For people who are accustomed to hearing, changes in hearing ability can significantly impact an individual’s communication and social life. In this blog, Professor Tom Dening discusses his recent experience of getting hearing aids, using this to reflect on the complicated relationship between hearing loss and dementia.
After attending the 2022 conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, attendee Emma Putland reflects on some of the key themes and thinking points to emerge from the conference for her, orienting around two questions asked by the keynote speaker, Khawla Badwan: “What matters in Applied Linguistics? And who determines what matters?”
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) Health Hub was officially launched on the 5th of July 2022 in Lancaster Castle. This blog, written by attendee Emma Putland, reflects on some of the key questions to come out of the session for her, and how this has got her thinking about what exactly ‘health’ and ‘research’ should be…