Tag: hearing impairment
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...
DJ warns of perils of loud music
DJ Eddy Temple-Morris has called on all children and young people to guard against excessive exposure to loud music. In an open letter issued...
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.
The...
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...
