WATCH: Moment deaf girl is given gift of SOUND as her mother tells of 'miracle' implants which have transformed her daughter's life
EXCLUSIVE: Chloe Ring from Exeter was born with dual sensory loss, she was deaf and blind. But at the age of 14 months she underwent an operation to have cochlear implants fitted. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 6, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Photos: NAD Board of Directors Meeting in Florida
Have a look through over 100 photos that show highlights from the NAD Board of Directors' visit in St. Augustine, Florida in January 2014. The visit included a campus tour on the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, a meet and greet with the Florida Association of the Deaf Board of Directors, and a successful Town Hall that was held on the last night of their visit! (Source: National Association of the Deaf)
Source: National Association of the Deaf - February 6, 2014 Category: Audiology Authors: admin Source Type: news
Guidance for hospital staff treating deafblind children
Guidance has been published to help hospital staff care for children with multi-sensory impairments. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - September 3, 2013 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Babies will be born deaf and blind if teenagers don't get MMR to prevent rubella timebomb, warns leading scientist
Professor Colin Blakemore, former chief executive of the Medical Research Council, is urging teenagers who missed their jabs in childhood to get vaccinated. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Babies will be born blind if teens don't get MMR jab, scientist warns
Failing to vaccinate teenagers with the MMR jab will lead to babies being born deaf and blind, a leading scientist has warned. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - May 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: deaf blind babies mmr jab Source Type: news
Baby disabled after jaundice error
A baby was left deaf and blind because a trainee midwife did not recognise signs of jaundice within days of his birth, a health trust admits. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - May 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NAD and AADB respond to Belgium’s Euthanasia of Deaf-Blind Twins
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), the premier civil rights organization for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States, and the American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB), the national consumer organization dedicated to the rights of the deaf-blind community, join forces to express their grave concerns that a national government has failed to provide meaningful support in life for its citizens, particularly those who are deaf and becoming blind as well as taking on other disabilities.
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Source: National Association of the Deaf - January 20, 2013 Category: Audiology Authors: admin Source Type: news
