This Masters degree sets a precedent in South Africa and gives universities that want to be truly inclusive a lot to think about.
Articles on Deafness
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One South African student’s experience with live captioning technology may be the start of an exciting change for deaf university students who do not use sign language.
Adding a camera that can work out where sound is coming from could make hearing aids smarter.
The world’s leading humanoid robot, ASIMO, has recently learnt sign language. The news of this breakthrough came just as I completed Level 1 of British Sign Language (I dare say it took me longer to master…
Between one and three of every 1,000 newborns will have a significant, permanent hearing loss. These babies have a six-month window of opportunity for treatment that will allow them to retain their developmental…
Professional musicians are at nearly four times the risk of noise induced hearing loss as the general population, shows a new study in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. They are also 57% more likely…
There has been huge investment into research seeking to understand dyslexia in recent years. This has led to the development of tests that can be used to diagnose dyslexia and interventions to help children…
A period of temporary blindness has been shown to dramatically improve hearing in adult mice. New research has demonstrated…
Australian researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which a rare genetic mutation causes premature deafness in people in their early twenties, paving the way for early detection for this type of hearing…
I have a favourite café that I have patronised regularly for many years. It’s often crowded and noisy and, until this year, I coped with that by taking my coffee early – before the café ambience became…
The ears on a South American rainforest katydid’s legs work nearly the same way human ears do, a new study has found, showing that animal groups as apparently unrelated as mammals and insects have evolved…
Research needs to be presented carefully to not mislead the community. It’s worrying when information is taken out of context by the media for a news item that may only run for one day. But this is exactly…
Early exposure to both sign and spoken language has been proven to maximise cognitive and linguistuic skills in deaf children…
Telstra’s Business Women of the Year awards are not usually known for attracting controversy. So, few people were prepared for the outrage that was sparked last week by Queensland winner, Dimity Dornan…
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Associate professor, Adelaide University
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Audiology and Clinical Audiologist, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University
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Director of Bruce Lefroy Centre for Genetic Health Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Research Group Leader, Hearing Loss Pathologies, Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne
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York Research Chair in Stigmatization & Social Identity, Associate Professor of Organization Studies, York University, Canada
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Head - Audiology Division, Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology School of Human and Community Development, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral Scientist, Virology Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW
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