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July 2008 Science Museum offers Sign Language interpreter
London's Science Museum has lots on offer this summer for families to enjoy, and guests at a number of its events will now benefit from a British Sign Language interpreter. From shows like 'Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles', to 'Space In...
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My Cochlear Implant, by Alison Patuck PART THREE – switch on!
Alison, 26, talks about her cochlear implant experience, in the third of a four-part diary series on the DeafBlog. Read part one here and part two here. Until the 9th October, which was my switch on day, I spent...
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Enter the world of glamour at Beyond Boundaries Live!
Interactive event Beyond Boundaries Live will run tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday at the prestigious Kent Showground, Kent. The show, which brings something completely new to the table, is all about opportunity and living your life to the full. Central to...
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The DeafBlog joins Facebook
As some of you may not yet know, we have a Facebook group that we’d love for you to join. We post up pictures, links and news stories, and enable more discussion. The Facebook accompaniment to the DeafBlog, of...
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Campaign to help deaf and blind launched
A deafblind charity launched an awareness campaign at the recent Welsh Assembly to highlight the growing number of older people in Wales with combined sight and hearing loss. The charity hopes AMs’ support will lead to more services being delivered...
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My Cochlear Implant, by Alison Patuck PART TWO - the operation
Alison, 26, talks about her cochlear implant experience, in the second of a four-part diary series on the DeafBlog. Read part one here Over the course of 2001, I had the usual hearing tests, balance tests, CT, and then...
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It's not a Bluetooth headset!
The first time someone snatched the speech processor from behind her son's ear, Hilda Giron got it back. She’d been shopping for groceries and shouted to the cashier to watch three-year-old Jose while she took off after the young...
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'More' sign from Finlay – after operation gives joy of music
A boy who was born deaf signed the word "more" the first time he heard music after an operation to restore his hearing. Finlay McNamara was so excited to hear the 1990s pop song after undergoing a cochlear implant operation...
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My Cochlear Implant, by Alison Patuck
Alison, 26, talks about her cochlear implant experience, in the first of a four-part diary series on the DeafBlog. I had my Cochlear Implant fitted in 2001, and three and a half years on, felt that it was time...
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