Tinnitus

Tinnitus management solutions including Support Group, Podcast and specialist services

Tinnitus Support Group

Johanna Carter is the leader of the Always Ear Tinnitus Support Group held within the shop on the second Monday of the Month between 1pm - 3pm. The group is part of the wider network of Tinnitus UK run by volunteers throughout the UK.

The Support Group aims to provide:

A comfortable friendly and unjudging environment, where you can meet others with tinnitus.

Further education on topics relating to tinnitus.

You may develop new coping skills & increase your confidence through support and information from others who have tinnitus.

There is always the opportunity to discuss, listen or ask questions.

We are happy to answer any questions however we do not give medical advice during our support group sessions.

Tinnitus on Your Mind Podcast

Is written and recorded by Johanna Carter.

Johanna is a qualified and experienced Audiologist and Hearing Aid Dispenser holding a dual registration with RCCP and HCPC in addition to a membership to ANLP (she has worked in both the NHS and private sector is a qualified teacher, NLP Practioner, MBit Coach and Tinnitus Adviser). Johanna has lived with tinnitus since childhood.

You may have heard that there is nothing you can do to help your or a loved one’s tinnitus. I have heard hundreds of patients who have told me that this is what they have been told.

As someone who lives with tinnitus on a day to day basis, I understand what it is like to live with tinnitus as I have since childhood. As well as living with tinnitus, I’m also a qualified audiologist since 1996 initially working in a busy Ear Nose and Throat department and the community in the NHS so know my way around ears. I now work in the private sector which allows me to focus my specialist interest in tinnitus both with practical support sessions, 1 to 1 coaching, mentoring or support group leader and my passion for continually learning and research to develop my skills and knowledge even further. As a tinnitus advisor and mentor I have experience using different types of therapy and coaching such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Neuro Linguistic Programming and I often use a very bespoke fusion of my skills and knowledge as everyone is different.

The episodes on tinnitus on your mind have been developed for anybody that's curious about tinnitus or who wants to find out more about tinnitus and resources that can help whether this is internal resources or external ones.

Each episode will feature a certain aspect about tinnitus. The first episode is all about the mechanisms involved with tinnitus – what it actually is, the types and causes of tinnitus. How it affects us both physically and mentally and the part our brain has with this. I’m also looking forward to sharing the way our nervous system and how our thoughts are linked to our behaviour and feelings.

Further episodes will have a theme such as sound therapy and different sources of sound and their role with tinnitus, with practical solutions, tips and advice to help you live well with tinnitus.

Join me Johanna Carter and find out about the difference you can make to individuals living with tinnitus whether it's yourself or a loved one, join me as I share with you my discoveries about the mechanisms of the ear and brain and what impact this has on our body both mentally and physically and the options available to enable people to live well with tinnitus. I'm looking forward to sharing the different episodes with you.

Spotify link:https://open.spotify.com/show/4d0RQD2d4iHFJcK8x15mGn

itunes link : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tinnitus-on-your-mind/id1728485668