Tag Archives: Audiology

10Dec/24

People who are good at reading have different brains

Mikael Roll, Lund University

The number of people who read for fun appears to be steadily dropping. Fifty percent of UK adults say they don’t read regularly (up from 42% in 2015)
and almost one in four young people aged 16-24 say they’ve never been readers, according to research by The Reading Agency.

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26May/24

NewSound Hearing Aid Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Yes, it appears that NewSound Hearing Aids celebrated a significant milestone recently. The press release you shared details a special anniversary event they held to commemorate two decades of business. The event included the opening of a new showroom, a seminar on hearing tech advancements, and a celebratory banquet. It sounds like they’ve been around for a while and are committed to innovation in the hearing aid industry.

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20Jul/22

Love Island’s Tasha is the show’s first deaf contestant – here’s what you should know about deaf accents

Kate Rowley, UCL

I sat down to watch the first episode of this year’s Love Island with my daughter as I was told that there was a deaf contestant appearing on the show. I don’t usually watch Love Island, but as a deaf person I was intrigued to find out more about how this contestant, Tasha Ghouri, would handle being the only deaf person on the show.

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