Medical Advisor to Hidden Hearing

Dr Hilary Jones

Dr Hilary Jones is a Medical Advisor to Hidden Hearing and has worked alongside us for over a decade. He has been described as the UK’s most well-known and trusted GP thanks to over 30 years in medical broadcasting, which has seen him cover breaking medical news.

Dr Hilary Jones, Medical Advisor to Hidden Hearing

Dr Hilary says: “Hidden Hearing has decades of experience delivering the highest levels of hearing care. I’m delighted to work alongside their team supporting the National Campaign for Better Hearing. The campaign promotes regular hearing checks and highlights the importance of good hearing to overall health.”

“Making sure you are able to take part fully in family situations can literally be as simple as going to get your hearing tested – hearing is intrinsically linked to so many areas of life, and our health”, he says.

“Staying connected with the world around us is key to our happiness, relationships and emotional well-being. Whilst many of us visit an optician and dentist regularly, so many ignore their hearing health.”

Image shows Dr Hilary Jones with Hidden Hearing staff

Biography

Dr Hilary Jones is a GP, TV presenter, medical broadcaster, author and public speaker.

Dr Hilary qualified in 1976 at The Royal Free Hospital in London and became a Principal in General Practice and a GP Trainer in the early 1980s.

He has been described as the UK’s most well-known and trusted GP thanks to over 30 years in medical broadcasting, that has seen him cover breaking medical news.

Over his vast career as Health Editor for ITV, he has campaigned on countless public-health issues that matter. Most recently becoming the trusted voice in providing answers to the most important questions on the government’s coronavirus response.

Still working as a GP, he remains a passionate spokesperson for medical education and yet advocates exercise and humour are the best medicine of all!

The latest facts and figures on deafness, hearing loss and tinnitus

12 million people across the UK with a hearing loss

There are 12 million people with hearing loss across the UK, that’s around one in five of us.*

More than 40% of people over 50 years old have hearing loss, rising to 70% of people over the age of 70.*

By 2035 14.2 million people in the UK will have a hearing loss

By 2035, we estimate there’ll be around 14.2 million people with hearing loss across the UK.*

There are 7.1 million people in the UK living with tinnitus.*

Sources

*https://rnid.org.uk/about-us/research-and-policy/facts-and-figures/