Hearing Help · Helping since 1978
Free help to keep your hearing aids working
Our trained volunteers clean, retube and check NHS hearing aids at more than 30 local drop-ins across Cambridgeshire. If getting to us is hard, we can come to you.
Run by trained local volunteers
Befriending is funded by The National Lottery Community FundHow can we help?
Choose what you need
Whether your hearing aids need a quick clean or being hard of hearing is leaving you feeling cut off, start here.
Visit a drop-in
Cleaning, new tubing, basic repairs and advice for your NHS hearing aids, close to home.
Find a session →Ask for a home visit
Can’t get out? We visit people at home and in care homes, and care homes can book regular visits.
How visits work →Get a befriender
Free, friendly one-to-one company from a trained volunteer, usually once a fortnight.
About befriending →Learn to lipread
Classes in Cambridge to help you follow conversations, especially in noisy places.
Ask about a class →Volunteer with us
Full training given. Help at a drop-in near you or become a befriender.
Apply to volunteer →Support Hearing Help
Donations help us open new drop-ins and do more for people who are hard of hearing.
Ways to give →At a drop-in
What happens when you visit
Hearing aids are small and fiddly, and hard to look after if your eyesight or hands aren’t what they were. That’s why we bring help to libraries, church halls and community centres near you.
- 1Come along during the sessionBring your NHS hearing aids to any drop-in on the list below.
- 2A trained volunteer checks themWe look for problems like whistling, poor sound or blocked tubes.
- 3We clean, retube and fix what we canPlus batteries and tips for looking after them at home.
- 4Stay for a chatAsk us about befriending, lipreading and other support from CDA.
What we can help with
- Battery replacement
- Tube cleaning and replacement
- Basic hearing aid repairs
- General maintenance and advice
Free of charge for NHS hearing aids.
Drop-ins near you
Find your nearest drop-in
Choose your area to see where and when we meet. Some sessions run every month, some every two or three months, so check the next date before you go.
Our NHS funding covers Cambridgeshire, so hearing aid maintenance and home visits are for Cambridgeshire residents. We’re not able to offer them in Peterborough.
All upcoming eventsShow the next date for every drop-in
Whittlesey Drop-inRepeating Event
Whittlesey Library, Market Street, Whittlesey, Peterborough PE7 1BA
Bottisham Drop-inRepeating Event
Barchester - Hilton Park Care Home, Bottisham, Cambridge CB25 9BX
Huntingdon Drop-inRepeating Event
Barchester - Bayleaf Care Home, Sallowbush Road, Huntingdon PE29 7AF
Trumpington Drop-InRepeating Event
Trumpington Pavilion, Paget Road, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9JT
St Neots Drop-inRepeating Event
New Street Baptist Church, New Street, St. Neots PE19 1AE
Cambourne Drop-inRepeating Event
Cambourne Church Centre, Jeavons Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge CB23 6AF
Great Shelford Drop-inRepeating Event
Great Shelford Free Church, Ashen Green, Great Shelford, Cambridge CB22 5EY
Cambridge United Drop-inRepeating Event
Cledara Abbey Stadium, Newmarket Road, Cambridge
Cherry Hinton Drop-inRepeating Event
Cherry Hinton Library, High Street, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge CB1 9HZ
Warboys Drop-inRepeating Event
New Community Centre, High Street, Warboys, Huntingdon PE28 2TA
Chatteris Drop-inRepeating Event
King Edward Centre, King Edwards Road, Chatteris PE16 6NG
Histon Drop-inRepeating Event
Histon Baptist Church, Station Rd, Histon, Cambridge CB24 9LQ
Alconbury Drop-inRepeating Event
Alconbury Hall, School Lane, Alconbury, Huntingdon PE28 4EQ
Girton Drop-inRepeating Event
Baptist Church, 103 High Street, Girton, Cambridge CB3 0QQ
Fulbourn Drop-inRepeating Event
Fulbourn Village Library, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge CB21 5HD
Somersham Drop-inRepeating Event
Millennium Sports Facility, The Trundle, Somersham, Huntingdon PE28 3JS
Cambridge Meadows Drop-inRepeating Event
Meadows Community Centre, 299 Arbury Road, Arbury, Cambridge CB4 2JL
Melbourn Drop-inRepeating Event
Vicarage Close Community Hall, Vicarage Close, Melbourn, Royston SG8 6DY
Wisbech Drop-inRepeating Event
St. Peter's Church Hall, Church Terrace, Wisbech PE13 1BW
Gamlingay Drop-inRepeating Event
Gamlingay Baptist Church, Stocks Lane, Gamlingay, Sandy SG19 3JR
Home and care home visits
Can’t get to us? We’ll come to you
If travelling is difficult, our team can visit you at home or in your care home, so your hearing aids keep working and you stay part of the conversation.
