Awareness
Is wearing face coverings making hearing problems more obvious and urgent?
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- Published on 14 January 2021
covid

Reports from different world locations suggest that the need for treatment and solutions for auditory loss is becoming more evident now that hearing-challenged persons are wearing face coverings to protect against infection.
World Report on Hearing offensive will bolster World Hearing Day
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- Published on 12 January 2021
data

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 brings another annual World Hearing Day, but this year’s event may boast more substance through the launch of a project to create global hearing databases.
A window on loneliness
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- Published on 29 October 2020
arts

Making your way in the highly skilled and competitive field of film animation isn't helped by being deprived of your hearing, but a young filmmaker born and raised in Delhi has overcome this obstacle to win international awards for his first work.
Deafness is a laughing matter in Colombia
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- Published on 05 October 2020
inclusion

The world is currently full of dampeners for those after a good laugh, but the comic spirit of the deaf community in Colombia has not been doused by either coronavirus or hearing loss.
Public voting for new Hearing Technology Innovator Awards is under way
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- Published on 02 September 2020
awards

A two-week public voting period has begun to choose the first winners in a new technological innovation awards programme launched by the online audiology site Hearing Health and Technology Matters (HHTM).
Hearing protection for workers sounds good on HS2 rail construction sites
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- Published on 21 July 2020
noise

Major construction outfits have teamed up with hearing tech developers to raise the benchmark for protecting workers against noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) on the UK's highest-profile building and engineering project.
Submissions invited for new Hearing Technology Innovator Awards
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- Published on 20 July 2020
awards

The celebration of technological innovation and achievement in the hearing industry is behind a new awards programme launched by the independent online audiology site Hearing Health and Technology Matters (HHTM).
Casting rumour augurs new high-profile deaf character in the collective imagination
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- Published on 16 July 2020
cinema

A rumoured Marvel casting call is driving speculation in the superhero cinema sphere that at least one new deaf mass-culture fantasy figure might soon be boosting awareness—in some fantastic way—of hearing loss.
India's deaf cricket internationals invited to play in 2021 World Cup
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- Published on 15 June 2020
sport

Following the disappointment of the recent cancellation of the 2020 Deaf Cricket World Cup, participating teams have now set their sights on the rescheduled event, set for October 2021 in the United Arab Emirates.
"Additional challenges" for the UK's deaf children from COVID-19
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- Published on 09 June 2020
children

The threat posed by lockdowns to the development and mental health of the UK's 45,000 deaf children has been highlighted by a featured open letter in The Guardian newspaper, signed by ten prominent hearing and paediatric health experts.