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Published Date: 05 May 2008
THE voice of a loved one is the sound most people from Edinburgh would miss if they went deaf, according to a new poll.
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) Scotland asked residents in the Capital to take a minute to imagine a world without sound during this year's Deaf Awareness Week, which takes place this week.

Twenty eight per cent said they would miss the voice of a loved one most, followed closely by music on 25 per cent, and laughter with 18 per cent.

Delia Henry, director of RNID Scotland, said: "During Deaf Awareness Week we want people in Edinburgh to take a moment to imagine a world without sound, to think about how you would you feel if you lost your hearing and were not able to hear sounds you have always taken for granted.

"Hearing loss can have a profound impact on people's lives. Many become isolated and lose touch with friends and family."





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  • Last Updated: 05 May 2008 10:31 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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Dy,

UK 10/05/2008 09:21:48
I should let you know that the RNID advert is patronising and factually incorrect.

I speak with personal experience as I am Deaf, and the RNId is one of the most hated organisation but the people it claims to represent.

The advert implies that hearing aids are a wonderful cure!!! If that is a the case why is the average reading age 8 1/2.

It also implies that children are as risk of running over unless they wear hearing aids, I have not worn a hearing aid since I left school as the hearing aids gave me a lot of pain, through ear infections migraines, but if I told anybody they would reply don't be silly.

To me hearing aids represent instruments of torcher and I have suffered because of incorrect advice from the RNId.

The RNId represents the old fashioned medical model where the disability is the individuals problem. The modern approach is the social model which means it is societies problem.

Believe or not many deaf people wonder how hearing people can cope with all that noise, the droning of the cars and so on.

There is no doubt that hearing aids do benefit some people, but they are not and never have been a miricle cure and create more barriers.

The true meaning of RNId is
Really
Not
Interested in
Deaf

They are a business that will do anything to make money, and they will make it any way they can, including using images of sympathy. Deaf people do not need sympathy, they want jobs, access, access to a better education, something which RNId have failed to have achieved, I recommend you find out how many senior managers are Deaf in the RNId.

This is not a personal attack at this blog but an attempt to provide view from people who count, the people who RNId claim to represent and fail.

However I should mention that some people do benefit from hearing aids, but they are usually older people who have had experience of sound.

Many Thanks for taking an interest in the Deaf community
2

tim-r,

N Wales 10/05/2008 11:36:38
As a deaf person, I am upset with RNID tactics. This campaign is an argumentum ad misericordiam or an appeal to pity. It is trying to make out that deafness is always a terrible tragedy in order to push decent people into giving RNID money.

The real tragedy for deaf people is lack of access and being unemployed or stuck in low paid jobs. These are things that RNID have failed to alleviate.

The RNID does not have any deaf people in its entire senior management team. In 2007, 5 employees were on £70,001 to £80,000, 1 was on £80,001 to £90,000 and 1 was on £100,001 to £110,000. Please do not allow these people to make money out of deaf people by making us objects of pity.

Thanks for listening,

Tim.

 

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