Tag: deaf
Deaf Sports Personality of the Year
The first Deaf Sports Personality of the Year Award will be announced in a ceremony at Wembley Stadium on 27 November 2010. The Award...
Uneven specialist support for teachers
Teachers in schools across England face a postcode lottery in terms of specialist support when teaching deaf pupils, according to recent research by the...
Drug for hearing loss
Researchers in New Zealand have discovered a drug which repairs hearing loss suffered as a result of exposure to load noise. The team at...
Deaf parents and families wanted for TV show
Deaf parents and parents of a deaf child are currently being recruited for a new TV show featuring “Super Nanny” Jo Frost. The production...
Check your hearing with iPhone app
An ingenious new application (app) for the iPhone allows people to conduct their own hearing test by measuring their ability to hear speech when...
Project for deaf children wins cycling award
A project organised by the Metropolitan Police to teach deaf children to cycle was one of the winners in the recent London Cycling Awards.
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National deafblind awards
At a ceremony in London in October, the national deafblind charity, SENSE, presented its Sense Awards, recognising people for campaigning, volunteering and working for...
Service directory for deafblind people
UK charity Sense has launched The Deafblind Directory which allows deafblind people and their carers to search for service providers ranging from interpreters to...
Tinnitus Awareness Week announced
Tinnitus Awareness Week, previously known as National Tinnitus Week, will take place between 8 - 14 February 2010. The week, organised by independent charity...
Paul Newman Foundation supports RNID
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People has received a donation of over $10,000 from the Paul Newman Foundation. The money, from the late...
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Neurodiversity and Education
The authors of this publication combine extensive experience in the fields of education, neurodiversity, teacher training, tutoring and consultancy. Paul Ellis broadcasts regularly on...
