I apologise for two newsletters in the same week. It's been a difficult week because my father died . He was 99 years and 10 months old, so not unexpected but sad just the same. Here's this week's article from the Deafness site at BellaOnline.com.

History of Hearing Aids
We know that there have been deaf people throughout history. In fact, because communication was so difficult these people were denied some of the basic human rights. What kinds of aids were available before technology gave us the aids we know today?

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art172212.asp

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Felicity Bleckly, Deafness Editor
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