by Gavin Moat | Feb 5, 2015 | Industrial Disease, Tinnitus, Tinnitus Sounds, Tinnitus Statistics
YouTube has pledged to improve its automatic subtitling for videos as soon as possible after telling the BBC the service was nowhere near good enough. It brought the facility in following a well-publicised campaign by hard-of-hearing vlogger Rikki Poynter to provide...
by Gavin Moat | Feb 4, 2015 | Tinnitus, Tinnitus Sounds, Tinnitus Statistics
A treatment for tinnitus could be a step closer after scientists from Newcastle University were given a £300,000 boost by UK charity Action on Hearing Loss to fund a three-year research project into the condition. Around one in 10 of the UK population – or six million...
by Gavin Moat | Feb 3, 2015 | Tinnitus, Tinnitus Sounds, Tinnitus Statistics
Deaf people can spend up to 80% more on everyday living costs than those who are able to hear, a new study has suggested. The report, conducted by the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University, and University Campus Suffolk looked at the impacts...
by Gavin Moat | Feb 3, 2015 | Tinnitus, Tinnitus Sounds, Tinnitus Statistics
Journalist and presenter Susanna Reid has spoken out about her ten-year battle with tinnitus. The Good Morning Britain presenter revealed her lengthy struggle with the condition on Monday, admitting her fears when she was first diagnosed that she wouldn’t ever hear...
by Gavin Moat | Feb 2, 2015 | Tinnitus, Tinnitus Statistics
Tinnitus Awareness Week begins today and to mark the campaign, charity Action on Hearing Loss has realised the findings of a new report on tinnitus. The charity, formerly known as RNID, conducted research into the treatments currently available for tinnitus sufferers...
