hard of hearing Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/hard-of-hearing/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:27:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png hard of hearing Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/hard-of-hearing/ 32 32 Rate of Deafness Among Children Is At An All-Time High in China https://deafniche.com/rate-deafness-among-children-time-high-china/ Tue, 29 Nov 2016 06:59:09 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9561 Chinese children are becoming deaf at an alarming rate of 30,000 per year since 2008. The reason may surprise you: improper use of antibiotics. Imagine that it’s winter time and you are the parent of sick children who have missed a week of school already and they need something stronger than the usual home remedies […]

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]]> A Woman with Facial Tumor Uses Sign Language to Communicate https://deafniche.com/woman-facial-tumor-uses-sign-language-communicate/ Sun, 30 Oct 2016 11:15:15 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9509 Marimar Quiroa, a 21-year-old Californian woman who was born with a cystic hygroma, a birth defect that causes a tumor in her face. Although it’s possible to remove the abnormal tissue, the problem is that the tumor can return. Besides, it’s still growing. After years hiding at home from many people, she decided it was […]

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