- The same free checks, cleaning and retubing as a drop-in
- Care homes can arrange regular visits for residents
- Our team is used to working alongside care home staff
Hearing Help Befriending
A friendly face, at your pace
Being hard of hearing can make it harder to go out and easier to feel alone. We match you with a trained volunteer who visits about once a fortnight for a cuppa, a walk or a game, and communicates in a way that works for you.
“It’s given me an identity again.”From one of our befriending members
Our befriending scheme is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.
Hearing Help in numbers
Keeping Cambridgeshire connected
Support Hearing Help
Help us reach everyone who is hard of hearing
The NHS funds our hearing aid maintenance, and The National Lottery Community Fund supports our befriending scheme. Donations let us go further.
Your gift helps us open new drop-ins so help is closer to everyone, do more for people who are hard of hearing, and support CDA’s wider work across Cambridgeshire.
Secure giving through CAF Donate. Registered charity no. 1062578.
Give once or monthly
A regular gift helps us plan new drop-ins ahead.
Donate →Give in memory
Remember someone who used Hearing Help with a collection or gift.
Talk to us →Fundraise with Team CDA
Run, bake or take on a challenge for Hearing Help.
Join Team CDA →Leave a gift in your will
Help keep Hearing Help going for the next generation.
Find out more →Tuned In
Our Hearing Help newsletter
News, new drop-ins and tips for people who are hard of hearing, four times a year.
Autumn 2026
Summer 2026
Spring 2026
Winter 2025Hearing Help news
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Captioned history walk in Huntingdon. Could your venue be next?
The Cromwell Museum ran a captioned evening walk around Huntingdon with Cambridgeshire Deaf Association. The next one is in St Ives on 29 October,…
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Wisbech firefighters show Hearing Help clients free sensory smoke alarms
Wisbech Fire Station visited our Hearing Help drop-in to show clients sensory smoke alarms. Here is how deaf and Hard of Hearing people can…
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Tuned In Autumn 2026 is out — and Hearing Help is coming to Ramsey
The Autumn edition of our Hearing Help newsletter is out now, with a brand new drop-in launching in Ramsey on 17 September and lipreading…
Questions
Good to know
Does it cost anything?
No. Hearing aid maintenance is funded by the NHS, so it is free for NHS hearing aids, at drop-ins and on home visits.
Who pays for Hearing Help?
The NHS funds our hearing aid maintenance and The National Lottery Community Fund supports our befriending scheme. Donations help us go further, opening new drop-ins and doing more for people who are hard of hearing.
I live in Peterborough. Can I use Hearing Help?
Our NHS funding covers Cambridgeshire, so hearing aid maintenance and home visits are only for Cambridgeshire residents. Our befriending scheme covers Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
I can’t get to a drop-in. What can I do?
Our team can visit you at home or in your care home. Call 01223 416141 or email enquiries@cambsdeaf.org to arrange a visit.
I work in a care home. Can you visit our residents?
Yes. Care homes can get in touch to arrange regular visits so residents get the hearing aid maintenance they need.
Get in touch
Talk to the Hearing Help team
Ask about a home visit, a lipreading class or befriending, or just get advice on looking after your hearing aids.
