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August 2010 After 27 years of silence, Semhar can finally hear her own voice
Semhar Beyene’s childhood dream was to become a performer, and with her dancer’s physique, love of music and model features, she had all the attributes to make it to the top. Semhar was born profoundly deaf, but she never allowed...
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Deaf in London - time to sit up and listen?
CommunityID, a partnership of deaf and hearing professionals, has received almost £500,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to provide free deaf and interpreting awareness training to 250 voluntary organisations and communities in London....
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Breakthrough towards drug for hearing loss
Research funded by hearing loss charity RNID has discovered a drug which repairs hearing after damage caused by loud noise. Researchers at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, showed that exposure to loud noise led to hearing loss which...
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Hearing loss in teenagers has risen 30% in 20 years
Listening to personal music players such as iPods has contributed to hearing loss among teenagers rising by nearly a third in 20 years, a study shows. Between 2005 and 2006, one in five teens suffered some form of hearing...
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Get paid to take part in new research
Have your say by taking part in research about the future of text relay and other services for people who are deaf, partially deaf with or without speech. A major research project is about to start on the subject of...
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Top Gun for coHearentVision
Bilingual Holly Jones is celebrating sign language success after reaching top tier status as a Member of the Register of Sign Language Interpreters (MRSLI) with leading deaf-blind charity, coHearentVision. Holly’s success is the latest example of the charity’s commitment...
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Die Hard made Bruce Willis deaf
Actor Bruce Willis suffered hearing loss after an accident filming Die Hard. The action superstar still carries the injury and admits he hates having to make people repeat themselves....
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The mobile for the hard of hearing
Amplicom M6000 is ideal for anyone with hearing loss as it comes equipped with a ring-tone that can blare out 100 decibels. It won't make you popular with the neighbours, but if you are hard of hearing and do...
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Guide to Tinnitus Relief
Written by Joan McKechnie, BSc Hons, Audiology & Speech Pathology. Tinnitus is most commonly referred to as ‘ringing in the ears’ and can be defined as the conscious experience of noise with no apparent external source. Experiences of tinnitus...
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Elle’s nursery and school journey
Sharon Hathway talks about her daughter Elle’s cochlear implant experience, in the second of a two-part diary series on the DeafBlog. Elle was born profoundly deaf in 2001. Read part one here. Part two We were helped by Elle’s...
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Our survey winner celebrates with champagne
Thank you to everyone who completed our questionnaire, it was great to find out more about our readers. Melanie Jewett from Southampton was the lucky winner of our champagne prize draw. Mel has just been implanted with a Nucleus...
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