
For adults – our aim was to raise awareness of the importance of regular hearing tests and the importance of this for brain health.
This year we had a second exhibit where visitors could try out the free online RNID hearing check.
RNID have a free hearing check which takes just 3 minutes and can indicate whether you may need to book for a full hearing test. We had queues of visitors throughout the day wanting to have a go.
