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...
A new generation of supplements have become a billion-dollar business, boasting antioxidants that slow the development of macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness CTV News in Toronto reports. These carotenoids, like lutein, zeaxanthin and meso-zeaxanthin, reduce the risk of macular...
More than 90 per cent of deaf children are born to hearing parents, who often have no prior knowledge of the complex world they’ve been thrust into, SBS News reports. Natasha and Marc Kenney’s first daughter Amelie was born deaf, and their first reaction was shock. “It’s like being in a newborn...
Vivian Stancil was 50 years old, blind, weighed 320 pounds and was afraid of the water. That’s when she did something that might sound shocking to those who don’t know her but makes perfect sense to those who do: She decided to take up swimming. When she was 50, Vivian’s doctor warned her...
A bank manager in the UK was fired after helping a visually impaired customer open his mail, BBC News reports. Nadia Begum lost her job at a branch of Lloyds in Oxford after helping Clifford Weedon, 86, with tasks as his eyesight worsened. Lloyds defended its decision, saying it was based on...
A jury in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s federal court has convicted an Indiana woman of scamming deaf and elderly people across the country and elsewhere of about $1.2 million, the York Dispatch reports. The victims include an elderly couple who sent Donna L. Summerlin a total of about...
Although aerosol transmission is considered the primary cause of COVID-19 infection, a study published last month by researchers at Mount Sinai indicates that the virus may also be transmitted through the eye, the American Journal of Managed Care reports. Researchers examined adult human eye...
Have you been keeping up with our daily news stories? Each day, here on our website and on our Facebook page, we post stories about the latest developments in the fields of sight and hearing. And recently, there’s been some news that it’s almost hard to believe. Just this week we...
Thanks to two deaf employees, the Amazon site in Schodak, New York has put a greater focus on becoming inclusive to people who are deaf or hearing impaired, WRGB TV reports. CBS6 spoke with the employees and two American Sign Language Interpreters, Amy Sobel and Doug Rime, to hear about their...
A woman from Bedford in the UK has had her sight saved in the world’s first robotic surgery on a tumor in the eye, ITV News reports. Irene Milton, 85, was told she needed to have her eye removed to treat the cancer, and she also faced months of radiotherapy. But surgeons at Moorfields Eye...
Actress Millicent Simmonds spoke with CBS News’ Adriana Diaz about her role in the upcoming summer blockbuster “A Quiet Place Part II” and her social impact as a deaf actress in Hollywood. (Disclaimer: “A Quiet Place Part II” is produced by Paramount Pictures, a...
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