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 [...]
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