Welcome

Love Your Ears is an awareness campaign to tackle the stigma around hearing loss and to highlight the impact hearing loss can have on well-being and productivity in the workplace.

‘We need people to start talking about hearing loss at work. It’s a workplace taboo that needs addressing. Embarrassment and fear of a negative reaction cause far too many to stay silent, missing out on readily accessible help and basic support.”

Dr Hilary Jones
GP & Medical Broadcaster

Online Hearing Test Free E-guide

Watch how two workers were left stunned after taking part in an experiment designed to replicate what it’s like to deal with hearing difficulties in the office.

This experiment showed how workers not only miss important details, their emotional health and behaviour can be negatively impacted, too.

Our Hearing Loss in the Workplace Research Findings

With hearing loss and deafness affecting 1 in 5 people in the UK, it’s important that we talk about our hearing where most of us spend most of our time: at work.

But we know that doesn’t always happen.

When we surveyed people across the UK*, many said they had felt reluctant to tell people at work about their hearing loss, due to either:

Feeling embarrassed
Fear of being seen as not up to the job
Worrying about looking unprofessional

And nationwide research** has found that: 61% of employed adults, aged 18-65+, say they worry about their hearing & 1 in 5 say hearing issues have held them back at work.

That's why we're encouraging everyone to Love Your Ears At Work by being aware of the simple steps we can take to support hearing in the workplace.

Further Insights

1 in 3 people said they felt embarrassed or confused struggling to keep up with conversations in work meetings.

Further Insights

Only 13% said they had been offered a hearing test by their employer.

Further Insights

61% said they had pretended to hear a conversation with an employer at work when actually they hadn’t heard them clearly.

Further Insights

61% of UK workers worry about their hearing and 21% said hearing issues have held them back in their career.

Further Insights

31% would feel uncomfortable telling colleagues about hearing issues.

Better Hearing At Work E-Guide

Download this useful guide. It gives employers and employees an overview of common hearing challenges at work and practical steps for overcoming them.