Search Results for 'Deafness'

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Majority leave festivals with ringing in their ears potentially damaging their future hearing

As the festival season comes to an end following the conclusion of Electric Picnic, research by Specsavers has revealed that 81 percent of festival goers admit they often leave such events with their ears ringing, which could be damaging to their hearing.

Time to burst the bubble — Hidden Hearing encourages public to connect through joys of sound this summer

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Due to popular demand, Hidden Hearing’s Gift of Hearing campaign is back for 2021. Ireland’s largest provider of hearing healthcare is gifting €30,000 worth of the new life changing Oticon More hearing aids to help over 60s connect through the joys of sound in May and June.

Hidden Hearing gives gift of hearing to those in need

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For many, 2020 quickly turned into living life in a bubble, missing family and friends, and relying on the goodwill of others to provide support, care, and company.

‘Ireland Unaware of Consequences of Untreated Hearing Loss’

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World Hearing Day, held on 3 March each year, aims to promote ear and hearing health and to raise awareness of how to prevent hearing loss.

Dealing with hearing loss over the festive season

Christmas is a great time for the entire family to come together and enjoy some fun moments.

Learn Irish Sign Language in class or online with Sign Language Courses

Sign Language Courses celebrates the deaf community and is pleased that Irish Sign Language or ISL is well on its way through the Seanad political stages (achieved three of five) toward achieving formal recognition. This will put the language on equal footing with Irish and English and will have legal and formal positive effects on how information is disseminated, circulated, and on how accessible formal and informal technologies such as television will be experienced, with increased number of programmes subtitled and interpreted by sign language. Services and social life in general will become more accessible. The organisation encourages the non-deaf community to participate with the deaf community so that they may experience its culture and appreciate ISL.

Learn Irish Sign Language in class or online with Sign Language Courses

Sign Language Courses celebrates the Deaf community and is pleased that Irish Sign Language or ISL is well on its way through the Seanad political stages (achieved three of five) toward achieving formal recognition. This will put the language on equal footing with Irish and English and will have legal and formal positive effects on how information is disseminated, circulated, and on how accessible formal and informal technologies such as television will be experienced, with increased number of programmes subtitled and interpreted by sign language. Services and social life in general will become more accessible. The organisation encourages the non-deaf community to participate with the Deaf community so that they may experience its culture and appreciate ISL.

Stolen Child explores Ireland’s secret history

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Hearing a story on the Gay Byrne radio show some years ago about an adopted woman meeting her birth mother for the first time after 40 years prompted two actors, Bairbre Ní Chaoimh and Yvonne Quinn, into writing a play about separation, loss, and family secrets. They called the play Stolen Child.

Council shows support to deaf community

Galway County Council has passed a motion calling on the Government to give official recognition status to Irish Sign Language.

The search is on for Galway’s ‘Hidden Hearing Heroes’

Galway entries are being sought for the ‘Hidden Hearing Heroes Awards 2014’ which honour those who make a significant, and often unheralded, contribution to society.

 

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