After More Balanced Coverage, What Next?

"Tuesday, November 25, 2008 by Mosharraf Zaidi As the world’s attention turns increasingly to Pakistan and its role in tackling the threat of globalised terrorism, the country’s perception abroad is evolving. More than seven years after 9/11, a more nuanced approach to...

Light to Help the Deaf Hear

New discovery may yield better hearing aids; infrared light stimulates inner ear neurons as precisely as sound waves, and without the limitations of electronics. "INFRARED light can stimulate neurons in the inner ear as precisely as sound waves, a discovery that could lead to...

Opera for the deaf debuts in Finland

A Finnish theatre group has staged the world's first 'deaf opera', where singers use sign language to 'sing' the story for audience members. Read the story on Canada.Com or below...   Finnish theatre brings opera to the deaf Agnieszka Flak and Sakari Suoninen ...

Deaf boy's cotton wool bud 'cure'

"A boy who has been partially deaf for nine years was suddenly cured - when a cotton wool bud popped out of his ear. Jerome Bartens was diagnosed as deaf in his right ear when he was just two and has struggled at school ever since. But Jerome, now 11, was suddenly able to...