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August 2009 Nine year-old learns sign language to communicate with deaf mother
Nine year-old Tayla Reynolds has become one of the youngest in Britain to gain a sign language qualification so she could communicate better with her hearing impaired mother. Tayla successfully learnt more than 600 gestures in British Sign Language because...
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Calvin Harris plays V Festival despite 'being deaf in one ear'
Calvin Harris played a triumphant show at V Festival in Chelmsford on Saturday despite telling the crowd he was "deaf in one ear". The singer/producer played despite his ailment, with hits including 'Ready for the Weekend' and 'Acceptable in...
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Andrew Thomson meets the Prime Minister
Andrew Thomson, Winner of the Stelios Disabled Entrepreneur and Director of Sign Now met Gordon Brown and Business Secretary Peter Mandleson at a Building Britain’s Future event held at 10 Downing Street. The meeting was held as a way of...
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Local support for national hearing screening programme
A call for a national hearing screening programme has today been welcomed by Suffolk’s leading hearing health care specialist. Karen Finch, of The Hearing Care Centre, echoed the views of the RNID that tackling hearing loss would reduce isolation...
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Hearing Dog of the Year Awards
Date: 6 October 2009 Time: 6.30pm - 10.30pm Venue: The Vintners’ Hall, Upper Thames Street, London EC4V 3BG The annual Hearing Dog of the Year Awards this year will be held at the beautiful and historic Vintners Hall in...
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Deaf soldier wins £330K damages from MoD
A soldier has won £330,000 from the Ministry of Defence for hearing loss, after being told not to wear earplugs during a training exercise to make it more "battle realistic". Charles Bradlaugh was left with hearing loss and tinnitus....
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At last, there's an end to the torment of Ménière's
Taken from Mail Online A constant ringing in her ears was the first sign that something was wrong. A few weeks later Benie Jewels also started experiencing dizzy spells. 'It felt as if I was spinning, but mostly as...
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Steam enthusiasts stoked up for charity challenge
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, the national UK charity, is benefiting from an historic charity drive in an unusual steam car all the way from the very far north to the most southern tip of the United Kingdom. Dean...
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Deaf-blind communication goes portable
A new portable device for deaf-blind people allows them to have face-to-face conversations, make phone calls using a text relay service and communicate by SMS. The DeafBlind Communicator consists of a Braille note-taker linked by Bluetooth to a mobile...
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New Chat and Share group starts in Malvern
A new group for deaf people has formed in Malvern, Worcestershire, and will start next month. If you live locally, have a hearing loss or tinnitus and would like to meet people and learn new skills, you're invited to join...
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Cochlear Europe's 2009 celebrations
Don't forget that Cochlear's celebrations day is fast approaching, so make it a date for your diary! Taking place on Saturday 3rd October, at the Heart of England Centre in Birmingham, the event will be the largest gathering of...
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Piggle is top hearing dog for August
Brighton hearing dog Piggle, who tells his severely deaf owner about household sounds including the doorbell, telephone and smoke alarm has just been named Hearing Dog of the Month by the charity that trained him. Piggle is quite an...
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People still pumping up the volume
A new survey has found that most people would turn their music down if they were told to by a doctor or other health-care professional. The survey, which was carried out by Vanderbilt University, in conjunction with MTV, revealed...
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