digtriad.com
North Carolina, USA
March 2008
Hearing Loss - Top War Disability
"The loud sounds of mortar shells going off in battle has been found to have more soldiers coming back with damage to their hearing than any other disability."
Friday, March 21, 2008
Hearing Impaired Children Learn To Enjoy Music
WCSH6 TV
Portland, Oregon
March 2008
Hearing Impaired Children Learn To Enjoy Music
"Modern technology, including hearing aids and cochlear implants, allow the kids to hear the music. And they were responding to it on Wednesday, swaying and using hand signals to represent the animals the instruments were depicting musically in the story."
Portland, Oregon
March 2008
Hearing Impaired Children Learn To Enjoy Music
"Modern technology, including hearing aids and cochlear implants, allow the kids to hear the music. And they were responding to it on Wednesday, swaying and using hand signals to represent the animals the instruments were depicting musically in the story."
Moose Antlers Act as Hearing Aids?
The Independent
London, England
March 2008
I'm thinking it's not April 1st yet...
Interesting theory emerges from study of moose antlers - may act as hearing aids!
"...the moose was already known to have excellent hearing, with ears 60 times the size of humans. Their calls can travel almost two miles, allowing the deer to communicate over long distances. But antlered bulls can locate the position of moose cows much more accurately than males without antlers or other females, suggesting the antlers play a part in hearing."
Antennaes, maybe?
London, England
March 2008
I'm thinking it's not April 1st yet...
Interesting theory emerges from study of moose antlers - may act as hearing aids!
"...the moose was already known to have excellent hearing, with ears 60 times the size of humans. Their calls can travel almost two miles, allowing the deer to communicate over long distances. But antlered bulls can locate the position of moose cows much more accurately than males without antlers or other females, suggesting the antlers play a part in hearing."
Antennaes, maybe?
Child with Cochlear Implant Stars in Childrens' Book, Wins Literary Award
Ok, so it's a baseball yarn, but still...
"RALLY CAPS is a humorous, fun-filled baseball camp story. Ten-year old Jordan is injured in a frightening baseball accident. Recovery is difficult. At summer camp, he forms a friendship with a deaf Italian boy, Luca, who wears a cochlear implant. Luca’s compelling “Nothing is Impossible” attitude, along with the inspiration from his idol, Cal Ripken Jr., gives Jordan the courage to return to baseball with a passion."
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=61752
"RALLY CAPS is a humorous, fun-filled baseball camp story. Ten-year old Jordan is injured in a frightening baseball accident. Recovery is difficult. At summer camp, he forms a friendship with a deaf Italian boy, Luca, who wears a cochlear implant. Luca’s compelling “Nothing is Impossible” attitude, along with the inspiration from his idol, Cal Ripken Jr., gives Jordan the courage to return to baseball with a passion."
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=61752
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