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Showing posts with label Hearing Implants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hearing Implants. Show all posts
VIDEO: Marlee Matlin tweets concerns about a possible stem cell cure for deafness.
LONDON - British researchers have been able to rebuild nerves in the ears of gerbils, and it is believed the same technique could one day be applicable to Deaf humans. However, Oscar-winning actress Matlin, who has been Deaf since she was 18 months old, is worried about the implications of the development. Matlin has been tweeting her mixed feelings about the recently announced “stem cell cure” for deafness.
Matlin commented that millions of Deaf Americans who communicate in sign language do not regard deafness as a "handicap" or a "'disease' to cure." She posted these comments on Twitter: “Imagine how I must feel with my children with me at the grocery store and someone says "I heard there's a cure for your deafness!" Think.”
"Deafness cure" is trending. My concern is that it's bigger than a "trend." It involves people and not as simple as the 4 letters in "cure." According to The Telegraph, some Deaf people feel that they don’t need to be fixed by medical intervention. The National Association of the Deaf says that many profoundly Deaf people who sign consider themselves to be part of a unique linguistic group through sign language and a unique Deaf culture.
Matlin's comments reflect the views of many members of the Deaf community... Read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/marlee-matlin-tweets-concerns-about-a-possible-stem-cell-cure-for-deafness
LONDON - British researchers have been able to rebuild nerves in the ears of gerbils, and it is believed the same technique could one day be applicable to Deaf humans. However, Oscar-winning actress Matlin, who has been Deaf since she was 18 months old, is worried about the implications of the development. Matlin has been tweeting her mixed feelings about the recently announced “stem cell cure” for deafness.
Matlin commented that millions of Deaf Americans who communicate in sign language do not regard deafness as a "handicap" or a "'disease' to cure." She posted these comments on Twitter: “Imagine how I must feel with my children with me at the grocery store and someone says "I heard there's a cure for your deafness!" Think.”
"Deafness cure" is trending. My concern is that it's bigger than a "trend." It involves people and not as simple as the 4 letters in "cure." According to The Telegraph, some Deaf people feel that they don’t need to be fixed by medical intervention. The National Association of the Deaf says that many profoundly Deaf people who sign consider themselves to be part of a unique linguistic group through sign language and a unique Deaf culture.
Matlin's comments reflect the views of many members of the Deaf community... Read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/marlee-matlin-tweets-concerns-about-a-possible-stem-cell-cure-for-deafness
VIDEO: Deaf gerbils 'hear again' after stem cell cure, Health and science reporter, BBC News.
UK researchers say they have taken a huge step forward in treating deafness after stem cells were used to restore hearing in animals for the first time.
Hearing partially improved when nerves in the ear, which pass sounds into the brain, were rebuilt in gerbils - a UK study in the journal Nature reports.
Getting the same improvement in people would be a shift from being unable to hear traffic to hearing a conversation. However, treating humans is still a distant prospect. Fergus Walsh reports.
However, in about one in 10 people with profound hearing loss, nerve cells which should pick up the signal are damaged. It is like dropping the baton after the first leg of a relay race... Read more http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19570024
Watch the original BBC video - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19580117
UK researchers say they have taken a huge step forward in treating deafness after stem cells were used to restore hearing in animals for the first time.
Hearing partially improved when nerves in the ear, which pass sounds into the brain, were rebuilt in gerbils - a UK study in the journal Nature reports.
Getting the same improvement in people would be a shift from being unable to hear traffic to hearing a conversation. However, treating humans is still a distant prospect. Fergus Walsh reports.
However, in about one in 10 people with profound hearing loss, nerve cells which should pick up the signal are damaged. It is like dropping the baton after the first leg of a relay race... Read more http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19570024
Watch the original BBC video - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19580117
VIDEO: Deaf man makes plea for return of ear implants.
WILLOUGHBY HILLS, OH - A local rugby player had his ear implants stolen this past Saturday, and he says they were only 5 feet away!
It’s a big deal because Allen Lee, 23, is legally deaf in both ears and he needs his implants to work. Allen plays rugby for the Cleveland Eastern Rugby Team and was at a match in North Chagrin Park when someone took his bag that contained the implants.
Hazel Lee, Allen’s mother, called FOX 8 in a desperate attempt to track down his stolen hearing aids. Park rangers said they wish Allen would have reported the crime on Saturday – the day it happened – so they could have started their search right away... Read more: http://fox8.com/2012/09/10/man-makes-plea-for-return-of-ear-implants/
WILLOUGHBY HILLS, OH - A local rugby player had his ear implants stolen this past Saturday, and he says they were only 5 feet away!
It’s a big deal because Allen Lee, 23, is legally deaf in both ears and he needs his implants to work. Allen plays rugby for the Cleveland Eastern Rugby Team and was at a match in North Chagrin Park when someone took his bag that contained the implants.
Hazel Lee, Allen’s mother, called FOX 8 in a desperate attempt to track down his stolen hearing aids. Park rangers said they wish Allen would have reported the crime on Saturday – the day it happened – so they could have started their search right away... Read more: http://fox8.com/2012/09/10/man-makes-plea-for-return-of-ear-implants/
