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TINNITUS STORIES Pat, retired solicitor “My tinnitus started quite some time ago, after I retired. My local GP and NHS services were as helpful as they could be, but after I’d ‘run out of road’ and been through all they could offer, I heard the dreaded words ‘you have to live with it’. The anxiety kicked in, which you really have to fight – you have to deal with this on a daily basis. I found my local tinnitus support group very, very useful. You realise that you’re not on your own. There’s lots of support and good quality information out there, and leading that is the BTA. They are a source of good, solid information which can be trusted. It’s outstanding. I can’t speak more highly of it.” Jessica, 16 “I have had tinnitus since I was seven years old and at first, I didn’t realise it was tinnitus. My nan passed away around that age and I think that it was the trauma from her death that caused it. I told my parents that I could hear things, like a whooshing sound, and pain in my ears. It was very distressing, and I felt like I didn’t know what was going on; was there something wrong with me? My parents took me to see my GP and they arranged to have an MRI scan which luckily came back as fine. So, I was referred to the audiologist and had my ears tested and they suggested that I try relaxation techniques because it might be part of my inability to grieve because of my age. When I was 15 I was diagnosed with high functioning autism and given sleep programmes I could attend, relaxation methods and I found just talking about everything was very helpful. That’s when it was recommended I go back and see the audiologist because a lot of my anxiety was noise related. I went to the audiology team in Nottingham and got a pair of tinnitus aids. After six months I started to use the tinnitus aids less and less to the point where I didn’t need them anymore. Claire at the audiology department was so proud of my achievements, it made me so happy. This is when she suggested that I write an article for the BTA magazine, Quiet. Because I might inspire others, especially teenagers, to try some of the things I did. I want this story to show that it is possible to live with tinnitus.”
SUPPORTER STORIES Cameron In September Cameron took on the Baxters Loch Ness Marathon and chose to support the BTA as tinnitus affects him personally. Huge congratulations as this was his first marathon, finishing in 3 hrs 57 mins and raising £675. Peter Peter challenged himself to swim 100 miles over the year of <strong>2018</strong>. He wanted to get people talking about tinnitus as well as raising funds for the BTA. He raised over £1900 and completed his swim by mid-December. Rachel Running has helped to provide Rachel with a a distraction from her tinnitus, which started following a virus. She decided to run the Brighton Marathon in aid of the BTA and raised an amazing £500.
Page 1 and 2: OUR IMPACT ANNUAL REVIEW OF OUR ACT
Page 3 and 4: 2019 HIGHLIGHTS Our year in numbers
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Page 7: DELIVER Ensure we have the resource
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