Hear2day is a South African based non-profit organization for hearing impaired persons and our families and friends. I hope you find our website a useful and friendly place to visit and invite you to give us your views and advice by commenting on the blogs and articles below. Visit other parts of the website to learn about us and freely use any of the information we have made available. We hold regular meetings and provide support for hard of hearing individuals. Join us today.
- Anthony Abrahamson (Chairperson)
BBC has released a video that promises some exciting possibilities which will allow deaf people to go to the cinema with their friends and family. This is what BBC said: “People who are deaf or hard of hearing have long complained that going to watch a film can be an unsatisfactory experience, with subtitled films [...]
One of the questions that keeps coming up among the Hear2day community is around the issue of subtitling on DVD’s in South Africa. Why do some DVD’s have subtitles and others don’t? Why can’t all DVD’s have subtitles? It would seem that subtitles are available on nearly all DVD’s that are manufactured intentionally, but when [...]
The extraordinary Chelsea Flower Show held in London each year is a mind-blowing display of show gardens, floral displays and everything representing the world of beautiful gardens. This years show, held in May 2011 included a show garden representing the deaf, built by the Doncaster Deaf Trust. I was taken by the symbolism of the [...]
Hear2day and Mr VIDEO have partnered up in a project that has already made a significant difference to persons with hearing loss who enjoy watching DVDs, buit cannot always hear what is being said. Now you can easily distinguish the DVDs in Mr VIDEO stored that have subtitles by looking for the green sticker – [...]
Are you worried about a constant ringing in the ear? Would you like to join an open, support workshop to learn more about this condition? Dr. Robert Sweetow, a world renowned specialist in the area of ear, nose, throat, neck and head disorders, will be visiting South Africa in the month of October 2010. This [...]
Anti Vuvuzela campaigners are urging football clubs in Britain to keep the controversial horn out of their stadiums. To some, they were the definitive sound of the World Cup, a celebration of African culture and must-have momento of this summer’s football festival; to others, they were just an irritating din. But now campaigners for hard-of-hearing [...]
Betty Glazer led an interesting discussion on Tinnitus, how it affects one’s life and how to deal with it. Pictured here are Christene Rogers, audiologist from UCT, Andrea Lewis, our Executive Secretary and Betty Glaser. Tinnitus is a condition that can impact on one’s life and is not easy for non-sufferers to comprehend. It also [...]
Loss of or damage to the sensory hair cells of the inner ear is the leading cause of both congenital and acquired deafness. Hair cells usually connect to nerve cells that form a pathway (called the ‘spiral ganglion’) into the brain, but if the hair cells degenerate, so does the spiral ganglion. Researchers at the [...]
(Daniel Ho on June 10, 2010) Not sure if you have the same problem, but I had a hard time looking for the right phone, desktop (wired) or handphone after I had my first CI (2004). My daily routine office work involves frequent calling and receiving calls from customers. Initially, I shy away from phone [...]
MTN has the launched the HearIt Mobile Bluetooth Accessory for customers who are hearing aid users. The HearIt Mobile makes it possible to receive sound from the mobile phone directly in the hearing aid as the sound from the mobile is transmitted to the HearIt mobile via Bluetooth. The HearIt mobile transmits the sound to [...]
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