This Guide takes you through the different ways you can get hearing aids in the UK, and discusses some of the advantages and disadvantages of each route, including NHS and private.

There are many, many satisfied hearing aid users in the UK, who will be happy to tell you how wearing hearing aids have changed their lives. But there are a small number who perhaps didn't have the right information before they started, and as a result have been disappointed with the experience.

We hope this Guide will give you everything you need to make an informed decision, so that you too can join the many satisfied users of hearing aids in the UK.

Hearing Care has come a long way since the last millennium, thanks to a better understanding of how our hearing works, major advances in hearing technology and a gradual dispensing of old-fashioned attitudes towards hearing loss.

In this Guide, AIHHP brings you right up to date, with the important things you need to know about looking after your hearing - both for today and into the future.

When you visit one of our members, you can be confident that you are receiving the highest standards of hearing aid provision in the UK.

Find out more about why AIHHP Standards are so high, the benefits to you the consumer, and how we ensure that our members are living up to our standards of excellence we expect from them.

Hear the World is a global initiative, by hearing system manufacturer Phonak, which was created to raise awareness about the importance of hearing. Musician, and official campaign photographer, Bryan Adams has photographed a number of renowned personalities who are supporting the initiative as Hear the World ambassadors.

Find out how and why AIHHP are supporting the Hear the World initiative.