Awareness
Japan: International Sign language learners triple ahead of 2020 games
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- Published on 05 November 2019
signing
A drive to increase sign language skills ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games has seen interest tripled in learning to communicate with deaf visitors through the pidgin system International Sign.
Award for architect of Ireland's Cochlear Implant Programme as "outstanding global leader"
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- Published on 01 November 2019
cochlear implants
Professor Laura Viani, the founder of Ireland's National Cochlear Implant Programme has become the first winner of the new Cpl World-Class Talent Award.
A trek too far for an old soldier's cochlear implant care
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- Published on 22 October 2019
military
US veterans in need of cochlear implant (CI) care face daunting journeys to far-flung centres, with 20% of hearing-affected ex-military needing to travel over 200 miles (320km) for specialist appointments.
Scotland is first UK country to ban plastic cotton buds
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- Published on 17 October 2019
environment
Plastic cotton buds—for long used inadvisably for ear cleaning—have been banned by the Scottish Parliament.
Finally! Apple hearing aid and disability emojis on the point of rolling out
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- Published on 14 October 2019
communication
A hearing aid and deaf person icon are among long-awaited Unicode 12 emojis on the point of being released by Apple.
Spanish audiology experts stress dangers of sound amplification apps
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- Published on 16 September 2019
apps
Prolonged use of sound amplification apps such as Google's Sound Amplifier may cause hearing problems instead of easing them, warns the National Association of Audiologists of Spain (ANA).
Noise from Rugby World Cup tourism worries councils in Japan
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- Published on 16 September 2019
noise
There will be a massive roar in Japanese stadiums hosting the Rugby World Cup, which starts on Friday September 20, but it will barely compete with the street noise in the country with the world's worst acoustic pollution problem.
Games app Hearoes gives new CI users keys to recognising sounds
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- Published on 10 August 2019
hearing apps
Audiologists from Australia's Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) have helped update a recently developed app—HEAROES—designed to help new cochlear implant (CI) users adjust to their new sound environment.
Tips for travellers with hearing loss
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- Published on 07 August 2019
travel
A careful list of things to do and remember are essential for a truly bon voyage, especially if you suffer from severe hearing loss. And even better if someone with experience has made that list for you.
Pixar petitioned to market doll of Toy Story 4 cochlear implant kid
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- Published on 09 July 2019
cochlear implants
Pixar's inclusion drive in Toy Story 4 is being tested by a Spanish hearing campaigner's petition for the animation company to market a doll of a cochlear implant-wearing child character who appears briefly in the film.
