"We have many
hard of hearing customers in Bath and always want to make their experience as brilliant as possible, and we hope Signsbury's will help better their time in store even more."
Research reports that even for students with a mild hearing loss (15-25 dB), the average delay in vocabulary and other language skills is over one year compared to hearing peers; the
hard of hearing child performs two to three years behind hearing students on standardized academic tests; and, are commonly held back from grade promotion by an average of one and half grades.
In addition, the Council has oversight of outreach efforts in the State, and the Council has the authority to enter into pilot projects to promote telecommunications services for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing in Maine.
Les Jones, inset, head of community safety, said: "It's vital that people who are deaf or
hard of hearing ensure they have the right smoke alarm technology in their home.
Sue McLeod, of Bedlington, Northumberland, was presented with Action on Hearing Loss' Champions the Cause Award to mark her tireless commitment in providing vital information and support to people who are deaf or
hard of hearing in the region.
In 2010 Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service carried out more than 10,000 home fire safety checks, 138 of those were for residents who were deaf or
hard of hearing.
When an audio page is made from the airport's Information and Paging Office, the same message is posted in text form for travellers who are deaf or
hard of hearing. Messages scroll across the bottom of weather screens, located next to the flight information displays, and are also posted to a "paging history" screen at the airport's information booths.
"I had been a local leader in the HOH (
hard of hearing) world and strongly connected with the deaf world, but I had not realized fully how devastating severe hearing loss would be to me."
Joseph Hospital has agreed to improve its interpretation services for deaf patients after being accused of failing to communicate properly with people who are
hard of hearing. In a settlement reached with the U.S.
Boutin and Wilson (2009) analyzed FY 2004 data from the VR program on more than 20,000 consumers who were deaf and
hard of hearing and who obtained employment in either professional, technical, and managerial occupations or in all other classifications of occupations.
Signs4Life are setting up introductory courses in sign language to equip people in communicating with the deaf and
hard of hearing community.
The FCC has approved PhoneCaption, American Network, Inc.'s telephone captioning service for the deaf and
hard of hearing. This new, patent-pending technology allows users to see captions of their conversations while talking on the phone.