Audiology isn’t Sarah Sparks’s first career, Healthy Hearing reports. But her previous one “did not feel to me as though it was my permanent calling in life,” she told interviewer Medeleine Burry. She spent some time soul searching for more fulfilling work — and that led her to audiology. “I...
An endangered bird is threatening plans for wind and solar projects in India, Bloomberg News reports. The majestic Indian bustard is massive, making it slow to maneuver in flight and it has poor frontal vision. On the flat grasslands of India’s western borders, it often ends up in fatal collisions...
Roy Trafalski, Founder and Executive Director of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Educational Athletic Foundation (DHHEAF), will be speaking to the Long Beach/Lakewood Chapter of Hearing Loss Association of America virtual Zoom meeting, on Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 6:30 p.m., the Orange County Breeze...
Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie is making progress on her long road to recovering her full eyesight, PEOPLE Magazine reports. She first experienced vision loss in one eye after her then 2-year-old son Charley threw a toy train in her direction. Now, 18 months later, she says there’s been...
Like most of you these days, I’m sure, I’m really looking forward to getting back to normal life. It’s so good to be able to see the people I’ve been missing, and now that I’ve gotten my COVID vaccine, I’m feeling so much better about venturing out in public....
A deaf campaigner is taking legal action against the government, complaining that it failed to provide in-person British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters at Covid briefings, BBC News reports. Katherine Rowley, 36, from Leeds, says the government breached its obligations under the Equality Act to...
A non-contact laser imaging system could help doctors diagnose and treat eye diseases that cause blindness much earlier than is now possible, Science Daily reports. The new technology, developed by engineering researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada, is designed to detect signs of...
Last week the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors launched a pilot program at Torrance Beach to alert deaf swimmers in emergencies, the Los Angeles Times reports. County officials equipped two buildings and lifeguard towers with the Beach Emergency Evacuation Lights System...
As Cataract Awareness Month is celebrated in June, it’s important to know how cataracts affect more than eyesight, according to doctors at the WK Eye Institute in Shreveport, Louisiana. Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide, but are easily treatable through surgery —...
Last week, I gave you some good news: we’ve been able to help more people than ever this year, despite all the hassles with the pandemic. But I still feel a bit frustrated, because we could be helping so many more! Many of our new clients are those who need assistance with their hearing, and...
If you’re feeling a little unsteady on your feet, it’s not just in your head. It might actually be in your ears, Keck Medicine of USC reports. Dizziness after a boat trip, an amusement park ride or spinning in a circle are common experiences. But if you feel like you’ve just gotten off a roller...
An elderly sheepdog in the UK who could no longer work after becoming deaf can now continue rounding up flocks after her new owners taught her sign language, Wales Online reports. After Peggy became deaf, her handler could no longer communicate with her, and she was handed over to the RSPCA. But...
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