News

Ex-footballer campaigns to change attitudes to deafness

Nov 5th, 2009 | By Steve | Category: News

Pompey football legend Alan Knight spent years struggling to hear conversations. But now hearing aids have transformed his life and he is campaigning to change attitudes to deafness.
‘That John Westwood has got a lot to answer for,’ smiles Knight, recalling the hundreds of times he would be subjected to the loud ringing bell of the [...]



Deaf soldier wins £330K damages from Ministry Of Defence

Aug 13th, 2009 | By Steve | Category: News

A soldier has won £330,000 from the Ministry of Defence for hearing loss, after being told not to wear earplugs during a training exercise to make it more “battle realistic”. Charles Bradlaugh was left with hearing loss and tinnitus.
Mr Bradlaugh, 22, was a cadet when colleagues started firing before he could find earplugs or alert [...]



Lip Reader – a book about hearing loss by Shanna Groves

May 22nd, 2009 | By Steve | Category: News

Shanna Groves was diagnosed with progressive hearing loss at the age of 27 after the birth of her first child. She has written about her hearing journey in Hearing Loss Magazine, The Kansas City Star, MOMSense, and the book A CUP OF COMFORT FOR NURSES(Adams Media). LIP READER is her second book and her first [...]



US hearing loss approaching epidemic proportions

Apr 12th, 2009 | By Steve | Category: News

One of three US adults already suffers from some degree of hearing loss and the use of personal stereos and an aging population may create a hearing impairment epidemic, according to a study carried out by a team of scientists at Johns Hopkins University.
The researchers estimated that 55 million Americans have hearing loss in one [...]



Evie, 7, youngest person to get a hearing dog

Apr 6th, 2009 | By Steve | Category: News

Deaf seven-year-old Evie Crook has a new best friend – a specially trained hearing dog.
Evie is the youngest person to get an assistance dog and her confidence is starting to skyrocket. Since getting Gem she is sleeping in her own bed for the first time and is much more chatty, her parents say. “I love [...]