If given the chance those with hearing loss can excel, says hearing-impaired Durban teacher
As World Hearing Day is observed on Wednesday, activists believe there is still not enough awareness being done around hearing impairment and deafness. Dr Dianne Bell from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology said because it’s an invisible disability, the constitutional rights for people with hearing impairment are often overlooked and they are excluded from conversations. “A typical example is that we see now when the president addresses the nation on any development regarding Covid-19 in the country, there is only a sign language interpreter. Only 10% of the people living with he...
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