Scotland’s 3,300 deaf children are facing a growing education crisis that is leaving their futures hanging in the balance, according to new research Full article from National Deaf Children’s Society is available here.
Using genetic tools in mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have identified a pair of proteins that precisely control when sound-detecting cells, known as hair cells, are born in the mammalian inner ear. The proteins, described in a report published June 12 in eLife, may hold a key to future therapies to restore […]
We welcome Clear Audio Systems Ltd to our Association as our newest member! We look forward to working with them.
The AGM will be held on 14 November at 3pm-4pm (GMT) and all IHLMA members are invited to attend. This will be a remote dial-in meeting and please advise Ros at admin@ihlma.org.uk if you wish to attend, so she can send you the details on how to access the meeting.
Although the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities of the United Nations has been in effect since 2008, people with disabilities still struggle with barriers in their daily lives. The commissioner for people with disabilities of the German Government recently demanded further efforts in the realm of inclusion to further improve the situation […]