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  Hearing Impairment

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Newscuttings

"Tests showed that 54-year-old Sarah Bloomfield, of Hampstead, North London, had sufficient hearing to allow her to do her job, and she can also lip-read. But although Miss Bloomfield had provided doctors' certificates to prove this, Peter Howden, the general manager of the Everyman cinema in Hampstead, decided shortly after joining the cinema in 1982 that she was 'totally unsuitable' and would not be competent to deal with an emergency such as a fire." 

Home and County, September 1987

"Drink was blamed yesterday after a seaside riot in which hundreds of death and dumb people battled with 70 police." 

The Daily Express 15 September 1987

 "It's a good thing deaf Midland teenager Joy Collins is a 'gutsy kid', as her dad says - for life's been tough. She has had a series of snubs from prospective employers, afraid to take on a profoundly deaf hairdresser and beautician." 

Birmingham Evening News 25 April 1988

BRAVE ACTRESS

"Dynasty star Stephanie Beecham has spoken out about her problems coping with partial deafness.

"Ipswich Evening Star, 11 April 1989

"A planned clubhouse for the deaf is being opposed by councillors...because of 'the violent reputation of deaf people'."
The Sunday Express 23 July 1987

"Little Michael Batt - the youngest boy in Britain to have a cochlear implant - has made a brave start in his battle to hear again."

Nottingham Evening Post 15 April 1989

"Newborn baby Charlotte Taylor cries as she poses for a photograph - but parents Mark and Elizabeth are oblivious to her yells. For this is no ordinary family snap. The loving couple will never hear their baby's cries nor hear her first words - both are totally deaf."

Evening Standard 29 July 1989