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May 31, 2005
Everyday noise creates serious hearing loss
Noise you encounter in your everyday life could eventually add up to serious hearing loss. Ambulances, bus stops and construction sites are some of the worst culprits for hearing loss.
Posted @ 6:18 PM
Hearing center at CU gets $2.8 million grant
DENVER -- There was a big show of support Monday for a hearing center at the University of Colorado that is named after world renowned audiologist Dr. Marion Downs.
Posted @ 6:15 PM
Oceanside woman teaches sign language to infants
Lonna Leghart and her 2-year-old son Alexander spend lots of quiet time together talking. That's because Leghart and her hearing son communicate by using American Sign Language, a growing trend for parents and their infants.
Posted @ 2:23 AM
Quieting the noise
Many people with tinnitus hear the classic ringing in the ears. For Jennifer Snell, it's more like a maddening cacophony of some of the world's most irritating noises.
Posted @ 2:19 AM
Cochlear waiting list to be alleviated
The current waiting list for cochlear implants is set to be alleviated, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has announced. It has approved additional funding of €500,000 for 2005 to deal with this.
Posted @ 2:16 AM
Early detection of hearing loss can prevent long-term problems
For an adult, having trouble hearing can be a problem. For a child, hearing impairment can be disastrous.
Posted @ 2:15 AM
May 30, 2005
Hearing aid developer visits Denison
Hearing aid patients have a new style of aid to consider, thanks to Dr. Natan Bauman, who visited Dr. Amin Musani in Denison recently from Connecticut.
Posted @ 2:18 AM
May 29, 2005
Luis' language
Luis Hernandez, 5, sits quietly at a table in the middle of the classroom with a big red pencil in his hand, focused intently on a worksheet containing words ending with "ot." Pot, hot, tot, cot, dot, knot. He looks at the pictures, the words, then writes each word twice.
Posted @ 2:15 AM
Companies sound out future growth
About two million baby-boomers and others suffer hearing loss are creating a growing and lucrative market for a clutch of hearing aid and service providers, an industry player said.
Posted @ 2:11 AM
May 28, 2005
Story time a special treat for children with hearing loss
When a toddler wanders off during a story-reading session, it's usually because of lack of interest or a distraction.
Posted @ 6:56 PM
New sign language interpreters in Las Tunas, Cuba
Las Tunas -- A group of 19 sign language interpreters received their diplomas in Cuba's eastern province of Las Tunas on Wednesday.
Posted @ 6:50 PM
May 27, 2005
LifeLinks sign Language services to create sign language healthcare videos
LifeLinks Sign Language Services announces an agreement with a major New York City Catholic hospital, an affiliate of New York Medical College, to produce educational videos in sign language designed for the deaf population in subjects of urgent medical interest.
Posted @ 7:40 AM
Cochlear unveils new implant
Australian hearing implant developer Cochlear has unveiled a new implant system it says will revolutionise the lives of the hearing impaired.
Posted @ 6:55 AM
CDC urges meningitis vaccine for teens, college freshmen
Children 11 to 12 years old, unvaccinated teens entering high school, and college freshmen living in dormitories are among those at highest risk of deadly bacterial meningitis and should be routinely inoculated, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended in new guidelines issued Thursday.
Posted @ 6:54 AM
System alerts deaf Mainers to emergencies
Each day, many take for granted the basic ability to hear and communicate. But about 100,000 Mainers-some of whom live in Gray and New Gloucester-suffer from hearing loss or complete deafness.
Posted @ 6:52 AM
May 26, 2005
Sign language used for spelling bee
For months we have been hearing about the Coca-Cola spelling bee, and last week that competition ended. But this week, another spelling bee was held, sponsored by Crystal Water. News Five was at Belize Elementary School auditorium for the hands-on event.
Posted @ 7:38 AM
Destined for success: Cami Garland overcomes hearing impairment, heads for Yale
Sometimes I felt isolated because I could not understand what was going on around me, but I was eager to make friends. I recognized the adversity and knew I must overcome it. I realized I was different, but I was not going to let that stop me.
Posted @ 7:33 AM
Panel tells of challenges of hearing problems
Ninety percent of deaf children are born to parents who have no hearing problems.
Posted @ 7:31 AM
Hosp gets hearing aid
The sound of a slamming door could make any infant jump. But not Alannah Pearce.
