Before COVID-19, if you told me that I’d need to construct a tent in which to operate this year, whilst wearing spoggles and a respirator mask, I would not have believed you.
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Articles on Deafness
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The absence of BSL interpreters at daily briefings and patronising mask guidance have made a grim time even worse for some citizens.
The 30th anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act offers a chance to celebrate the greater inclusion of disabled Americans in mainstream society, but much work remains to be done.
Measures to control or reduce workplace noise exposure are critical to reducing hearing loss in workers.
Ghana urgently needs an official Ghanaian Sign Language (GSL) policy. Such a move has the potential to humanize education for people who are Deaf and alleviate the linguistic discrimination they face.
Scientists are working on technology to analyse and advise your attempts to learn sign language.
A New Zealand theatre company stages plays that blend spoken and sign language, giving audiences a chance to experience Deaf culture and identity.
The latest proposed cuts to deaf education services just fuel the deaf community’s mistrust of the ‘hearing’ authorities that wield the axe.
Yes, sign language has grammar – and it goes way beyond what you do with your hands.
We can prevent congenital deafness and intellectual disability due to cytomegalovirus by simple hygiene measures. So, why don’t pregnant women know about this?
People suffering hearing loss learn to speak through a combination of lip-reading and watching for visual clues.
Effective communication in sign language between health workers and deaf patients enhances the provision of safe and effective health care.
Deafness is a huge burden for economies and individuals. This is particularly true in developing countries. Solutions need to take into account not just costs, but the rights of individuals too.
This Masters degree sets a precedent in South Africa and gives universities that want to be truly inclusive a lot to think about.
One South African student’s experience with live captioning technology may be the start of an exciting change for deaf university students who do not use sign language.
Adding a camera that can work out where sound is coming from could make hearing aids smarter.
The world’s leading humanoid robot, ASIMO, has recently learnt sign language. The news of this breakthrough came just as I completed Level 1 of British Sign Language (I dare say it took me longer to master…
Between one and three of every 1,000 newborns will have a significant, permanent hearing loss. These babies have a six-month window of opportunity for treatment that will allow them to retain their developmental…
Professional musicians are at nearly four times the risk of noise induced hearing loss as the general population, shows a new study in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. They are also 57% more likely…
There has been huge investment into research seeking to understand dyslexia in recent years. This has led to the development of tests that can be used to diagnose dyslexia and interventions to help children…
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Literature, University of South Australia
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Audiology and Clinical Audiologist, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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Reader in Linguistics, Department of English Language and Linguistics, University of Birmingham
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Professor, University of Southern Queensland
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Honorary Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Research Group Leader, Hearing Loss Pathologies, Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
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Head of Ear Health, Telethon Kids Institute, Curtin University
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Reader in Communication and Deafness, City, University of London
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Professor of Developmental Psychology, City, University of London
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Lecturer in Language and Communication Science, City, University of London
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Reader and Course Director MSc Environmental and Architectural Acoustics, London South Bank University
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PhD student, University of Oxford
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Personal chair in cognitive computation, University of Stirling
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Director of Bruce Lefroy Centre for Genetic Health Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
