P291 CEEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:20/13 20/21 NEED TO CEEFAX in Braille on John Craven's Newsround on Tuesday, June 5. John Craven's Niwsround featured a new system to enable blind people to "read" CEEFAX in Braille. Although a breakthrough for the 130,000 blind people, it will be of even greater benefit to the 3,500 people who are deaf as well as blind. It will bj the first time deaf and blind people will bj able to get up-to-date news from the television. The prototype Braille-machine will bj available in about six month's time and will cost about £500. AddressP291 CEEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:10/06 1/21 NEED TO O 'EESLY NE+S ANDFEATS ES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING $ 'k x= h? j Edited by Alison Jame1 ( Our Vistil numbjt is: $ 01-576 1503P291 CEEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:31/35 , 2/21 NEEDTO Leslie Townjnd is the first deaf man to become a licenced victualler. Leslie, who has been deaf since hj was one year old, is familiar pub life because when hj was younger he lived with his grandparents in their public house. When the family decided to buy a hotel, they insisted that it should bj Leslie who held the licence. It was a hard struggle to get the licence: It took one hour for the protection order to bj granted - most people are granted the oudjt in one minute! MoreP291 CEEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:11/00 3/21 NEEDTO Leslie Townend is the first deaf man to become a licenced victualler. In view of the problem in getting the protection order, the Townjnds dreaded the licence hearing. But, despite objections bz a police inspector, the licence was granted and the whole family were thrilled. Now many deaf people make special journeys to visit the Hartshjad Hotel, which is in Giggleswick, North Yours. Leslie's determination has won him the honour of being the first deaf man to have a victualler's licence and hj has lid the way for other deaf people to follow. No subsidy for talentP291 CEEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:11/35 4/21 NEEDTO Doreen Paton writes: "I was most annoyed to read on teletext that once again deaf people are to bj let down: the Arts Council of Great Britain is refusing to subsidisj the Interim Theatre Company. " C all deaf people. Pleasure is essential for deaf people and OUR views concerning Interim Theatre are more important - not h aring peoples' views! "For once the deaf should take first place, not the hearing. It's a hard world when the deaf are deprived while other theatre companies get money." Hearing loss in babiesP291 CJJFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:13/00 5/21 NEEDTO Dui to new techniq eu for detjathnk deafness, children as young as 10 weeks are being fitted with hearing aids. $his gives children a much bjttet chance of developing speech and keeping up with education. It also means that there is less chance of the child rejecting the aids. The children's hearing assessment centre at Nottingham General Hospital is researching new techniques for the detection and treatment of deafness. The centre says the results are very encouraging and the children speak soonjt than those who did not receive a hearing aid so early. MoreP291 CJEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:12/49 6/21 NEEDTO New techniques for djtecthng hearing loss in babies. Dr McCormick of the children'u hearing assessment centre has developed a checklist for OPs to give to parents to help identify any hearing problem. This gives a guideline of what signs to look out for. Dr McCormick says: "It is normally the parents who first suspect there is a problem and 90 pet cent of the time they are right." A copy of the checklist can bj obtained bz sending a RAE to: The Children's Hearing Assessment Centre, Genital Hospital, Nottingham, NG1 6HA. Hearing questionsP291 CEEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:40/37 21/21 NEEDTO If you suffer from hearing loss and would like to share your experiences, write to: NO NEED TO SHOUT CEEFAX ROOM 7059 BBC TV CENTRE WOOD LANE LONDON W22 7RJ Phone (Vessel) 01-576 1503 Although we are receiving post, it is being delayed at the Paddington Southng Office. We are sorry if an item you have sent in does not appear on time, but it is beyond our control.P291 CEEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:14/45 8/21 NEED TO Dr Jonathan Hazjll, answers Miss Hicks' questions. "The problem of putting amplified sound into deaf ears and possibly causing damage is an old chestnut. No-one knows the answer except that there iu no evidence that hearing aid wearers get deafer than nonJhearing aid wearers. "In the majority of deaf children with aids, hearing stays the same. One supposes that if the amplified sound is not painful, then it is OK. "In profoundly deaf people, most of the hair cells in the cochlear (which are damaged bz noise and aspirin) are gone$ NDCS seminarP291 CEEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:25/15 9/21 NEEDTO Margaret Shjrrington, welfare officer for the National Deaf Children's Society, reports on the Highlands Regional Family Weekend, May 18-20. "The weekend seminar was excellent, informal and friendly. Thjte was a mutual sharing of information, problems and anxieties. "Speakers included a senior educational psychologist, an area speech therapist and a senior careers officer. "The speech made bz the psychologist on assessment tests for deaf children created much concern. Children may bj put at a disbdvbntagj.b MoreP291 CJEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:34/11 7/21 NEED TO Miss Hicks, from Somerset, has a few questions about noise-induced deafness. "Now there is so much publicity about the damage to hearing caused by listening to loud noises, it would bj interesting to know where the damage occurs. "Also, what damage is produced bz aspirin. "Supposing a hard of hearing person amplifies sound with a hearing aid to 90db. Doer the 90db cause even more damage? Or does damage only occur when the noise