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September 2007 Pooling resources for NDCS
At 7pm this evening, international pool professional and former world champion Carl Morris will be playing a charity pool exhibition in the Crazy Horse Saloon at Butlins in Minehead. As part of a tournament set to continue all weekend, cochlear...
Mossley teacher runs for NDCS
Andy Fenton, a science teacher at Mossley Hollins School in Huddersfield, is running the Great North Run on Sunday 30th September in aid of the National Deaf Children's Society. Andy's three-year-old son Keir was born profoundly deaf and the NDCS...
Top model lives her dream despite deafness
As the world's top models gather for London Fashion Week, gorgeous Brenda Costa won't hear the cheers as she struts down the catwalk. The 24-year-old Brazilian, who was born deaf, says: "I've never seen being deaf as a problem. I...
The perils of being a rock star
Foo Fighters star Dave Grohl has revealed that his deafness is causing problems in his marriage because his wife has to repeat herself all the time. The former Nirvana drummer admits all rock star marriages have the same issue -...
Lyn Kolsteren, a Baha user since 1998 and chairperson of the Baha users support group, tells the story of her hearing dog Liffey
November 2006 The few weeks until I went to the centre for my training week soon passed. The week was like a working holiday, I was very well cared for and made very welcome, as Liffey and I lived and...
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MP3 players can damage hearing
Deaf charity, the RNID, is warning that more than two thirds of young people who regularly use MP3 players face premature hearing damage because they are playing the volume too high. With a reported eight million MP3 players sold last...
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Baha request for tsunami survivor
Somaratne Wijesinghe, a Sri Lankan man from Enfield, is appealing for donations to fund a Baha (bone conduction hearing implant) for two-year-old Tharindi Supunsara who was born with no ears following the south-east Asian tsunami of 2004. Baby Tharindi comes...
Lyn Kolsteren, a Baha user since 1998 and chairperson of the Baha users support group, tells the story of her hearing dog Liffey
October 2006 On the 4th October 2006 I had a letter through the door, with the Hearing Dogs frank on the front. I held my breath and told myself that it was “another newsletter”. But when I opened it the...
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Cochlear implant myths
Parents of children who use cochlear implants are used to the interest that their child's cochlear implant receives. There are the stares at the "thing on the kid's head," there are the questions, and there are the blank stares that...
Hop along to this year's Bunny Ball
The James Bond themed Bunny Ball ’007, which takes place on 22nd September at the Crowne Plaza in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, promises to leave party-goers 'shaken and stirred’ into raising more funds than ever for the Mary Hare Primary School for...
Celebrate 30 years of Bahas!
Cochlear UK, the manufacturer of bone conduction hearing implants - known as Bahas - is inviting all Baha recipients and Nucleus cochlear implant recipients to a celebration day on Saturday 6th October in Warwickshire's wonderful 'Heart of England' centre to...
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