Welcome to CDA Hearing Help, part of Cambridgeshire Deaf Association
We have been delivering services for local Cambridgeshire people, with hearing loss since 1978. Originally, provided under the name of CAMTAD and then later Cambridgeshire Hearing Help CIO.
On 1st April 2022 Cambridgeshire Hearing Help transferred to Cambridgeshire Deaf Association who continue to sustain the original mission of reducing the impact of hearing loss on people’s lives across Cambridgeshire.
Our dedicated team of staff and volunteers provide hearing aid maintenance and battery supply throughout Cambridgeshire.
For more information about the merger, please visit CDA’s website.
Your hearing aid will need maintenance every 3 months if you have a mould or every 6 months if you have an open fit hearing aid.
There is no need to make an appointment. All our sessions are drop-in sessions so please just turn up.
For batteries also please just turn up.
Our postal battery service no longer available.
Our 2024 opening dates are as follows:
- Balsham 4th Thursday of the month 10am-12 noon. Bowls Club, Church Lane CB21 4DS
- Bar Hill 1st Wednesday of the month 10am – 12 noon Bar Hill Church, Meeting Room, Viking Way, Bar Hill CB23 8EH
- Cambourne Hub 1st Tuesday of the month 10am-12 noon Cambourne Hub, High Street, Great Cambourne CB23 6GW
- Cambridge City Center 4th Wednesday of the month 10am – 12 noon St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church CB2 3AR
- Cambridge United 3rd Thursday of the month 1.30 – 3.30pm Abbey Stadium, Newmarket Road CB5 8LN
- Cambridge Meadows Community Centre 4th Thursday of the month 10am – 12 noon Meadows Community Centre, 299 Arbury Road, Cambridge CB4 2JL.
- There will be no session in December 2024
- Chatteris King Edward Community Centre 2nd Wednesday of the month 2pm-3.30pm King Edward’s Road, Chatteris PE16 6NG
- Cottenham Community Centre 2nd Thursday of the month 2.00pm-3.30pm 250A High Street, Cottenham CB24 8RZ
- Ely Library 2nd Tuesday of the month 10am-12 noon Ely Library, 6 The Cloisters, Ely CB7 4ZH
- Fulbourn Library 3rd Thursday of the month 10am-12 noon The Swifts Meeting Room, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn CB21 5HD
- Gamlingay Baptist Church 3rd Wednesday of Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec 10am- 2 noon. Baptist Church SG19 3JR
- Girton Baptist Church 3rd Wednesday of the month 2.00pm-4.00pm Baptist Church 103 High Street, Girton, Cambridge CB3 0QQ
- Great Shelford Free Church 1st Thursday of the month 10am-12 noon Great Shelford Free Church, Ashen Green, Great Shelford, CB22 5EY
- Huntingdon Library 4th Tuesday of the month 2.00pm-3.30pm Huntingdon Library (First Floor), Princes Street, Huntingdon PE29 3PA
- There will be no session in December 2024
- Littleport Village Hall 2nd Tuesday of the month 1.30pm- 3pm. CB6 1LX –
- From 9th April
- Melbourn Community Centre 4th Thursday of the month 1.30pm-3.30pm Vicarage Close Community Room, Melbourn SG8 6DY
- There will be no session in December 2024
- Sawston Community Hall 3rd Tuesday every month 10am-12 noon Chapelfield Way Community Hall, Sawston CB22 3GB
- (entrance drive opposite Bellbird Primary School in Link Road).
- Sawtry CARESCO Centre 2nd Thursday of the month 10.00am-12 noon Green End Rd, Sawtry, Huntingdon PE28 5UX
- From 11th April
- Soham Library 1st Monday of the month 10am-12 noon Soham Library, 5/7 Clay Street, Soham CB7 5HJ
- Not Jan/Apr/May
- St Ives Library 2nd Wednesday of the month 10am-12 noon St Ives Library, 4 Library Row, Station Road, St Ives PE27 5BW
- St Neots Priory Centre 4th Wednesday of the month 2.00pm-4.00pm Priory Centre, Priory Lane, St Neots PE19 2BH
- There will be no session in December 2024
- Whittlesey Library 4th Tuesday of the month 10am-11.30am: Whittlesey Library, 31-35 Market Lane, Whittlesey PE7 1BA
- There will be no session in December 2024.
- Wisbech Tesco 4th Tuesday of the month 10am-12 noon. Tesco Extra, Community Room PE14 0RG
- From 15th April
At the session you will also be able to make your next appointment
For all other enquiries please call 01223 416141
Batteries
Please collect from any Hearing Aid Maintenance session, no need to book.
You can also collect batteries from any Cambridgeshire Mobile Library
The closest library to you can be found on the Cambridgeshire County Council website. www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Donations
Please consider donating to the charity as without constant support the charity cannot continue its vital work out in our communities.
To donate either
Send a cheque payable to Cambridgeshire Deaf Association.
Postal address : 8 Romsey Terrace, Cambridge CB1 3NH
Online at www.cambridgeshirehearinghelp.org.uk
In person at any of our Hearing Aid Maintenance Sessions
Please consider also becoming a regular donor by setting up a standing order via our website
We can then plan for our future help throughout Cambridgeshire.
Or click on this QR code
Please also consider VOLUNTEERING with CDA Hearing Help in either a Receptionist or Technician role, speak to one of our Hearing Champions for more information. You only need to give 2 hours a month to make such a difference.
If you need your NHS hearing aids cleaned and retubed and require batteries, please turn up at any one of our venues. No need to book. All our sessions are drop in sessions only now.
If you are housebound or living in a residential home, we can arrange for your your NHS hearing aids to cleaned and re-tubed, and supply you with NHS hearing aid batteries. Find out how to get in touch with us.
Our volunteers are the backbone of our organisation and we offer comprehensive training and a wide range of highly rewarding volunteer roles. Find out more about the opportunities available.
We run free lip-reading classes in Cambridge and signpost to other online resources/ lip-reading classes in the county.
We offer peer support and social meets to help you cope better with your hearing loss and feel less isolated, and signpost to other similar groups/activities in the county. Find out more.
We rely on support from individuals, community groups, companies, charitable trusts and foundations to keep our services running. Discover ways you can support us, including taking part in a sponsored event, making a one-off or regular donation, or leaving a gift in your Will.
Latest News from Cambridgeshire Hearing Help:
Client Satisfaction Survey Report – we wish to thank everyone who took the time to complete a questionnaire and comment on our services: the batteries by post service and at our Hearing Aid Maintenance Centres. We are delighted to see how high the satisfaction is with both of our services. The full survey report can be found here.