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View Post: What Do You Think of the VRS Arrests?
20 Nov 2009
I also think, unfortunately, this will harm the deaf community-many interpreters aren't getting paid. Hopefully other agencies will take up the slack but right now there are deaf and hearing interpreters at a loss for work. ...
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View Post: Deafness gene identified
10 Nov 2009 by NHS Choices  
Researchers have identified a gene that causes deafness in the elderly, The Daily Telegraph reported. It said that about four in 10 people experience a reduction in their hearing ability as they age as a result of gradually losing hair ...
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View Post: Library Grape: Health Insurance Denials May Lead to Permanent ...
19 Nov 2009 by noreply@blogger.com (Metavirus)  
In no other developed country would a girl be on “the verge of never hearing again” because a for-profit insurance company decided that its bottom line was more important than keeping a child from going deaf. Labels: Evil, Health Care, ...
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View Post: UCU - University and College Union - College lecturer compensated ...
13 Nov 2009
Malcolm Hipkin, 65, from Gateshead received damages after he was diagnosed with noise-induced deafness and tinnitus. He was exposed to excessive noise while working at Gateshead College during the 1960s and 70s. ...
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View Post: Bangor to Bobbio: Pope Benedict challenges the Deaf to bring the ...
19 hours ago by Fr Seán Coyle  
"It is", he said, "a paradigm of how the Lord works for people with hearing impairment", and he went on to refer to the passage from the Gospel of Mark in which "Jesus takes a deaf man aside and, having performed certain symbolic ...
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View Post: Healthy Hints » Blog Archive » Deafness: causes, symptoms ...
15 Nov 2009 by Simona  
Deafness is the complete or partial loss of hearing in one or both ears. The are two types of deafness: conductive deafness, caused by faulty propagation of sound from the outer to the inner ear; and sensorineural deafness, ...
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View Post: Holy Father reminds the hearing impaired they are also recipients ...
15 hours ago
Jesus not only heals physical deafness, said the Pontiff, but also the “deafness of the spirit which raises ever-higher barriers to the voice of God and of our fellow man, especially the cry for help of the poor and suffering, ...
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View Post: Beyond The Broken Spectrum » » Deafness gene discovered by scientists
16 Nov 2009 by Stephen  
Deafness gene discovered by scientists. The findings will help doctors better understand the nature of age-related decline in hearing and may lead to new therapies to prevent or treat the condition. The gene is a protein called Bak that ...
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View Post: Still too busy to prepare your eternal bedroom?_0021 on Flickr ...
5 hours ago by jaciii (off&on)  
"[There is a] deafness of the spirit, which raises ever higher barriers to the voices of God and of neighbor -- especially the cry for help from the least ones and those who suffer -- and which encloses man in a profound and corrosive ...
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View Post: Daniel Carruthers: Riding in Traffic and Deafness
10 Nov 2009 by Daniel  
Riding in Traffic and Deafness. Yesterday I visited the Hansaton Office here in Taipei to meet the Taiwanese representatives for the first time. Nicky was the main point of contact for me and assisted me with the adjustment of my ...
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