Not so long ago, Deaf children were punished for using sign language in the classroom. Recounting his experience in the 1960s, one deaf person told one of my colleagues many years later: “I had a lot of punishments for signing in classrooms… One morning at assembly, I...
A saliva test taken by parents to screen for the leading infectious cause of hearing loss in babies was feasible and well-received, according to a new study. The research led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and published in the Journal of...
The United Nations has called on Governments throughout the world to adopt practical but progressive systems to transfer resources from segregated settings/special schools into mainstream schools. In a newly published research paper, the authors examine recent...
Tinnitus Awareness Week is observed throughout the world in early February and the purpose of it is to educate the public about the symptoms of tinnitus and how it affects people. Tinnitus is the perception of noise or ringing in the ear and 20 percent of people...
We are Australia’s Hearing Health Consumer peak body and also the National Disability Representative peak. On your behalf, we are in a uniquely influential position to advise the Government on health and disability and access policy. But we are so much better with you...
Danielle Guth writes, Have you ever wondered about all the different deaf identities out there? Or have you ever felt confused about why a person identifies with a certain deaf identity? Deaf identity can be a complex concept to understand but is incredibly diverse...