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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
Sound Advice’s ‘Ability Personified’ Video Opens To Votes
Ireland’s annual ‘Better Together‘ campaign allows third-sector entities and initiatives to highlight their social-impact on a portal website that engages the public to understand and support the vital work these organisations do. Sound Advice has submitted a two-minute version of the six-minute video won in a CSR give-away in 2012 by Tailored Films. The production
Lip-Reading Training Benefits From Technology
A new study by the University of East Anglia (UEA) suggests computers are now better at lip-reading than humans. The performance of a computer based lip-reading system was compared to that of 19 human lip-readers. Results showed the computerised system was over 50% better at recognition than the humans completing the same task. Simultaneously, the
Teacher’s Story: Deaf Students In Adult Education
More and more deaf students are being taught in third-level classes, some mainstream and others not. Here, Sinead Quealy, from Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), shares her experience of teaching a group of adult deaf students. Her experience may help lecturers who teach deaf students. I taught adults for three years in Waterford City VEC. During
Web Technologies Make Storytelling Inclusive
Twelve UK publishers are using web technologies to present contemporary childrens’ books in sign language with audio, animation and text in a GBP1.5 million project to improve literacy levels among deaf children. The project, www.signedstories.com, offers a free online library of signed books for deaf children to develop their literacy & language skills, whether signed
eBook: Teaching A Deaf Child To Hear And Speak
Edited by Caroline Carswell