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July 2006 World Cup for deaf children
The London Sporting Forum for Disabled People and the National Deaf Children's Society have teamed up to put on a football coaching day for deaf children on 23 August. Children will get the chance to learn new skills, practice old...
A quest for bilaterals, by Jason Broekhuizen, dad to two-year-old Tom.
Tom contracted Pneumococcal Meningitis in mid-April 2006 and was left profoundly deaf as a result. He received a cochlear implant on June 15th 2006. Below is an extract from Jason's blog: Thursday, July 27, 2006 I'm having what a polite...
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Hearing dogs in demand
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is looking for dogs to become the ears of a deaf adult, so that deaf people can live more independently. Hearing dogs are trained to alert their owners to everyday household sounds by touching with...
Golf-mad dad raises £7,500 for deaf charity
Kevin Green has completed an entire Open Championship in just one day to raise money for the Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind People. Starting at 5am, Kevin and three of his colleagues from EuroDirect played 72 holes non-stop before...
Calling all superheroes!
Would-be superheroes are being invited to fly through the air in a sponsored skydive for the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID). Taking place at weekends at airfields throughout the country, the RNID super skydives from approximately 10,000 feet...
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Bolton college encourages deaf awareness
Bolton Community College hosted an event by the charity ‘Music and the Deaf’ to give students and people interested in deafness and sign language the opportunity to listen to music from the perspective of a profoundly deaf person. Charity founder...
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RNID stresses danger of loud MP3 players
A survey by the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) has found that more than half of 16 to 30 year-olds use MP3 players for more than an hour a day, which results in an increased risk of permanent...
Sunday sale to raise funds for BUSK
On Sunday 16 July the Kent-based Baha Users Support Group - previously known as BUSK - will host a car boot fair on Hythe Green. Last year's fair attracted over 150 stall holders and Lyn Kolsteren, Chairperson of Baha Users...
New drama on Wednesday night
Soundproof, a gripping urban thriller that breaks new ground in bringing deaf and hearing actors together, will be shown on Wednesday 12th July at 9pm on BBC2. The compelling and contemporary whodunit, co-produced by the BBC with Blast! Films stars...
New world record for Deaflympic Davison
Deaflympic gold medallist Jo Davison has broken the world deaf hammer record by almost two metres in her first competition of the season. The Sussex athlete threw 48.36m at the Sussex Championships, surpassing the previous best of 46.85....
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