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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the legendary anti-apartheid and peace campaigner, talks to Alice Lagnado about his lifelong hearing loss - "People think you are not quite as humorous as they thought you were, because you don’t catch the joke". Also in issue 78 we review cordless DECT (Digitally Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) phones, give tips on how to solve common problems with hearing aids, interview Consultant Clinical Psychologist Sally Austen and invite members to 'Adopt a tin' to raise funds for RNID.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the legendary anti-apartheid and peace campaigner, talks to Alice Lagnado about his lifelong hearing loss. Read the full interview.
Sally Austen is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist working with profoundly deaf people with severe mental health issues at the National Deaf Mental Health Services, Birmingham. Read the extended interview.
Samuel Dore is a cameraman, filmmaker and editor. He has worked in entertainment & factual TV for Channel 4 and for the BBC. Read an extended version of the One in Seven magazine interview.
Read our thrilling, in-depth interview with outspoken TV historian and RNID donor David Starkey. In this issue, we also review the latest Bluetooth neckloops, look at how we can campaign together against background noise on TV, interview deaf filmmaker Samuel Dore, look at sound therapy products for tinnitus and highlight essential websites for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Read our thrilling, in-depth interview with outspoken TV historian and RNID donor David Starkey. He talks to Alice Lagnado about how his late father's hearing loss made him aware of how socially isolating hearing loss can be. And with his trademark sharp-tongued wit, Dr Starkey also makes a plea for quieter restaurants without so many hard surfaces!
In Issue 77 we review some useful websites for people with hearing loss – browse and discover!
Storming the cover of this month's One in Seven, previous Strictly Come Dancing winner Karen Hardy talks about building a dazzling dance career despite an unusual and traumatising ear disease. We also review the best doorbells on the market, look at what to ask party candidates standing in the general election and members suggest hearing aid tips for new wearers.
Karen Hardy won the popular BBC show Strictly Come Dancing and is now much in demand as an international ballroom dance coach. Read the full interview here.
Glamorous but never a diva, opera singer Janine Roebuck throws a few notes the way of Alice Lagnado. Read the full interview here.