Posted @ 6:57 AM
Sonomax'TM' Solution wins safety and health product innovation award
Sonomax(TM) Solution (TSX VENTURE:SHH) was named the overall winner of the 2005 British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) Product Innovation Award. Sir John Cullen, President of the BSIF presented the award to Nick Laperle, President of Sonomax Hearing Healthcare Inc., and Brian Powell, Director and General Manager of Hagemeyer Environmental Health and Safety Division before an audience at the Safety and Health Expo on May 17 in Birmingham, England.
Posted @ 6:48 AM
May 25, 2005
National Association for the Deaf making noise about 'Idol'
TV singing competition "American Idol" is all about sound. So for 28 million hearing-impaired Americans, it's a challenge just to enjoy the show. Now the National Association for the Deaf (NAD) is complaining that "Idol" made matters worse with incorrect closed captions a few weeks ago.
Posted @ 12:29 PM
Ringing in your years?
If you have a ringing in your ears that won't quit, you have a condition known as tinnitus.
Posted @ 12:26 PM
Computers: Hearing Conservation
Left blind and deaf at 18 months old from a serious illness, Helen Keller overcame her disabilities to become a renowned author and educator. According to Helen Keller, losing her hearing was a greater loss than losing her sight. "The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important, than those of blindness.
Posted @ 12:22 PM
Majority of hearing losses are not passed on by generations
BANGALORE -- Congenital hearing impairment does not occur just among kids with a familial history of deafness. At least 90 percent of children with hearing loss are born to normal parents, said ENT surgeon Dr. Shankar Medikeri.
Posted @ 12:15 PM
May 24, 2005
New hope for deaf children
Deaf children are being given new hope, thanks to the development of the cochlear implant surgery, says a visiting Indian specialist.
Posted @ 2:03 PM
Universal hearing screening for new-borns on the cards
Bangalore -- An universal hearing screening programme is likely to be employed to ensure that hearing problems in new borns are detected early. Babies will be discharged from hospitals only after they are subjected to such a screening.
Posted @ 1:59 PM
New York Times bestselling author Connie Briscoe has hearing restored with cochlear implant
Bestselling fiction author Connie Briscoe became profoundly deaf at age 30. Two years ago, she had cochlear implant surgery and most of her hearing was restored. This spring and summer she travels across the country for the first time without an interpreter as she promotes her fifth novel, "Can't Get Enough."
Posted @ 1:57 PM
May 23, 2005
Baby talk with a difference
It was during her maternity leave that Louise Dixon first heard about babies learning sign language.
Posted @ 10:29 AM
Parents face hard choices for hearing-impaired kids
Two Phoenix area families each awoke one day to the same news: They have a deaf child. With that, they had to make education choices in a time when technology has given parents more options.
Posted @ 10:27 AM
Noise check cost Spoornet R25m
Johannesburg - Rail utility Spoornet spent about R25m in the past three years on "medical surveillance" for the hearing conservation programme for train drivers and their assistants, says Transport Minister Jeff Radebe.
Posted @ 10:25 AM
Cochlear implants for kids
Sounds of birds chirping, car horns and a mother's voice might not be lost forever to a deaf child. A cochlear implant might help.
Posted @ 10:24 AM
Not your father’s noise factor
Rochester, NY -- Hearing is not just something grandparents have to worry about. Doctors are seeing increasingly more young people diagnosed with hearing loss, some as young as in their 20's.
Posted @ 10:23 AM
May, Better Hearing and Speech Month
The Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association have declared May as Better Hearing and Speech Month.
Posted @ 10:21 AM
Kaua‘i audiologist helps hearing-impaired people halfway across the world
Even after 36 years in the business of helping people hear better, Kaua‘i audiologist Dr. John "Jack" Yarush admitted he'd never quite experienced anything like what happened to him during a recent tour of Belize and Mexico.
Posted @ 12:04 AM
May 22, 2005
Sign of the times: Interpreter shortage hurts deaf community
Gary Middaugh can’t hear, can’t speak aloud and doesn’t read lips. But through the furious motions of his hands – and the furrowed expression on his face – he offers a story that illustrates how difficult it can be to get a sign language interpreter in Fort Wayne.
Posted @ 10:27 AM
Stigma disappearing from wearing hearing aid
The stigma is decreasing. Technology is improving. And the customer base is increasing as baby boomers-- many now in their 50s and beyond -- begin to concede that their ears, like other parts of their bodies, may need some enhancement.
