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Captioning 101 For The University Context

Realtime live captions support a broader range of attendees at university and college-hosted events like classes, sports events, guest lectures, theatre performances and student commencements at a more cost-effective price, according to UniversityBusiness.com. The problem with using ASL as a blanket solution for [deaf students] is that many hard-of-hearing students don’t know sign language. Now hearing-impaired

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Return To Lisbon For #WebSummit 2017

The annual Web Summit event – originating in Dublin, Ireland – gets dismissed by Ireland’s press but has grown into a respectable, mature conference attended by leaders, movers and shakers from the tech and other worlds. Dublin’s 2013 event was the first attended by Sound Advice, with 2014 bringing an attempt to redress the gender

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Bluetooth Stethoscopes For Doctors With Implants

Current teens with cochlear implants will like to read of Singapore-born Dr Joseph Heng and two female students, US-born Victoria Popov, with otolaryngology (ENT) in her sights, and UK-born Genevieve Khoury, in her second year of a medical degree. With clear surgical masks available for healthcare workers with hearing issues, and Bluetooth links going directly from stethoscopes

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Insights From #DublinTechSummit 2017

Dublin Tech Summit (February 15 and 16, 2017) sought to showcase Ireland’s capital city as a hub for tech talent, innovation and operations, with the female CEO, Noelle O’Reilly, keen to see women in technology represented among the 10k+ attendees and 200+ speakers. Hands-on tech interactions and conversation opportunities in the exhibition hall and coffee areas perfectly complemented the

AVT Prepares Deaf Children For Mainstream School

Infant detection of child deafness, auditory verbal therapy and preschool are the bedrock for children to enjoy learning in mainstream classrooms at their local schools. Spoken-language #earlyintervention is crucial. https://t.co/6on5JEWjJ5. @ShepherdCentre — Caroline Carswell (@soundadvice_pro) February 13, 2017 Early Hearing Response Is Paramount As early-interventionist Pamala Cross explains, the 1-3-6 elements in this approach are:

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Jacoti: Hearing Apps With A Universal Design

Jacoti BBVA, the cloud-based hearing applications provider from which consumer electronics firms can license IP-protected solutions, is a contender in the Global Mobile Awards 2017. Mobile device users use the Jacoti Hearing Suite to customise and monitor their hearing experience, with typical hearing or to achieve sound amplification with(out) hearing device/s. Digital hearing-aids and cochlear implants can be connected

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‘Spend To Save’ On Hearing Conditions (UK)

Just recently, The Ear Foundation launched its “Spend To Save” Europe-wide report to confirm the real cost of hearing loss and how access to today’s [hearing] technology across Europe, can transform individual lives and save public funds. Actual figures put the UK’s total loss from not making hearing technology available, at the €30 billion mark when

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Why Sound Advice Is Not A Charity

Several factors shaped our 2014 move to restructure the IDK (Irish Deaf Kids) venture from a dual-registered entity with CRO and CHY status, into Sound Advice as a sole tradership. Professionalising The Venture Between 2007 and 2014 (Ireland’s recession years), the professionalism underpinning the IDK venture went unseen, despite the founder’s past exposure to digital transformation within the publishing and corporate

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Mentoring At #HackAccessDublin 2016

Earlier this year, Sound Advice was invited to mentor hackers at the first #HackAccessDublin hackathon (November 2016) to find solutions to make Dublin more accessible to everyone. With Transport the 2016 theme, the engineers, designers and makers got insights from diverse Solution Enablers (the mentors), to ensure a universal design for all the solutions. Engagement and

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Patient-Led Innovations At #EH2030

Ireland – the latest country in Europe to move its healthcare system to the cloud – held its first Health Innovation Week from November 19 to 24, 2016 with speakers ranging from chief information officers in healthcare from the UK and Ireland, to patients and innovators. Disrupting Healthcare Systems Healthcare is (positively) disrupted when innovation is

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