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 2025 opening dates are as follows:

Monthly

  • Bar Hill – 1st Wednesday of the month, 10am – 12noon, Bar Hill Community Church, Meeting Room, Viking Way, Bar Hill CB23 8EH
  • Cambourne – 1st Tuesday of the month, 9:45am – 11:45am, Church Centre, Jeavons Lane CB23 6AF
  • Cambridge Meadows Community Centre– 4th Thursday of the month, 10am – 12 noon, Meadows Community Centre, 299 Arbury Road, Cambridge CB4 2JL
    • No session in December 2025
  • Chatteris King Edward Community Centre – 2nd Wednesday of the month,  2pm-3.30pm, King Edward’s Road, Chatteris PE16 6NG
  • 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, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn CB21 5HD
  • Girton Baptist Church – 3rd Wednesday of the month, 2:00pm-4:00pm, 103 High Street, Girton, Cambridge CB3 0QQ
  • Great Shelford Free Church – 1st Thursday of the month, 10am-12 noon, Ashen Green, Great Shelford, CB22 5EY
  • Histon – 2nd Thursday of the month, 2:00pm-3:30pm, Baptist Church, Station Road CB24 9LQ
  • Huntingdon – 4th Tuesday of the month, 2:00pm-3:30pm, Huntingdon Library (First Floor), Princes Street, Huntingdon PE29 3PA
    • No session in December 2025
  • March – 1st Wednesday of the month, 1:30pm – 3:30pm, St Peters Church Hall, March PE15 9JR
  • Melbourn Community Centre – 4th Thursday of the month, 1:30pm-3:30pm, Vicarage Close Community Room, Melbourn SG8 6DY
    • No session in December 2025
  • 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 – 2nd Thursday of the month, 10am – 12noon, CARESCO Centre, Green End Road, Sawtry PE28 5UX
  • Soham –  2nd Thursday of the month, 10am -12noon, Soham Library, 5/7 Clay Street, Soham CB7 5HJ
  • St Ives – 2nd Wednesday of the month, 10am-12noon, St Ives Library, 4 Library Row, Station Road PE27 5BW
  • St Neots – 4th Wednesday of the month, 2pm – 4pm, New Street Baptist Church, 22 New St, Saint Neots PE19 1AE
    • No session in December 2025
  • Whittlesey – 4th Tuesday of the month, 10am-11:30am, Whittlesey Library, 31-35 Market Lane, Whittlesey PE7 1BA
    • No session in December 2025

Quarterly

  • Balsham – 4th Thursday, 10am-12 noon, Bowls Club, Church Lane CB21 4DS
    • 28th Jan / 22nd April / 24th July / 23rd Oct
  • Cambridge City Center St Philips – 3rd Wednesday, 10:30am – 12noon, 185 Mill Road CB1 3AN
    • 19th Feb / 21st May / 20th Aug / 19th Nov
  • Cambridge United – 1st Thursday, 11:30am – 1pm, Abbey Stadium, Cut Throat Lane CB5 8LN
    • 6th Feb / 1st May / 7th Aug / 6th Nov
    • 19th March / 18th June / 17th Sept / 17th Dec
  • Littleport Village Hall – 2nd Tuesday, 1:30pm- 3pm, Victoria Street CB6 1LX
    • 14th Jan / 8th April / 8th July / 14th Oct

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. 

CHH Spring Newsletter 2022

CHH Autumn Newsletter 2021

CHH Summer Newsletter 2021