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“114, am I listening?” : An emergency number for the deaf and hard of hearing
News Published on 05/10/2024 at 12:01 p.m. updated on 05/10/2024 at 12:01 p.m. Reading 2 min. “114, am I listening?”: a man appears on Angélique’s screen and talks with her…
Deaf and hard of hearing excluded from Paralympic Games, the reason is surprising
Deaf and hard of hearing athletes are not present in Paris for the Paralympic Games. The Paralympic Games officially opened on August 28 and run until September 8 in Paris,…
Scientists think they’ve found what made Beethoven deaf, it’s something almost everyone does
Beethoven is said to have become deaf because of a bad habit that many people have today. Ludwig van Beethoven is well known for being a musical prodigy despite being…
Born deaf, these children can now dance to music thanks to new gene therapy
News Published on 06/06/2024 at 6:18 p.m. Updated 06/06/2024 at 6:18 p.m. Reading 3 min. Suffering from profound deafness, 5 children were able to benefit from gene therapy in both…
Born deaf, Opal can now hear her mother’s whispers thanks to revolutionary gene therapy
News Published on 05/10/2024 at 3:29 p.m. Updated 05/10/2024 at 3:29 p.m. Reading 3 min. Suffering from profound deafness, Opal Sandy was able to benefit from revolutionary gene therapy before…
This hearing test tells you in 30 seconds if you’re starting to go deaf
Just press the “pause” button when you no longer hear sounds. Hearing problems don’t just affect older people. On the contrary, very early on, hearing can be negatively impacted. A…
New treatment allowed deaf children to hear
Photos from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia show 11-year-old Aissam Dam completing a hearing test, raising his hand for every sound he hears. It is Chinese researchers who, since 2022,…
New treatment allowed deaf children to hear
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen An 11-year-old boy who was born deaf has now started hearing after being treated with gene therapy in October 2023. Photo: Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia/AP/TT…
Born deaf, child hears for the very first time thanks to gene therapy
News Published on 01/24/2024 at 4:38 p.m. Updated 01/24/2024 at 4:38 p.m. Reading 2 min. Thanks to a clinical trial carried out in the United States, Aissam Dam, an 11-year-old…
Gamers risk becoming deaf. Remember to turn down the volume on children’s headphones!
News Published on 01/18/2024 at 5:34 p.m. Updated 01/18/2024 at 5:34 p.m. Reading 3 min. Video game players risk irreversible hearing loss by being exposed to sound levels above permitted…