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I came across the following interesting link which may of assitance to some of us hearing loss folks who are also crazy about viewing ‘online videos’. Give it a try and relate your experiences with the younger set who can fathom out how these things are supposed to work. We would love to read yourcomments [...]

Deafness, however great and small is a cage of loneliness.  A feeling of sadness, of being left out unknown to others.  It’s a language all of it’s own unique in it’s garbled sound.  Hearing is like a distorted radio or tape playing backwards in a cassette recorder.  It’s a hurt feeling when everyone laughed at [...]

BBC has released a video that promises some exciting possibilities which will allow deaf people to go to the cinema with their friends and family. This is what BBC said: “People who are deaf or hard of hearing have long complained that going to watch a film can be an unsatisfactory experience, with subtitled films [...]

One of the questions that keeps coming up among the Hear2day community is around the issue of subtitling on DVD’s in South Africa. Why do some DVD’s have subtitles and others don’t? Why can’t all DVD’s have subtitles? It would seem that subtitles are available on nearly all DVD’s that are manufactured intentionally, but when [...]

The extraordinary Chelsea Flower Show held in London each year is a mind-blowing display of show gardens, floral displays and everything representing the world of beautiful gardens. This years show, held in May 2011 included a show garden representing the deaf, built by the Doncaster Deaf Trust. I was taken by the symbolism of the [...]

Hear2day and Mr VIDEO have partnered up in a project that has already made a significant difference to persons with hearing loss who enjoy watching DVDs, buit cannot always hear what is being said.  Now you can easily distinguish the DVDs in Mr VIDEO stored that have subtitles by looking for the green sticker – [...]

Are you worried about a constant ringing in the ear? Would you like to join an open, support workshop to learn more about this condition? Dr. Robert Sweetow, a world renowned specialist in the area of ear, nose, throat, neck and head disorders, will be visiting South Africa in the month of October 2010. This [...]

Anti Vuvuzela campaigners are urging football clubs in Britain to keep the controversial horn out of their stadiums. To some, they were the definitive sound of the World Cup, a celebration of African culture and must-have momento of this summer’s football festival; to others, they were just an irritating din. But now campaigners for hard-of-hearing [...]

Betty Glazer led an interesting discussion on Tinnitus, how it affects one’s life and how to deal with it. Pictured here are Christene Rogers, audiologist from UCT,  Andrea Lewis, our Executive Secretary and Betty Glaser. Tinnitus is a condition that can impact on one’s life and is not easy for non-sufferers to comprehend.  It also [...]

Loss of or damage to the sensory hair cells of the inner ear is the leading cause of both congenital and acquired deafness. Hair cells usually connect to nerve cells that form a pathway (called the ‘spiral ganglion’) into the brain, but if the hair cells degenerate, so does the spiral ganglion. Researchers at the [...]