The Masonic Charitable Foundation has awarded charity Action on Hearing Loss nearly £80,000 to fully fund a pioneering research project investigating a largely unexplored hearing disorder and helping to diagnose the condition, which could affect up to 10 per cent of children and explain poor school performance. The £79,500 donation from the Masonic Charitable Foundation will be funding a three year ... Read More »
Stephen Hill, former Chair of Trustees at Action on Hearing Loss, was awarded an OBE for services to people with hearing problems and charity in the New Year Honours list announced today. Over his eight years on the Board, including the past three as Chair, Stephen oversaw a period of rapid growth at Action on Hearing Loss, including expansion of ... Read More »
Listeners in a noisy situation benefit from facing slightly away from the person they are listening to, turning one ear towards the speech, concludes a study by Cardiff University, funded by UK charity Action on Hearing Loss (RNID). This listening tactic was found to be especially beneficial for cochlear implant users who typically struggle in noisy social settings such as ... Read More »
A widely used anti-cancer drug, cisplatin, can cause permanent and severe hearing loss, having a devastating impact on the quality of life for cancer survivors. In a new Hearing Progress report launched today, Action on Hearing Loss highlights a new research study it is funding to urgently discover ways of preventing this life changing side-effect. Cisplatin causes the sensory hair cells ... Read More »
New research funded by the charity Action on Hearing Loss has taken scientists a step closer to finding a treatment for one of the most common causes of hearing loss among young adults following the discovery of a new gene which causes otosclerosis. Otosclerosis, a hereditary condition which affects 1 in 200 people resulting in conductive hearing loss, is associated ... Read More »
Nearly a third of deaf or hard of hearing adults surveyed say a lack of access puts them off using day-to-day service providers. HSBC and first direct are launching a British Sign Language Video Relay Service (VRS) in the UK. The move will make it easier for the deaf community who use British Sign Language (BSL) to communicate with the ... Read More »
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