Posted @ 10:18 AM
The effects of hearing loss seminar, VA
Eastern Virginia Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists will be hosting an educational seminar: The Effects of Hearing Loss, Tuesday, May 24th, 2005 from 11am to 2 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn.
Posted @ 10:15 AM
May 21, 2005
Why did I force myself to stand between both deaf and hearing worlds?
This poem was written by Rajiv Root, who expressed his feelings and thoughts about his deafness and the hearing world...
Posted @ 10:50 AM
Beethoven's musical genius never fails to impress, enchant, fulfill
The music of Ludwig van Beethoven first crossed my consciousness — and altered the course of my life — when I was in seventh grade in Indio, a tiny community located the depths of the Southern California desert.
Posted @ 10:44 AM
May 20, 2005
Sound advice about age - related hearing loss
The popular notion that older people are "hard of hearing" is often true. Hearing loss occurs gradually in most people as they age.
Posted @ 1:14 PM
Captions connect hearing impaired
Regina Weiss used to struggle to hear discussions during meetings of Self Help for the Hard of Hearing People.
Posted @ 1:13 PM
Deafness-pregnancy link is discounted
A long-standing belief that getting pregnant will lead to deafness in women with a hearing defect called otosclerosis is most likely wrong, according to report presented this week at a conference in Florida.
Posted @ 1:11 PM
May 19, 2005
Honored in kindergarten
While many students her age are barely learning their alphabet, Gabrielle O'Halloran is already working on another language.
Posted @ 10:16 AM
Zoning measure would allow proposed sign language town
McCook County commissioners have voted to keep working on a zoning measure to allow the development of a sign language town near Salem, despite opposition.
Posted @ 10:14 AM
Deaf ministry assures gospel reaches all
Bonnie McNutt of Orlando knows that when it comes to hearing the Gospel, the deaf must use their eyes instead of their ears.
Posted @ 10:10 AM
Awaiting the sounds of life
A door slams shut, a dog barks, a baby coos and a brother laughs at the blaring TV. All are sounds of life.
Posted @ 10:04 AM
GCC bowling match for deaf
THE First GCC Bowling Championship for the Hearing Impaired is set to take place in Bahrain in July.
Posted @ 10:02 AM
Sign of things to come
Laughter and excitement filled the Loomis Park playground during a Tuesday afternoon picnic while Jackson resident Max Everts, 68, sat back to watch.
Posted @ 9:58 AM
May 18, 2005
Deaf students compete word for word in countywide bee
The word "office" was pulled out of a bag and announced. An interpreter turned to the contestant sitting center stage and signed the word. The student started scribbling on the board in front of her.
Posted @ 9:22 AM
Story-telling a lifelong passion for youth librarian
People who visit the Yucca Valley library on a routine basis will recognize the youth librarian there, even if they don't know her name is Lynda Grove.
Posted @ 9:08 AM
Colleges to host interpreter boot camp
Tyler Junior College and the University of Arkansas are co-hosting the second annual Interpreter Boot Camp, June 1-3 on the TJC campus.
Posted @ 9:07 AM
Sonic tonic
If you're still buying into the old rock adage that if it's too loud, you're too old, then you better listen to this.
Posted @ 9:06 AM
State aid for deaf deemed inadequate
About 600,000 Israelis are hearing disabled, but state subsidies for hearing aids, which have to be replaced every two to four years, is inadequate, according to Knesset Labor, Social Affairs and Health Committee chairman MK Shaul Yahalom.
Posted @ 9:03 AM
Pusan workers give more than $1,200 for hearing aid implant for orphan
PYONGTAEK, South Korea — Employees of the U.S. Army’s Pusan Storage Facility have raised more than $1,200 toward helping a South Korean boy get high-tech hearing aid implant surgery, officials said Monday.
Posted @ 9:00 AM
May 17, 2005
Sounds with no source may be sign of tinnitus
John Fite hears noises in his head. No, not voices - noises. There's a difference. Hearing voices is indicative of mental instability. Hearing noises, on the other hand, is called tinnitus, and can be debilitating in a very different way.
Posted @ 9:50 AM
Mattingly's products help customers regain hearing
HUNTINGTON -- In a modest building at 601 Sixth Ave., two customers sit quietly in the front waiting room. Office workers scurry throughout the office, some carrying folders and paperwork, others answering the phones.
