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The children of Kilkenny and the south-east region need a second level school for deaf so that they can continue to live at home during their second level education.

The Centre for Sign Language Studies — formerly known as the Conroy School of ISL — was established in 2001 to develop a centre of excellence in the west of Ireland for the study of the deaf community and Irish Sign Language and to provide consultation and advice, interpreting, and translation services.

Following the opening of the new state-of-the-art hearing clinic Hidden Hearing this week, Kilkenny people now have the country’s most technologically advanced hearing clinic at their disposal.

A unique community hearing service is now available at seven Irish centres, including Galway.

Children with ear problems are unable to access audiograms in Kilkenny as public patients, as there is no audiologist available.

The use of Ipods and listening to loud music is one of the main sources of hearing problems in young people.

Blindness, they say, cuts you off from things. Deafness cuts you off from people. The ability to communicate is one of the things that makes us human, yet many people go through life with impaired hearing and do little or nothing about it. If we needed glasses, we would see an optician, but when we need a hearing aid, not everyone will see an audiologist.

Blindness, they say, cuts you off from things. Deafness cuts you off from people. The ability to communicate is one of the things that makes us human, and yet many people go through life with impaired hearing and do little or nothing about it. If we needed glasses, we would see an optician. But when we need a hearing aid, not everyone will see an audiologist.

Falling on Deaf Ears

Falling on Deaf Ears