The Forth Valley Sensory Centre welcomed their first Tinnitus Peer Support Group in an online format on Tuesday 27th April. This had been a long time coming as unfortunately our first efforts to get the group started in March 2020 were squandered by the beginning of the pandemic.
Nonetheless, we are delighted to be able to begin the first of our Peer Support Sessions, and we were delighted to have Colette from the British Tinnitus Association come along to give us a little bit of background on who the British Tinnitus Association are and what they do.
The group enjoyed their first session, learning a bit about one another’s experiences with Tinnitus, how we deal with that, and even some interesting conversation about how and why the brain perceives noises that are not there.
Below are some useful resources from the British Tinnitus Association that might be useful if you’d like to learn more about tinnitus:
https://www.tinnitus.org.uk/ –The British Tinnitus Association Website has a range of resources about what tinnitus is, and what you can do to help live with it if you have it.
Public events | British Tinnitus Association – British Tinnitus Association also have a selection of webinars available at this link, there are many interesting topics here including the evolution of tinnitus research, and getting the most from your GP consultation.
https://takeontinnitus.co.uk/ — this information allows you to look at different ways of maintaining tinnitus and information/disinformation surrounding tinnitus. It also allows you to map your own experiences.
The group were happy to continue meeting month at lunch time on zoom, though we are hopeful that an in-person group will be able to happen as restrictions begin to lessen. We have also had interest in us having an additional evening group for people who are working, which we are happy to do.
If you are interested in joining either our daytime group or would be interested in an alternative evening group please get in touch with Linsey at linseystocks@forthvalleysensorycentre.org. If you need anything in an alternative format do let us know, we can record audio or provide braille if required.
Our next group will meet online on Zoom on Tuesday 1st June 2020 at 12pm.
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