Useful Contact's

NE1 dizzy (local group on Tyneside) - Facebook link

Local North East group - www.labyrinthitis.org.uk

Mal de Debarquement MdDS Disorder - www.mdds.org.uk

VEDA life rebalanced - www.vestibular.org

BTA - British Tinnitus Association www.tinnitus.org.uk

To find local tai chi teachers in your area - www.taichifinder.co.uk

To find local yoga teachers go to British wheel yoga website and key in your postcode into the 'teachers in your area' box - www.bwy.org.uk

Futurelearn (organised by the Open University) has free short courses on balance (ageing well the management of falls) and mindfulness (mindfulness for peak performance) www.futurelearn.com

Durham Deafened Support - www.ddsupport.org.uk

Talking Changes - www.talkingchanges.org.uk

British Academy of Audiology - www.baaudiology.org

Oticon Medical - www.oticonmedical.com

C2Hear, hearing aid instructional videos - www.c2hearonline.com

Self help leaflets provided by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust - www.cntw.nhs.uk/selfhelp

'I have to compliment everyone on their pleasant persona and their expertise and knowledge. By the end of the 5 days, I did not feel as though I had been in a hospital ward and was very relaxed.'

Patient, Ward 16 Orthopaedics, University Hospital of North Durham