Posted @ 9:49 AM
Millionaire GP pretended he was deaf
A millionaire doctor who pretended he was deaf so he could pocket a fortune from private patients while on NHS sick leave has been struck off.
Posted @ 9:48 AM
Deaf, hard of hearing classes could come to Durham
A district with no deaf or hard of hearing students may become the home base for the county's deaf and hard of hearing education program.
Posted @ 9:41 AM
May 16, 2005
Cocktail of noise and carbon monoxide increases hearing loss
Garage mechanics, firefighters and truckers, listen up: a new study shows chronic exposure to noise plus carbon monoxide increases hearing loss.
Posted @ 6:03 PM
MedBio Research Centre has developed the world's first and only voice recognition hearing aid
One out of four hard of hearing persons cannot be helped with the hearing aids currently available. The MedBio Speak 'n Read device is for those below the audible threshold.
Posted @ 10:03 AM
Implant switches on a new world of sound
For most of his life, David Moores could sit outside on a sunny spring day and enjoy the sight of colorful flowers, the scent of jasmine and the sight of children running and playing.
Posted @ 9:59 AM
May 15, 2005
Picking up baby signs
Sign language training allows little ones to make themselves better understood. Mitchell Kleiner, normally a good-natured little guy, was fussing, crying and carrying on.
Posted @ 8:30 AM
Hearing impaired get boost
Anita Morse, who lives west of Delray Beach, was able to raise enough money for the Boca Raton chapter of Self Help for the Hard of Hearing People to provide real-time captioning at its monthly meetings for at least the next year.
Posted @ 8:25 AM
Church service for the deaf returns to Aberdeen
Our Savior Lutheran Church will host signing. A week from today, a new type of church service comes to town.
Posted @ 8:23 AM
May 14, 2005
Alcohol consumption can damage hearing
Although alcohol researchers believe that drinking can cause brain damage, the quantity of alcohol and the length of time needed to accomplish this remain unknown. In the March 2004 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, scientists in Germany specify the damage that cumulative, life-long alcohol consumption can inflict on central auditory pathways, which is reflected as hearing loss.
Posted @ 6:41 AM
They can't hear, but these two can run
Following the conclusion of Friday's O-K Red Metro Conference track and field meet, Josh Hembrough of Forest Hills Northern and Casey Schneider of Grandville met in the infield, shook hands and smiled.
Posted @ 6:40 AM
Turning down the volume
With the bulbous hearing protectors clamped atop their head, the two men look a bit like workers on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Or maybe landscapers wielding leaf blowers.
Posted @ 6:38 AM
May 13, 2005
Deaf Talkabout: Going to town on it
A pressure group in the USA is proposing to build a town occupied only by deaf people, with hearing folk banned unless they show proficiency in sign language.
Posted @ 12:57 PM
Latest cochlear implant technology launched in India
The latest cochlear implant technology, Contour Advance, recently introduced in India, is specifically designed to protect the small and delicate cochlea structures during surgery.
Posted @ 12:53 PM
Younger is better when implanting cochlear implants
Deaf children who receive cochlear implants do better learning language and speech the younger they receive the implants, according to research by scientists at Indiana University School of Medicine.
Posted @ 7:58 AM
May 12, 2005
Baby boomer men more prone to hearing loss
Men who are members of the Baby Boomer generation -- approximately half of the 76 million Americans born between World War II and the early 1960s -- are more likely than their female counterparts to experience hearing loss, according to a compelling survey recently released by The EAR Foundation and Clarity.
Posted @ 6:45 AM
Signing would count as foreign language credit
Missouri students could receive foreign language credit for taking American Sign Language courses, if Gov. Matt Blunt signs legislation allowing it.
Posted @ 6:40 AM
Signing to toddlers
How did one California mother talk to her toddlers even before they could speak? Although they can hear perfectly, she taught them sign language.
Posted @ 6:39 AM
Students take learning language in their own hands
Katie Mahler may be a North Hills High School senior on the verge of graduation, but she's still practicing the alphabet.
Posted @ 6:38 AM
May 11, 2005
Deaf protest against alleged neglect
Kano, Nigeria - About 200 deaf people staged a protest on Tuesday in the northern Nigerian city of Kano against what they called government's neglect of their plight.
