Hear2day is a South African based non-profit organization for hearing impaired persons and our families and friends. I hope you find our new 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)
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 [...]
Today I called Vodacom on their Specific Needs number, 12580, and spoke with a Call Centre consultant, named Mapoma. She informed me that Vodacom only offer specific phones for people who have a visual impairment e.g. blind or low vision, they do not offer any products for people with a hearing loss e.g. phones that [...]
An interesting article today on Sport24 about the effect that Vuvuzelas could have on your hearing over the 2010 World Cup (or any time for that matter). Researchers have produced evidence, based on tests at a soccer match with blaring vuvuzelas, that the sound level inside a 2010 stadium could lead to permanent hearing damage. [...]
Our first general meeting of 2010 was a great success. The evening provided an opportunity for all our members to re-acclimatize and get back into the swing of things after an extended break over the festive season. We were fortunate enough to receive a presentation by Patrick Holkins who is the founder of Hear. Now. [...]
We recently heard about a new online store that is supplying hearing accessories to the hearing impaired community in South Africa. HearAbility is an independent company which was recently founded by two people who care about those who deal with the issue of hearing loss on a daily basis – a mother of a hearing-impaired [...]
My name is Beveley Crouts-Knipe.I am a 35year old professional with a profound hearing impairment. Since the age of 13 my hearing started declining; a decline that became more progressive from the age of 25. It is assumed that working stress caused this increased activity. Hearing Aids became a must from the age of 22. [...]
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