At The Rim

A new play. Helen Keller, who at 19 months old was felled by a disease that made her both deaf and blind, and to Anne Sullivan, a young woman who had herself been blind until her sight was partially restored after nine surgeries, and had grown up in an...

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Here raises an interesting point, that may well reflect on any case that involves the deaf and sign language using person. If the evidence is all given in sign language, then you cannot insist the jury is au fait WITH sign language so can follow that evidence ? ...

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We love ze French Humour.. non ? où sont les sous-titres?...

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It's not often I print anything to do with this despicable anti-deaf charity in the UK, but here, it speaks for itself."The RNID has confirmed that its benefits casework team is to be axed, despite what it refers to as “some opposition” from inside and outside the organisation. The move...

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It must be true as near all deaf charities in the UK are run by them, and it's not the UK in-isolation either but across the world deaf are not interested in running their own show any more. Is it not time to stop moaning hearing are running things...

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From an British, newspaper item.Common painkillers 'increase risk of hearing loss' Regular use of common painkillers like aspirin and paracetamol can significantly increase the risk of hearing loss, according to a new study. Millions of Britons are thought to take aspirin every day in the hope of warding off...

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Bienvenida del País de Gales. Hola, este es Melow M. Espero que usted puede seguir algunos de mis blogs en español. Por favor. Tenga en cuenta, estoy usando un sistema de traducción en línea que estoy libre de errores gramaticales. Mis intereses son sordos mayoría de las cosas, se adquiere...

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Deaf children 'being failed by local authorities'This BBC report says deaf children are at risk of "less than optimum outcomes" Almost two-thirds of local authorities in England are failing deaf children and their families, research suggests. The University of Manchester study of 57 authorities found 60% did not view deaf...

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The Disability Discrimination Act (UK). The Act says that it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a disabled/Deaf person, but it also forbids advert for jobs best suited for deaf people in the deaf support areas, because it doesn't allow hearing people a free run at jobs in...

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Deaf children with cochlear implants report similar quality of life to that of normal-hearing kidsDALLAS – Feb. 25, 2010 – Profoundly deaf children with cochlear implants to help them to hear rate their quality of life equal to their normal-hearing peers, according to new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center...

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Mostly my blogs and comments tend to be erm... direct at issues ! I usually spare neither my acquired deaf sector or the cultural one if I feel strongly about an issue, and charity plugs are guaranteed to push my buttons ! but recently I WAS shocked (Unusual for...

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A deaf South African cleaner and his family who won 91 million rand (USD 11.82 million) in a lottery have fled their home after hordes of relatives, friends and strangers besieged them to ask for money. South African media reported that 52-year-old Cape Town hardware store cleaner Stanley Philander and...

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It is true Hearing aids of some types certainly contribute to a more rapid deterioration of actual hearing,as do the plethora of 'hearing amplifiers', that "Let you hear a whisper at 20 feet away". These 'amplifiers' are plugged incessantly to older people who are losing hearing. It is important that...

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Well it is Valentine's Day here...Marvin and Ruth Marcial prove that being deaf is not a hindrance in finding one true love. The couple outside their home in Virginia, USA.What makes a love story great?Literature can give us a number of stories that can make our hearts either flutter or...

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Well, they said it.......

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Note the way the captions are used......

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IS sign language acquisition in Acquired and deafened people after formative years affecting speech ? The recent re-showing on the BBC's SEE HEAR program of the deaf brain showed us,that brain areas that are usually designated for speech/language in born deaf were utilized by the brain for signing. ...

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Deaf people can communicate face-to-face with mental health advisers using a webcam like this.Mental health advisers use sign language on line to give support to deaf people in cases of stress, depression or suicidal thoughts...People who are deaf are almost twice as likely to experience a mental health problem as...

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Scientists in Japan have created a smoke detector for deaf people which warns them with the smell of wasabi. Boffins from Shiga University of Medical Science say they needed to come up with a way of waking deaf people if they were asleep.The problem was that 50 percent of fire...

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David Nelson got the bad news about his wife in December 2005. He just didn't know it.For three months, the Nelsons met with doctors at North Memorial Medical Center, but they weren't aware Mary Ann was dying of cancer. In fact, they thought she was doing well enough in her...

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Should deaf people be refusing to support text-deaf relay services, on the grounds they are entitled to use the telephone direct the same as other people ? given deaf relay services take longer and cost us more too, are deaf allowing others to exploit our deafness ? and does...

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Kudos to Fintan for this, brilliant......

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(Excerpts from a blog diary of abuse on a deaf family).It seems that the law is against getting things done isn't it ? I'm not one for meetings anymore, I did years of it, and know they are impotent and pointless optionsanyway. I am encouraged some judges now support our...

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