6. DEAF PARENTING UK ANNUAL CONFERENCE 4 OCTOBER 2008

Building toward empowering, enabling and supporting Deaf parents Deaf Parenting UK is pleased to announce their excellent range of speakers for our upcoming conference in Birmingham. They include Shadow Minister, Government, Department of Health, ...

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7. Deafness breakthrough as doctor grows critical cell type

The search for new therapies for deafness has taken a significant step forward after scientists successfully grew a critical type of ear cell in mammals for the first time. The achievement, by a team whose leader is himself profoundly hard of hearin...

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8. Cardiff Hosts ‘Back to the Future’ Conference

The thriving city of Cardiff played host to this year’s BDA conference on 8-9th August.  Members packed the Angel Hotel for the conference to find out future plans for the charity, which also saw Simon Wilkinson-Blake in his first public ...

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9. Deaf support DVD launched

A DEAF support group has launched a DVD to help carers understand what it is like to have a hearing impairment. Peterlee based Durham Deafened Support has created the disc to show the effects deafness can have on a person and their families and how ...

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10. Charity funds web-based service for deaf

A UK charity is making a web-based communication programme for deaf people available free to GP practices for a year. SignHealth says all GP practices can access its communication program SignTranslate free of charge until 31 July 2009 by logging on...

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