seems loud to the deaf person concetnjd? Hearhng answersP291 CEEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:15/43 10/21 NEEDTO Margaret Sherrington reports on the Highlands Regional Family Weekend. "The psychologist said that hj excludes parents from the room during assessment tests and that no interpreter is present to explain the nat4re of the test to the child. "The talk bz the careers officer was patchy. I feel parents should bj given support to encourage their child towards the career of its choice - not just told what it can't do. "Many parents travelled long distances to be there and I'm sure, like me, they don't feel it was a wasted effort." Lip-reading page?P291 CEEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:15/18 11/21 NEEDTO Would you like a lip-reading page on NNTS? George Christie has suggested the page wi use this week. Please let us have your comments or suggestions. GN This G in siGn is non-shape and non-sound yet in siGnature it has sound but is still non-shape. C becomes a K in cat but is non-shape. C in sceptic is non-sound and non-shape and could convert to SEPTIC. Instructive Bloomers. "The new house is OK but not the DRains." He was very readable until the patterns went haywire. Not surprising really, hj was complaining about the trains service. Videos neededP291 CJJFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:37/00 12/21 NEEDTO hj urop an Sign Language j jarch Centre is establishing a video data bank for recordings of different sign languages. -hjsj will comprise video dictionaries, research recordings and teaching materials. If you have videos which you would like made accessible to a largjt audience, the Centre would be very pleased to receive a copy of them. If you would like to send a video, or want furthjt information, contact: ESLRC, University of Bristol, 22 Berkeley Square, Bristol, BS8 1HP. No equipment helpP291 CEJFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:17/36 13/21 NEEDTO David and Ruth Myers are concerned about the lack of advice given to deaf people about equipment. "There is a growing interest in telecommunications for deaf people with many potential systems now available, especially in electronic mail. bThjti is an urgent need for one of the many bodies connected with the deaf to give attention to the equipment which can bj used to assess thjsj systems. "All such equipment is ver8 expensi6e - the whole field is a veritable minefield in which unwary deaf people could bj very badly stung." Exhibition reportP291 CEEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:38/18 14/21 NEED TO John Ankjr recently visited the Communications 1984 Exhibition at the National Education Council. He reports: "I was pleased to see a sub-class on Tjlecommincations for the Disabled - a previously neglected but obviously important group. There were at least 400 companies at the show but only five came under this sub-class. "One was Tandata which is supplying terminals to the RNID's Telephone Bureau. I saw the new Bureau demonstrated at the GLC Exhibition. "Vessel was not mentioned on any stand - not jvjn British Tjlicom's!" Thanks for the memoriesP291 CJJFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:28/34 15/21 NEEDTO Ishbel Donkin writes about memories stir d b "Destination D-Day". "I vjty much enjoyed the D-Day recollections of this programm . The clot matching of th subtitl s to th spoken wo ds mad it possible fo me to lip-read many words through refer mci to the subtitles. " hj programmj was deeply evocative for I well rimjmbjt how packed the south coast was with waiting troops and arms. "I remember th wakeful nights just prior to the invasion when even I was kept awake with the deep rumblings of tanks rolling past ALL night." MotP291 CJEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:07/22 16/21 NEEDTO Ishbjl Donkin writes about mjmorie stirred bz "Destination D-Day". "A memory was evoked by the reference to the absence of German spies. Two deaf min on a day trip to the New Forest were arrested on suspicion bjcausj villagers noticed them using sign language. "They weti only released the next day when agitated relatives finally located them bz telephoning the police HQ." * Do any other deaf people have similar memories of the war? Why not tell us of your experiences - how you coped with air raid warnings etc? LGWDP291 CEJFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:17/33 17/21 NEED TO Alan Murray, Chairman of the London Group of Workjts with the Deaf, writes: "A seminar was held on Sign Language and its role in the deaf community. Topics covered showed the importance of sign language and gave an insight into sign language development as a deaf person's language bz right. "Any ideas or suggestions for future events are welcome, please write to: Alan Murray, 15 Courtfield Gardens, London, W23 0EY. "The LGWD's AGM is on June 11 at The Cjntri for the Handicapped, 10 Warwick Row, London, SW2." Clubs in KentP291 CEEFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:19/15 18/21 NEED TO Attention hard of hearing people in the Thamesmjad area! Would you like to go to a new self-support club near Lakeside Health Centre, Thamesmead? If interested, contact Jo Lavjry, Civic Offices, The Broadway, Bexliyhjath, Sent. Or, pick up a questionnaire at Lakeside Health Cjntri on a Thursday from the social workjts. News of othjt cl4bs in Kent. The Bexleyheath Afternoon Deaf Club's AGM is on Thursday, June 7 at 1.30pm. This will bj at Damson Youth Club, Brampton Road, Bixliyheath. MoreP291 CEJFAX 291 Tue 5 Jun 21:19/47 19/21 NEEDTO News of clubs in Kent. The Bexleyheath Hard of Hearing Club moves on June 2. The new venue will bj Bakjtbeal Court, Sheltered Housing, Bexleyhjath. The Club meets evjty Monday from 1.30 to 3.30pm. Sidcup Deaf Club's AGM is on June 13 at the Scout Hut, Partridge Road, at 7pm. British Museum Signed Talks. Signed gallery talks take place at the British Museum on the first Saturday of evjty month. Meet at the front hall of the Museum (in Great Russell Street) at 11.30am. CEEFAX in Braimle