1. Drug for hearing loss

Researchers in New Zealand have discovered a drug which repairs hearing loss suffered as a result of exposure to load noise. The team at the University of Auckland found that after treatment with a compound ...

2. Deaf parents and families wanted for TV show

Deaf parents and parents of a deaf child are currently being recruited for a new TV show featuring “Super Nanny” Jo Frost. The production company are keen to include deaf parents and families in the next ...

3. Sailing challenge for young people with SEN

... are appropriate for crew members whose special needs include a degree of learning difficulty, attention control, fine motor co-ordination problems, mild visual or hearing impairments and social interaction ...

4. Check your hearing with iPhone app

An ingenious new application (app) for the iPhone allows people to conduct their own hearing test by measuring their ability to hear speech when there is background noise. Simulating conditions that you ...

5. Project for deaf children wins cycling award

A project organised by the Metropolitan Police to teach deaf children to cycle was one of the winners in the recent London Cycling Awards. The Blue Wheelers project involved police officers working with ...

6. National deafblind awards

At a ceremony in London in October, the national deafblind charity, SENSE, presented its Sense Awards, recognising people for campaigning, volunteering and working for deafblind people. The calibre of ...

7. Service directory for deafblind people

UK charity Sense has launched The Deafblind Directory which allows deafblind people and their carers to search for service providers ranging from interpreters to support workers. The charity is keen to ...

8. Tinnitus Awareness Week announced

Tinnitus Awareness Week, previously known as National Tinnitus Week, will take place between 8 - 14 February 2010. The week, organised by independent charity the British Tinnitus Association (BTA), will ...

9. About SEN Magazine

... Down's syndrome) mental health literacy and numeracy visual and hearing impairments behaviour teaching children with special educational needs general issues of education, care and government ...