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March 2011 Oral Deaf Education: How Does It Measure Up?
By Tina Turbin, multi-award-winning children’s author As a children’s author I became extremely interested in the field of education for the hearing impaired and deaf while on my East Coast book tour for my title, Danny the Dragon Meets...
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Global response for award winning short film
A group of young deaf filmmakers has collectively produced an award‐winning short film that has subsequently prompted a significant response from the deaf community on a global scale....
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Megan's a pioneer after having the UK's first new cochlear implant fitted
Little Megan McCourt has become the first person in the country to have a new type of cochlear implant fitted. Because the two-year-old’s cochlea is not pre-curled (like a snail’s shell) as normal, it meant the conventional device due to...
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New internet dating site at Deaf-Match
We've previously discussed a range of new dating sites which have been developed specifically to help deaf and hearing impaired men and women meet other singles. These have included deafs.com, Enabled Already, Deaf Date and Disabled World. Now a...
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Dental hearing aid gets approved in Europe
A new hearing aid that transmits sound through a person's teeth has been approved for use in Europe....
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Cochlear implants change Ryan's life forever
When Leah's son Ryan failed his newborn hearing test, she was told it was probably nothing to worry about. But when he was three weeks old, it was confirmed that he was profoundly deaf....
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Award winning children's book transformed into iPad app for deaf children
Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy has been transformed into the first-ever iPad app for deaf children. The highly anticipated app has been released following its success as a children's DVD with sign language, and author Tina Turbin is proud to...
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Metro shoppers can check out handy tips on hearing loss at Communication Roadshow
RNID is inviting shoppers to visit the charity's Communication Roadshow at the Metro Centre and pick-up free essential information about looking after their hearing. At the charity's stand, which is running on the first floor (opposite Oasis) between 9am...
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First midwives trained in sign language to support deaf women in labour
A university has become the first to train midwives in sign language so they can better support deaf women in labour. Students at De Montfort University, Leicester, are being taught basic sign language so they can communicate with deaf...
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