Thursday, 22nd September BTA Conference in Manchester. Jan Petty will attend again this year and report back Key Points from the meeting as she did last year.

Thursday, 13th October. Please note change of plan. This was to be our Annual review and to discuss plans for 2017. However due to Jan and Mike both being away this will be rescheduled and take place in November following Lipreading session. You will be sent Agenda and Reports and 2017 Proposals from Jan and Mike shortly.

So now on Thursday, 13th October there will be an Open Forum where you can express your views and share ideas of what helps dealing with tinnitus, try the equipment we hold in stock and borrow something for a month to experiment.

Alison Metcalfe who's booked for March 2017 and Cristiane & Vitor who are booked for April will briefly explain therapies they can offer.

Thursday, 10th November, Let's look at Lipreading. Bring your reading spectacles. This session could lead to a lipreading course if sufficient interest. Caroline Court, ATLA Lipreading Tutor.

Followed by Annual Review and 2017 plan

Thursday, 8th December, Penny Stannard, our very important link with Hearing therapy at RSH, Southampton, will take the meeting, which will be our Christmas Celebration too. She will tell us what she is doing these days, both in her private work and also with the NHS. Penny is always welcome at meetings

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Thursday, 12th January, 2017. Laughter Yoga has been requested by several, but so far without booking a tutor. We have been invited to join Laughter Club at Fenwick on 2nd Saturday in November or December run by Lesley Lyle. Details about Lesley and our visit will be sent out with our November Buzz Word. 


Thursday, 9th February. Hypnotherapy can help to deal with tinnitus. Paul Hancocks will return to remind us again. His sessions were very well received at the "Ringing the changes" tinnitus therapies event we held in 2014.

Thursday, 9th March. The Power of self-healing with Alison Metcalfe, Carnelian Soul (Alison was referred to us by Penny Stannard)

Thursday, 13th April. Tibetan Singing Bowls with Cristiane and Vitor Dall'igna (Cristiane came along by chance and introduced herself at our Tea for Tinnitus Party)


Thursday, 11th May. Shall we dance? Music & Movement. How can that help? Jan Cox in her other role as teacher of dance.


Thursday, 8th June. Tinnitus Therapy with Penny Stannard. Hearing Therapist 


Thursday, 13th July. Do any of our "gizmos" really work? Workshop afternoon with trials of our equipment. If you have something which helps you bring it along, if you have something which didn't help bring it along too, if you haven't thrown it away, we'd like to know about it. It's a learning curve and we all have ideas we can share

Thursday, 8th September at the Tinnitus Group, we enjoyed a talk and demonstration with our old friend Jan Cox explaining Bowen Technique once again. As some of you will know Jan has helped many of our members and their partners over the years. Jan runs "top up" sessions too, often at the Library adjoining the Lyndhurst Community Centre, with great effect. Contact Jan if you would like to know more on 07966 514508

New Forest Tinnitus Group doesn't usually meet in August. We normally leave Lyndhurst to the holidaymakers who come to the Forest during the busiest month of the year. This year however, we put out a request for anyone associated with the group to host a Garden Party. Mike our Treasurer and his wife Brenda offered their lovely garden and 14 people attended a relaxed and happy afternoon. Linda and Tony who live in London dropped in as they were on holiday in the Forest and it was great to meet up with them again. You will soon be able to read Linda's story in our revised booklet.

I organised a tinnitus quiz and our photographer, John Wright who took this group photo buzzed his way effortlessly to winning first prize. Although John is not amongst the "one in ten" his excellent knowledge of the anatomy of the ear plus Harry Potter books stood him in good stead.

If you are reading this would you like to have a go an abridged version of the quiz? and would you like to get a copy of our monthly bulletin Buzz Word?

If so drop me a line and I will be in touch with details. jan.petty@ntlworld.com

Thursday, 14th July 2016. Jan Petty took the meeting and explained the process of seeking help and treatment at the onset of tinnitus. There were 20 people present, four of whom were new to the group. Jan went through our flowchart and the two options when audiological assessment has been completed. See our Flowchart at "How to get help" website page. The two options after audiological assessment were discussed and benefits of hearing aids, tinnitus retrainers and combination units were compared.

Jan also explained our NHS Referral system. We can provide the form for GPs to send to Hearing Therapy Department at RSH, Southampton. Several copies were handed out later at the meeting. Members were invited to suggest ideas for future meetings. The program for 2017 will include some interesting and unusual topics - all therapies which can help with managing tinnitus of course!

On Thursday, 9th June we welcomed Dawn Wade a highly qualified Yoga Instructor who works around the New Forest area with a wide range of groups.

Dawn gave us a superb explanation of Yoga and the vital breathing techniques which are essential when practising Yoga. We welcomed some new people to the group and it was a very successful afternoon. Several present were coping with injuries, but Dawn made us all realise that you can do yoga moves on different levels. She works with both very fit and active people (power yoga) as well as helping some with severe mental and mobility issues like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. For those amongst you that couldn't attend she instilled a confidence and belief in us all, that everything is possible.Probably one of the most inspirational people we have invited in the eight years we have been established. The tea break was postponed till later, (unheard of) as we were all so interested and involved.

On Thursday,12th May we welcomed Debbie Sacree from the Hearing and Vision team at Hampshire Social Services. The group enjoyed her talk last year and she was invited to return by popular request. Debbie was accompanied by her trainee and they gave an interesting talk covering all the equipment they provide to help with hearing, although not specifically for tinnitus. Debbie drew members attention to our tinnitus equipment which is detailed in our booklet.They also discussed aspects of safety in the home when you have a hearing loss. It was an interesting meeting and members gave positive comments and feedback.

Our meeting on Thursday, 14th April 2016 was a great success. Our speaker was Professor Peter Wheeler, Chair of BTA. Peter told us about his career in acoustics working on innovative projects, one of which featured on Tomorrow's World. We saw slides of notable people who have taken a keen interest in the ingenious ideas scientists explore. Many of these feature in everyday life now, which we take for granted. We learned about his scientific work at the Institute of Sound & Vibration Research, (ISVR) at Southampton University. The second part of Peter's talk was about the work of the British Tinnitus Association and the current tinnitus research projects being carried out by Researchers they support.

We welcomed six new people and as we are planning program for 2017, a bit ahead we know, we asked members what they would like at future meetings. Jan asked for ideas and Sue put on the flip chart.

This is what we came with:

* End meetings with 10 minute question and answer slot

* Reflexology

* Mindfulness. Explore holding 8 week course

* Hypnotherapy.

* Lip reading

* Back to Basics, more about the ear, how we hear, understanding audiograms, etc.

* Laughter Yoga Yoga.

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