SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND — Rinri Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing a novel stem cell therapy to restore hearing, today announces that it has raised a total of £10 million) from existing investors Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF), UCB Ventures and BioCity alongside the UK Government Future Fund. The proceeds will support the development of the company’s novel stem cell […]
Despite stereotypes that people with hearing loss are elderly, many young people are born with or develop hearing loss. According to the Hearing Loss Association of America, two to three out of 1,000 babies are born with a detectable level of hearing loss, and one in five teens in the United States experience some degree […]
During the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, video calling services have become increasingly important to connect us to friends, family and work. But how do they compare for accessibility features that benefit deaf people and those with hearing loss? Jesal Vishnuram, Head of Technology at RNID, reviews eight video conferencing apps to see how they compare. https://rnid.org.uk/2020/12/how-video-conferencing-apps-compare-for-accessibility/
Diagnosed with congenital bilateral hearing loss when she was five years old, Amanda Silverwood suffers from 90% hearing loss on one side and 50% loss on the other, she is heavily dependent upon lip and face reading to communicate. In this blog post, she writes in depth about her own experiences of being a deaf […]
This month sees the beginning of Deaf Awareness Week – dedicated to spreading awareness of deaf issues and to educate and inform of best practices when dealing with hearing loss. The theme this year is ‘Coming through it together’ and the UK Council on Deafness has created some promotional materials that are now available […]