Category: News & Events

Deaf Hear: Nearly three years ago IDS and DeafHear asked the Department of Social Protection to put some information on their website in ISL providing an overview of the Department, its role and services. The Department have recently done this, although their is much more to be done by the Department to make their information and services accessible in ISL.

You can watch the video here: www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Video-guide-to-the-website.aspx

Filmed over nine months, The Sound Barrier follows a number of people who have made the decision to receive a cochlear implant and captures their individual remarkable journeys from silence to sound.

The ability to hear is something that most people take for granted. While for some deafness is a cherished identity, for others it’s a barrier to overcome.

Available to watch on RTE Player online – www.rte.ie/player/show/10443139/

With access to the Cochlear Implant Unit of Dublin’s Beaumont hospital, this film follows four deaf patients as they receive electronic surgical implants.

More information about this programme: www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/thesoundbarrier.html

A young mother, who travelled to Italy for pioneering surgery on her deaf son’s hearing, said she will have to sell her house after the HSE pulled the plug on funding for the operation.

Read the story at: www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/mother-selling-home-to-fund-sons-operation-after-hse-pulls-funding-340899.html

Meath Deaf Association MDA: This form is for CAVAN, DROGHEDA, MEATH & CASTLEBLANEY area (Monaghan)

http://www.nedoc.ie/docs/Deaf_Text_Form.pdf

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Ethiopia DeafProject: Recently Ethiopia Deaf Project were successful in an application to Electric Aid for assistance in building an additional classroom (Grade 8) onto the ALDS. We were awarded €7,000. We are more than grateful to Electric Aid for this generous contribution. The balance of the money €7,300 came from the Ethiopia Deaf Project (Total: €14,300).

Attached is a photo of the foundation work which is progressing well. Its essential we get this complete asap as the rainy season is on the way! The rain over the past couple of days in Ireland was like a light shower in comparison to the rain that will fall in Ambo over the months of July and August! Hopefully the classroom will be ready to welcome students in September…..

Thanks again for all YOUR support in helping the Ethiopia Deaf Project complete this particular project.

Visit Ethiopia DeafProject page

UNAPEDA: Mainstreaming Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing article from Teaching Tolerance – Number 50: Summer 2015

Well-written, thought-provoking article about mainstreaming students who are deaf or hard of hearing and the considerations that must be given

To read the article, please click on: Mainstreaming Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

NSPCC: This is a version of our Underwear Rule guide to help protect deaf children from abuse. Find out more about the Underwear Rule here: www.nspcc.org.uk/underwear

For the first time, the Eurovision Song Contest is being presented for deaf people in International Sign Language.

A team of six deaf artists and two hearing interpreters are performing at the semi-finals and the Grand Final.

Austrian broadcaster ORF said it was inspired by the victory of Conchita Wurst last year to make the contest even more inclusive.

Further read at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32812385

Deaf Hear.ie: Want to know more about listening to music at safe sound levels?

Find out more about our Keep the Sound campaign here: http://www.keepthesound.ie/News-008.html

Aiken Promotions said “the provision of a signing facility is not appropriate for this kind of performance”

Two deaf sisters have told of their disappointment that the promoter of a One Direction concert in Belfast will not provide them with a sign language interpreter for the Odyssey Arena event.

Further read at: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/row-erupts-after-deaf-sisters-refused-sign-language-interpreter-for-one-direction-concert-at-odyssey-arena-belfast-31231200.html