An App Wants to Subtitle Life for Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Users
Much depends on the individual and their medical history, but even with cochlear implants or hearing aids, it takes concentration to decipher speech. Some sounds and words are so similar that it's extremely difficult to distinguish them. For people who rely on lip-reading, picking up every word is…#nrealair #google #xraiglass #android #ultimate #xraiglassessentials #nreal #premium #xrai (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Physical and psychological maltreatment of deaf and hard of hearing children: frequency and associated factors in a low socioeconomic setting - Marques LR, Silva MA, Pay ão LM, Silva JR, Alves JG.
Few studies have assessed frequency of maltreatment and other factors associated with maltreatment of deaf and hard of hearing children. The present study's objective was to verify the frequency of physical and psychological maltreatment and associated fac... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Russia ’ s LGBTQI ‘ Propaganda ’ Law Imperils HIV Prevention
Russia’s new law banning any promotion of what is seen as “non-traditional sexual relations” could stigmatise the LGBTQI community and put HIV/AIDS prevention at risk. By Ed HoltBRATISLAVA, Dec 16 2022 (IPS) A new law banning LGBTQI ‘propaganda’ in Russia will further stigmatise LGBTQI people in the country and could worsen what is already one of the world’s worst HIV/AIDS epidemics, critics have warned.
The legislation, approved by President Vladimir Putin at the start of this month, bans any promotion of what authorities see as “non-traditional sexual relations”.
Groups working with Russia’s LGBTQI comm...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ed Holt Tags: Asia-Pacific Editors' Choice Europe Featured Headlines Health Human Rights LGBTQ TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Russia Source Type: news
Parents of deaf child, advocates express concern as B.C. college halts only sign language program in province
The family of eight-year-old Aurelia Braun of Surrey, B.C., worry deaf students will fall behind after Douglas College pauses its Sign Language Interpreter program, the only one of its kind in the province. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - December 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Characterization of sleep among deaf individuals - Carr M, Yoo A, Guardino D, Hall WC, McIntosh S, Pigeon WR.
OBJECTIVES: Numerous health disparities are documented in deaf population research, but few empirical sleep assessments exist for this under-served population, despite knowledge that sleep contributes to physical and mental health disparities. We sought t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
From drawing nudes to knitting socks, yet more ways to beat loneliness
From choirs for the tone-deaf to community dog walks, last week The Mail on Sunday suggested innovative and inspiring ways to beat loneliness. Today we look at creative activities to enjoy. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The 'dangerous' ways people are trying to get rid of their ear wax
More than a quarter of those who have suffered from ear wax building up said they could not afford to get it removed privately, according to the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ex-minister Chloe Smith and MPs back demands for councils to teach deaf children sign language free
Mother Katie Littlejohns (left), 36, from Cornwall, started the petition after she was unable to get council funding to teach sign language to her deaf two-year-old son Alvie (right). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
40 Under 40: Allysa Dittmar, ClearMask
Dittmar is working to improve health care access for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 18, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Jessica Iannetta Source Type: news
1BILLION people under 35 are at risk of going deaf from listening to headphones too loud
An international team of academics made the estimate after reviewing more than 30 studies in 20 countries involving nearly 20,000 people aged 12 to 34. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Deaf child's mother told to quit her job to teach him sign language after council denies funding
Jack Gurney, two, from Bracknell, Berkshire was born deaf and NHS cochlear implants failed to work. Now Bracknell Forest Council have told his mother Kim, 33, to quit her job to teach him. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tanzania: Public Urged to Learn Sign Language to Facilitatae Communication With the Deaf
[Daily News] Zanzibar Deaf Association (CHAVIZA) and stakeholders have been urged to encourage learning of sign language to ensure effective communication between the people with hearing disability and general public. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 2, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
‘ We must be united for battles ahead, ’ says UNISON president
Addressing delegates at UNISON’s national disabled members’ conference in Brighton this morning, the union’s president, Andrea Egan (pictured above), told them: “We face unprecedented times – and we must emerge united for the real battles that lie ahead”.
Congratulating delegates on their work in the Year of Disabled Workers, she noted that activists had trained 100 new disabled officers for the union, which she called “a fantastic achievement.”
And that was not all: “Your work on the Disability Employment Charter has been inspirational”, said Ms Egan, “and an inspiration for the union’s for...
Source: UNISON Health care news - October 31, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News 2022 National Disabled Members Conference Andrea Egan Covid-19 long covid Source Type: news
Why the App Store ’s tone-deaf gambling ads make me worry about Apple
We've seen ads ruin the user experience of nearly every product under the sun. #apple #gamblingads (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Delegates call for help to combat the epidemic of male suicide
A busy afternoon at UNISON’s disabled members’ conference today (Sunday) was dominated by a harrowing debate on men and mental health, which heard testimony from delegates about their personal experiences of male friends or relatives who had taken their own lives.
In 2020, 75% of those who took their own lives in the UK were male, with 4,880 men and boys ending their lives – equating to 12 deaths every day of the year.
While people of all genders experience mental health problems, gender stereotypes mean that men’s mental health problems often go unnoticed.
An incredibly moving speech from one delegate, whose o...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - October 30, 2022 Category: Food Science Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News 2022 National Disabled Members Conference Human Rights Act LGBT mental health Source Type: news
