Wednesday 7 May 2008

TV advertisers told to quieten down

New advertising rules from Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practise state that commercial breaks on TV should not be too loud.

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Sunday 4 May 2008

Speaking up for deaf people

A selection of letters which surround such issues as David Lodge's new novel, Deaf Sentence, the advantages of having a hearing loss, background music and subtitling on television programmes.

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Saturday 3 May 2008

Response to a reader's problem about his mother's refusal to wear a hearing aid. Marianne W suggests that the reader contacts the RNID who run deaf-awareness courses. Other suggestions are made.

Read the full article in the Daily Telegraph, Weekend section page 4.

Dawn of the superhumans?

Vivienne Parry reports on human enhancement, including a mention on hearing aids and cochlear implants.

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Friday 2 May 2008

Winners of online accounts awards announced

Paul Breckell, finance director of RNID, joined a panel of judges to select organisations who have come top in producing accessible and transparent online reports.

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Thursday 1 May 2008

Jackie Ballard, chief executive of RNID, describes her ideal chair.

Read the full article in Governance, page 11.

Gerald Corbett, the new chair of RNID, describes his ideal chief executive.

Read the full article in Governance, page 10.

The RNID has launched a competition to discover a winning design of earplugs after their research found that 90% of young people have experienced the first signs of hearing loss after a night out. Chi Shing Lo, a design student from De Montford University in Leicester won with a credit card style device called Earcard.

Read the full article in Bar Hotel and Restaurant, page 12.

Friday 25 April 2008

RNID has published a guide called Sound Solutions which contains information about the services and equipment required for organisations to meet their obligations set out by the DDA. Mark Catling, director of business development at RNID said: "The guide clearly lays out the support RNID Products can provide - advice, equipment, installation and maintenance - meaning help is at hand for the whole process."

Read the full article in Third Force News, page 2.