How a common virus can ruin your hearing

The concert at the Royal Albert Hall promised to be a wonderful evening, but a short way into the performance of the British National Orchestra of Wales, Michael Berkeley fled his seat in despair.
He had recently lost most of his hearing as a result of a cold virus, and now the composer and Radio 3 presenter was struggling to cope with his new hearing aids: loud, percussive notes were distorted, chords sounded as if they clashed, and the lightness of the flute was completely lost.

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Source: The Daily Mail


 

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More than half of dolphins may be deaf

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Movie theatre sued for lack of services for hard of hearing

A Connecticut advocacy group for the hearing-impaired has filed a lawsuit against a movie theater chain for failing to provide accommodation for deaf and hard of hearing movie patrons.

The suit was filed last week in U.S. District Court in Connecticut against Bow Tie Cinemas, which operates 12 theater complexes in Connecticut and also has cinemas in six other states.

The lead plantiff is the Connecticut Association of the Deaf, which is being represented on a pro bono basis by attorneys at McCarter & English. The Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and the National Association of the Deaf are also backing the plaintiffs. The claim is being brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits businesses from discriminating based on disability and requires reasonable efforts to make services accessible.

The plaintiffs say that deaf people who attempted to go to Bow Tie theaters in Hartford and West Hartford were told that the captioning devices that make the movies accessible to deaf patrons were either unavailable or did not work. To read more in the Connecticut Law Tribune, please follow this link. Source: Connecticut Law Tribune 

Deaf President Now: 25 Years

Twenty-five years ago, an American university saw one of the greatest student uprising in history, a protest that attracted supporters worldwide.
They weren't protesting a war or globalization or a jobless economy.
The students, faculty and alumni were holding a relatively silent protest given their circumstances.
They were protesting the fact that once again, the Board of Governors was appointing a person who could hear to the post of President of Gallaudet University, the world's only university dedicated to educating deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
The movement was called Deaf President Now, and it is seen as the most significant event in the lives of people who are deaf and hard of hearing. After the university folded its hand and appointed its first Deaf President, the mindset of people living in a silent world changed.
Suddenly, they saw possibilities for themselves.
Suddenly, they realized that they could insist upon a better future for themselves and their families.
Because of the Deaf President Now, there are CEOs of companies who are deaf or hard of hearing.
There are more schools for the deaf that teach American Sign Language.
There are also advocacy groups working to make the world better and safer for those who suffer from hearing loss.
But it's a tough road and there is so much more to do.
Deaf children are still being educated in classrooms where they are set up for failure.
People are still dying because governments will not push the building industry to install visual smoke alarms.
Only now, 25 years later, is the Government of Canada, through the CRTC making available emergency 911 texting for deaf or hard of hearing individuals.
On the anniversary of Deaf President Now, it's time to reflect and move forward.
If only by inches.
Congratulations, one and all.