Posted @ 6:30 AM
Cochlear implant comes full circle for implant user
A cochlear implant at age of 21 gave Chad Ruffin the gift of sound. Almost six years later, the second-year student at LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport is about to undertake research that could improve that gift for others.
Posted @ 6:27 AM
Advance hearing aid for two city kids
Chennai -- Two children, aged between two and six years, have been implanted with the latest cochlear machines, thus becoming the first in Asia to have this device embedded near their ears.
Posted @ 6:26 AM
Deaf student's hearing device stolen at school
San Antonio -- A 15-year-old deaf boy's hearing device worth an estimated $10,000 was stolen at school Monday.
Posted @ 6:23 AM
Health tip: Losing your hearing
Only a medical professional such as an otolaryngologist (ear-nose-throat specialist) or an audiologist should diagnose diminished hearing, but there are several warning signs to watch for.
Posted @ 6:19 AM
Telephone bills could increase slightly to pay for deaf services
SPRINGFIELD – People who have landline telephones could pay a higher surcharge by next year to pay for phone services for deaf and hearing-impaired people.
Posted @ 6:15 AM
May 10, 2005
Experts warn of iPod hearing loss
Hearing experts are concerned that the prevalence of digital music players may cause hearing problems in the future.
Posted @ 8:15 AM
Signing songs
Deaf performers take center stage in 'Big River.' Ty Giordano made a mighty noise on Broadway, without saying a word.
Posted @ 8:14 AM
Ampetronic aids london tourism
The implementation of Part 3 of the Disability Discrimination Act is providing busy times for Ampetronic, whose induction loop systems are proving extremely popular in a wide variety of venues and attractions.
Posted @ 8:09 AM
Cockaynes Syndrome and cochlear implant
Cockayne's syndrome is a condition that speeds up the aging process in people. A person might be a teenager and think like a teenager, but have the body of an 80-year old.
Posted @ 8:06 AM
If you suspect loss of hearing, get tested
May is Better-Hearing Month. It is important for overall health to take care of your sense of hearing.
Posted @ 8:04 AM
May 9, 2005
Aloft Technologies creates new headset
Aloft Technologies today announced the introduction of the world’s most comfortable, technologically advanced, lightweight aviation headset, weighing only 1.5 ounces. The Clarity Aloft Headset provides patented self-molding ear tips to achieve superior sound clarity and comfort, while providing 35-45 decibels of passive noise reduction.
Posted @ 6:27 AM
Life of interpreters means variety
It's a profession in which you might be called on to speak for a U.S. president, help deliver a baby or study for an exam you'll never take.
Posted @ 6:25 AM
Immersion in deaf culture in Kenya was eye-opening
Amber Martin attended mainstream schools while growing up in St. Paul. Martin, who is deaf, started becoming involved with the deaf community during high school.
Posted @ 6:24 AM
Easy on the ears
Got an MP3 player or a hearing aid? Or perhaps a communications headset you use while on a factory floor — or the battlefield? Robert Oliveira has some tips for you.
Posted @ 6:22 AM
May 8, 2005
From the hands of babes; infants learn to sign
Babies may not be philosophers, but they do have something on their minds. And a growing number of parents are joining baby sign-language classes to try to communicate with their children before they can speak.
Posted @ 7:28 AM
Digital music craze stores up ear trouble for iPod fanatics
Music fans have been warned to turn down or switch off their iPods amid fears the craze for MP3 players is storing up catastrophic and irreversible hearing damage for a generation.
Posted @ 2:33 AM
Hearing needs are going unheard for kids in Utah
Two years ago, Norm and Taunya Paxton discovered silence had crept into their home — a silence that would forever change their life: They learned their middle child, Chance, was profoundly deaf.
Posted @ 2:30 AM
May 7, 2005
Education of deaf kids explored
The education of deaf and hard-of-hearing children is the focus of a two-day conference that began Friday in Rochester.
Posted @ 8:16 AM
Bionic ears, please
Thousands of deaf people are being deprived of the chance to hear again, says Roger Dobson. Richard Byrnes’s life was turned upside down when he woke up one autumn morning completely deaf.
Posted @ 8:12 AM
Make sign language mandatory for teachers to learn
The deaf community wants signing to become a primary language in secondary schools and for teachers to learn Jamaica Sign Language (JSL) prior to employment.
