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Here's what may happen if you travel on flight with a cold

March 26, 2025 10:12 am

"Happened with me once. Believe me, it was the worst experience in my life..." a user wrote on Instagram

Against All Odds: 13-year-old Pune boy with hearing impairment scales new heights in sport climbing

November 04, 2024 8:58 am

Rudra Karandikar had to go through rigorous speech therapy sessions to learn to speak.

Chhattisgarh: Drunken ‘confession’ to friend lands hearing-impaired man in police net for 2 murders

September 10, 2024 11:44 am

According to police, Kondah allegedly murdered a 36-year-old mentally ill woman on May 29, 2020 from the village. Her body was found near a tree around 100 metres from her house.

This smart AR wearable can convert any eyeglass into TranscribeGlass

August 16, 2023 8:27 am

TranscribeGlass is not only affordable but also boasts a lightweight design, ensuring comfortable wear throughout the day.

Indonesia school helps students recite Koran in sign language

July 09, 2022 6:01 pm

Opened in 2019 in the city of Yogyakarta in central Java, the Darul A'shom school now has 12 staff and teaches 115 students aged between seven and 28 years from across the world's biggest Muslim-majority country

Pakistan's first deaf-staffed food truck empowers hearing impaired

February 25, 2022 11:25 am

The food truck is the brainchild of hearing impaired family, with both parents and their two sons who are either totally or partially deaf. However, daughter Ayesha Raza can hear and she came up with the idea for Abey Khao to give opportunities for her brothers.

'Hearing loss can be prevented': Here's what you need to know

March 03, 2021 4:47 pm

World Hearing Day 2021: 'In children, almost 60 per cent of hearing loss is due to causes such as ear infections and birth complications that can be prevented through public health measures. Over 1 billion young adults are at risk of permanent, avoidable hearing loss due to unsafe listening practices,' according to WHO

World Hearing Day 2021: A look at some innovations in hearing health care

March 03, 2021 12:30 pm

"Disabled hearing loss is defined as hearing loss greater than 40 dB hearing levels (dB HL) in the better hearing ear in adults and greater than 30 dB HL in the better hearing ear in children," says Nikkhil K Masurkar, Executive Director, ENTOD Pharmaceuticals, adding "ageing is by far the most common factor that leads to hearing loss"

Transparent masks for the deaf and hearing-impaired: All you need to know

May 27, 2020 3:30 pm

Dehradun-based Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment's NIEPVD has come up with the transparent masks, which are believed to support the deaf and hearing-impaired.

How-to videos in sign language: Seven without hearing script a start-up story

February 20, 2020 7:16 am

Digital Arts Academy for Deaf (DAAD) was launched four months ago and has already developed 20 videos in sign language, most of which explain basic tools such as Photoshop, and skills like video-editing.

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