|
April 2009 BBC TV presenter announced as competition judge
The 'Hear Suffolk' competition was launched last week in the East Anglian Daily Times and has today revealed its full judging panel line-up. The competition, created by The Hearing Care Centre is designed to have keen photographers capture the...
continue reading
15 year-old boy to meet MPs after winning prestigious deaf competition
A deaf teenager from Derbyshire is to give a presentation to MPs after he wrote a piece on how more could be done to help deaf and hard of hearing people....
continue reading
DIARY DATE: Cochlear Europe's 2009 celebrations
Cochlear Europe is delighted to announce its second celebrations event, to be held on Saturday 3rd October, at the Heart of England Centre, Birmingham. The event will be the largest gathering of Cochlear Europe Implant recipients in the UK....
continue reading
Street star kicks off for the deaf
Coronation Street star Bill Tarmey has told the Manchester Evening News how his singing career cost him his hearing. Now Bill, 68, who made his living as a nightclub crooner before switching to acting, is never without his hearing...
continue reading
Tour de France jersey is sold for £1,240
The 2008 Tour de France yellow jersey, worn and singed by the winner, Carlos Sastre, was sold on Saturday for £1,240. The auction, held through Ebay, attracted 43 bidders. All proceeds will fund a multi-sports day for deaf children...
continue reading
Bionic eye success in sight
Bionic Vision Australia, based in Melbourne, has brought together the biomedical engineers and researchers who were involved in the development of the cochlear implant, to trial the ‘bionic eye’. The eye could be just two years away after a...
continue reading
Toddler will be given the gift of hearing
A profoundly deaf toddler will be given the gift of hearing when she undergoes a cochlear implant operation, the Andover Advertiser reported yesterday. One year-old Rosannah Harris, of Basingstoke will undergo the operation after NHS bosses gave the green...
continue reading
Sign Now re-launches website in time for Deaf Awareness Week
Sign Now’s continued expansion sees the company move to larger offices within the Grangemouth Enterprise Centre. The move also coincides with the launch of the On-Line BSL Interpreting Agency....
continue reading
Runner’s deaf aid
A teacher is running the London marathon to raise awareness of the issues faced by deaf children. Sarah Gallagher, from Shortlands, has been training hard for the 26.2 mile race on Sunday, April 26. The 27-year-old tutor at City...
continue reading
Petplan donates £10,000 to Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
To support Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's invaluable work, The Petplan Charitable Trust (PPCT), is donating £10,000 to help those with hearing impairments lead a more independent and confident life. The donation will enable two dogs to be rescued,...
continue reading
What money can’t buy! By Gerard Featherstone
I had to travel 5000 miles to put a name to it! I did not know that many parents with deaf children suffered with it more so than hearing children; nor that there were things you could to help...
continue reading
New hearing loss awareness photography competition launched
A major new photographic competition has been launched by one of Suffolk’s best-known small businesses to raise awareness of the effects of hearing loss. Award-winning hearing care company, The Hearing Care Centre, based in Ipswich, is inviting amateur photographers...
continue reading
Sign Now director makes IoS Happy List
Fed up with lists that celebrate the rich? The Independent on Sunday published a ‘Happy List’ this weekend - encompassing the top 100 people who who make Britain a better and happier place to live....
continue reading
Families battle to save Bradford Family Centre
Parents fighting the closure of a family centre in Bradford which gives deaf children a chance of making it in mainstream schools have told of the impact the charity has had on their children. The Elizabeth Foundation will shut...
continue reading
Deaf teenager encourages others to follow their dreams
A teenager is indulging her love of animals and wants to inspire other deaf youngsters to follow their dreams. Elinor Scott, 17, of Newport, Wales, is the only deaf student at Coleg Gwent College's Usk campus. She helped organise...
continue reading
Tour de France jersey auction in aid of deaf children is now live!
The auction of the 2008 Tour de France yellow jersey, worn and singed by the winner, Carlos Sastre, went live at midday today. All proceeds from the auction will fund a multi-sports day for deaf children and young deaf...
continue reading
Tiny Tiger is a real hero
A tiny Chihuahua that acts as a hearing dog for his severely deaf owner in Merthyr Tydfil has been named Hearing Dog of the Month for April by the Charity that trained him. The little hero, ironically called Tiger,...
continue reading
Deaf boy hears greeting
A boy born profoundly deaf heard his name called out by more than 45,000 fans at Sunderland football club’s Stadium of Light as part of a birthday treat on Saturday. Thomas Ferry, eight, was born deaf and with cerebral...
continue reading
Deaf boy's musical success
Learning to read music and play the piano by the age of five would be quite an achievement for most people – but Kieran Ross was born deaf. The 18-year-old, from Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire, now writes music, performs with his...
continue reading
Mr Tumble's still number one with kids!
After talking to friends with children, it appears that most pre-schoolers are mad about signing presenter Mr Tumble! Mr Tumble, AKA Justin Fletcher, uses the signing system Makaton in his programme Something Special. Especially developed for children and adults...
continue reading
New roadside telephone assistance for text users
Action for Deafness reports that over 6,500 of the Emergency Roadside Telephones (ERTs) on the motorway are being replaced, to provide a more accessible service to motorists....
continue reading
Twenty years of The Ear Foundation
March 2009 saw the anniversary of twenty years of The Ear Foundation, the Nottingham-based charity. In March 1989 The Ear Foundation funded the first paediatric cochlear implantation in the UK, bringing this technology which transforms the opportunities for the...
continue reading
All about Baha - your questions answered
We hear sound naturally in two ways: air conduction and bone conduction. Air conduction hearing devices use amplified air to send sound waves from the outer ear, via the ear canal to the inner ear. Bone conduction devices send...
continue reading
Beyond Boundaries - Where are they now?
The second part of Beyond Boundaries, Where are they now? was shown last night on BBC2. In this programme, ex-SAS Major and Expedition Leader Ken Hames caught up with the physically disabled team members from the second and third...
continue reading
Dogs for the Deaf announces dogs for children with autism
Yesterday (April 2nd), was International Autism Awareness Day, and April is International Autism Awareness Month. Dogs for the Deaf, the oldest and largest Hearing Dog program in the U.S., has expanded its program to include Autism Assistance Dogs for...
continue reading
See Hear!
Those of you who watch the BBC's See Hear programmes may have seen its recent celebration of the 20th anniversary of the UK's first multi-channel cochlear implant. The first cochlear implant was given to a toddler deafened by meningitis,...
continue reading
Cochlear implant gives hope to Isobel
Isobel Water was just seven months old when she was struck by life-threatening meningitis. Although she survived, it left her deaf in both ears....
continue reading
Hair cells could restore hearing to the deaf
Researchers have created the complex hair cells and the neurons needed for hearing from human stem cells - The Telegraph reports. They found they could encourage stem cells from the inner ears of human foetuses to grow into these...
continue reading
|
Recent posts
CategoriesArchives
Blogs we like
|