Posted @ 8:09 AM
May 6, 2005
Seek help for speech, language, and hearing problems, advises National Health Association
Speech, language, and hearing disorders affect one in 6 Americans. A person can have a communication disorder because of a stroke, an undetected hearing loss, a stuttering problem, a head injury, a movement or muscle problem, or another disorder or problem that interferes with speaking, understanding, hearing, or reading and writing.
Posted @ 7:55 AM
Miracles a reality with modern technology
Two days before the election, the BBC reported on subtitled news that the Prime Minister was on a 'whiffle' (sic) stop tour and that the Conservative party is in favour of 'attacks' (sic) on houses.
Posted @ 7:53 AM
May 5, 2005
Eagle soars above challenges of autism
Attaining the highest rank, Eagle Scout, is an accomplishment for any Boy Scout. Only about 4 percent of Scouts reach the mark. But imagine doing so if you couldn't speak, or even understand the spoken word.
Posted @ 5:13 AM
Future's so bright, I gotta wear aids
"New Glasses, Hazel?" "Yeah, I just picked them up." "Oh, I really like them -- makes you look quite different; almost trendy!" Such a conversation is probably being repeated dozens of times a day across the country, but when will we hear, "New hearing aids, Hazel?"
Posted @ 5:01 AM
Pusan crew raising funds to help S. Korean boy improve his hearing
Workers at the U.S. Army’s Pusan Storage Facility are mounting a fresh effort to raise money to help a partially deaf South Korean youngster hear in both ears.
Posted @ 5:00 AM
Famed physician delivers Commencement address
WASHINGTON – Dr. Oliver Sacks will be the keynote speaker at Gallaudet University's 2005 Commencement.
Posted @ 4:50 AM
May 4, 2005
Marine meets his Internet deaf pen pals
Students at Kendall Demonstration Elementary School at Gallaudet University had used e-mail and a school Web log to get first-hand accounts of the insurgency in Iraq and the daily survival of a U.S. Marine stationed there.
Posted @ 6:38 AM
Virtual signer for deaf web users
Guido is the creation of University of East Anglia computer experts and animation company Televirtual.
Posted @ 6:36 AM
Award for the 'listening' bank
LLOYDS TSB has been recognised for the quality of its services for deaf and hard of hearing customers.
Posted @ 6:35 AM
May 3, 2005
Loud music can damage your hearing
If you don't want the last thing you hear to be loud music, start taking care of your hearing now.
Posted @ 4:58 PM
Cochlear implants used for serious hearing loss
Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions among older adults. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, it affects one-third of Americans older than 60 years of age and 40 percent to 50 percent of those 75 and older.
Posted @ 4:54 PM
New system helps deaf, hearing impaired
The Deaf & Hearing Services of Lake and Sumter Counties assists the deaf and hearing impaired in many different ways. The latest way is with the Sorenson System, a video relay system used by the deaf, or hearing impaired, to view the person with whom they are talking.
Posted @ 2:35 AM
No sign of Kirsty being held back by deafness
"I'm quite a loud person," says Kirsty Houston, by way of explaining her successes. It sounds a slightly strange pronouncement at first considering she is almost completely deaf.
Posted @ 2:31 AM
May 2, 2005
Device sends right signals
Inventors in the North East have developed a device set to transform the lives of thousands of people who are hard of hearing.
Posted @ 7:39 AM
Special camp delves into life choices
For nearly 50 high school and middle school students, a two-day camp that began Friday was a good excuse to get out of school.
Posted @ 7:36 AM
Kids learn life lesson with sign language
Ridgecrest choir taught to connect without a sound. Ridgecrest Elementary's fifth-grade choir members are singing a song, but not a sound is coming from their lips.
Posted @ 7:35 AM
There's no turning back once damage is done to hearing
Approximately 30 million Americans are exposed to harmful levels of noise on a regular basis, according to the American Academy of Audiology. This exposure can most certainly lead to hearing loss.
Posted @ 7:33 AM
May 1, 2005
Check hearing problems out
If you suspect your child may have hearing or speech problems, it's important to get a professional assessment as soon as possible.
Posted @ 7:44 PM
Breaking sound barrier
Football is full of sounds. The crack of helmet meeting helmet. The shrillness of the referee's whistle. The grunts of the linemen. The roar of the crowd.
Posted @ 7:42 PM
The visions that changed a church
HYMNS, personalised prayers and readings by children can make church a waste of time for people with a hearing disability.
Posted @ 7:40 PM