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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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