Queen’s daughter-in-law takes spotlight at royal reception. This week Queen Elizabeth and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, who is married to Prince Andrew, celebrated the work of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, whose mission has been to curb avoidable blindness and empower a new...
Technology translates sound into touch sensations in real time. London-based CuteCircuit, which has been creating fashionable smart clothing since 2004, has created the “Sound Shirt,” which allows deaf people to feel live music, Dogo News reports. The fashionable jacket uses software...
Annual event is a celebration of deaf culture. Deaf Night Out gives members of both the deaf and hearing communities in Toronto the chance to connect and celebrate deaf culture and sign languages, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reports. The Halloween party event — which started three...
She kept bumping into things. Doorkins Magnificat has long been a mainstay of Southwark Cathedral, appearing on official merchandise, and has even met the Queen, the Southwark News reports. But now the famous cathedral’s cat will no longer live in the church, because her poor eyesight means...
Both parents carry genetic mutation. Yevgenievna and her husband, who is partially deaf, want to have children who will not inherit hearing problems, Science magazine reports. Yevgenievna has been deaf since birth; her husband could hear until he was 15 years old, and now uses hearing aids. They...
Researchers found damage to the part of the eye that supplies oxygen to photoreceptors. Smoking around kids may harm their vision as their eyes are still developing, according to US News & World Report. Second-hand smoke has long been linked to increased risks for cancer and stroke in adults,...
Discovery could lead to future treatment. An international group of researchers has identified the gene that acts as a key regulator for special cells needed in hearing, Newswise reports. An international group of researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), and the MRC...
With almost no vision, she learned to navigate the avenues. Actress Elizabeth Savage moved to New York City 20 years ago, knowing her vision was badly compromised by uveitis. But she was determined not to let her disability get in the way of pursuing her dreams. “I had a decent string of...
Infants exposed to sign language demonstrated strong gaze-following behavior. A research team led by the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) has found that Deaf infants exposed to American Sign Language demonstrated gaze-following behavior at a more...
Pup has raised $30,000 for special-needs animal shelters. Piglet was born deaf and blind in Georgia with 37 other puppies in a hoarding situation, People.com reports. A dachshund-Chihuahua mix, he was rescued and sent to a shelter, then adopted by Melissa Shapiro, a Connecticut veterinarian. She...
LSH was able to help. Gloria Montoya started seeing spots. “I began to notice a problem when I would enter a place that had a lot of light, like a store. I would see spots, especially with my right eye,” she told us. She couldn’t understand what was happening. She would cover one eye, then the...
At least 2.2 billion people have vision impairment or blindness. More than 1 billion people worldwide are living with vision impairment because they do not get the care they need, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. In its first World report on vision, WHO found that aging populations, ...
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