hearing impairment News
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COME-IN
As a lead partner of the project “COME-IN!” for the accessibility of Museums, the CEI actively took part in the launch of the new exhibition of the Museum of Prehistory and Protohistory of Thuringia in Weimar (Germany) on 27 June. In line with the COME-IN! Guidelines, the museums involved in the project have been introducing a set of interventions to make their museums accessible, ...
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Yahoo! commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Americans with disabilities act
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Yahoo! is commemorating this milestone and its commitment to providing accessible websites, services, and advertisements to people of all abilities. In addition to making its services - including the Yahoo! Homepage and Yahoo! Search - accessible to people of all abilities, Yahoo! is starting to work with its ...
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Businesses Facing Risks of Discrimination Due to Mandatory Masking Policies
While mask mandates are starting to loosen up all across the country, many businesses are still requiring employees to wear masks for the continued safety of employees and customers. Despite the onset of COVID-19 with drastic measures taken by local, state, and federal governments, employers and places of public accommodation are still required to adhere to the Americans with Disabilities Act of ...
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The Philhallmonic Society will perform for reach the world 2011 benefit dinner, the boathouse in Central Park, NYC; acclaimed by the press as `resounding with talent and Triumph`
The Philhallmonic Society will perform at Reach the World's 2011 Benefit Dinner at The Loeb Boathouse in Central Park, February 9, 2011. With the motto, "we sing so others can soar," The Philhallmonic Society is a unique organization under the leadership of international Broadway composer, conductor and producer Phil Hall, and is staged by Broadway dancer and choreographer Mark Santoro. ...
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Myrtelle and Forge Biologics Announce Viral Vector and Plasmid DNA cGMP Manufacturing Partnership
Myrtelle Inc., (Myrtelle), a clinical stage gene therapy company focused on developing transformative treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, and Forge Biologics, a gene therapy-focused contract development and manufacturing organization, today announced a manufacturing partnership that will advance Myrtelle’s novel gene therapy for monogenic hearing loss, Myr-201, into clinical trials ...
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Road traffic noise increases risk of diabetes
Increasing noise levels are a global environmental concern, and have been linked to important health issues, such as heart disease and cognitive development. New Danish research has now shown that it is also associated with an increased risk of diabetes. It has been estimated that approximately a third of the population of the EU is exposed to traffic noise in the home that exceeds World Health ...
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Preventing Outbreaks of Streptococcus pneumoniae Infections
Until 2000, Streptococcus pneumoniae infections caused 100,000-135,000 hospitalizations for pneumonia, 6 million cases of ear infections, and 60,000 cases of invasive disease, including 3300 cases of meningitis. Disease figures have improved since a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was introduced in 2001. Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is a type of Gram-positive bacteria. It can ...
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Research Funded to Find Out Which Candies Contain Lead
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, October 23, 2007 (ENS) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $96,798 to the University of Nevada -Las Vegas to develop a cost-effective method of screening imported candy to identify lead hazards. The relationship between consuming lead-contaminated imported candy and childhood lead poisoning is a rapidly emerging health issue. October 21-27 is National Lead ...
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R.I. Landlords Fined for Failing to Notify Tenants about Lead Paint Hazards in Woonsocket
Two Rhode Island landlords will pay an EPA penalty of $13,900 for violations of federal lead disclosure laws. EPA alleged in a complaint that Donald Ciotola and Carol Simeone violated the federal Toxic Substance Control Act when the landlords failed to notify prospective tenants about potential lead-paint hazards in housing they owned in Woonsocket, R.I., as required by the Residential ...
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Companies fined for failing to notify tenants about lead paint at two navy bases in New England
Two companies have agreed to pay a penalty of $89,300 to settle EPA claims that they violated federal lead paint disclosure laws at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine and the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn. In a recent EPA enforcement complaint, EPA alleged that Northeast Housing, LLC, and Balfour Beatty Military Housing Management, LLC failed on multiple occasions ...
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N.H. Company Faces Penalty for Violating Lead Renovation Rule at Kittery, Maine Site
New Hampshire Plate Glass Corp., based in Portsmouth, N.H., faces a penalty of up to $90,750 for allegedly violating requirements designed to protect children from exposure to lead-based paint during painting and other renovation activities. The alleged violations occurred during a window renovation project performed by the company at the former Frisbee School in Kittery, Maine. The Kittery site ...
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Salem, Mass. Contractor Faces Penalty for Violating Lead Renovation Rule at Kittery, Maine Site
James J. Welch & Co., Inc., based in Salem, Mass., faces a penalty of $28,125 for allegedly violating a requirement designed to protect children from exposure to lead-based paint during painting and other renovation activities. The alleged violations occurred during a renovation project at the former Frisbee School in Kittery, Maine, at which JJ Welch was the primary contractor. The Kittery ...
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R.I. Property Management Company Fined for Failing to Notify Tenants about Lead Paint Hazards in Providence
Private Reserve Properties, LLC, a Rhode Island property management company, will pay a penalty of $21,857, and perform an additional project valued at $210,000 to settle EPA allegations that it violated federal lead disclosure laws. The settlement requires Private Reserve to mitigate lead-based paint hazards in over 40 residential properties in and around Providence. Many of these properties ...
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The economic impact of noise pollution on human health
A recent report has assessed the latest research on the adverse affects of noise on health, focusing on approaches to estimating the economic cost of noise. This information could help policy makers tasked with designing cost-effective noise reduction and management policies. Increased traffic noise and the wider spread of a 24 hour society have contributed to rising complaints about ...
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Massachusetts-based landlord faces nearly $85K penalty for failure to disclose lead paint to tenants in springfield (MA)
A Massachusetts apartment complex owner and landlord faces a penalty of $83,575 for charges by EPA that he violated federal lead paint disclosure rules at his apartment complex in Springfield. These violations potentially put tenants at risk of exposure to lead paint hazards. According to EPA, 122 Chestnut, L.L.C., failed to provide tenants with lead hazard information pamphlets; failed to ...
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Lineage Announces Pipeline Expansion to Include Auditory Neuronal Cell Therapy for Treatment of Hearing Loss
Expansion of Pipeline Into a Third Neuronal Cell Type Builds on Existing Capabilities Intellectual Property Has Been Filed Covering Composition and Methods for Generating Auditory Neuronal Progenitors Hearing Loss Afflicts More Than 5% of the Population; More Than 430 Million People Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American and TASE: LCTX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company ...
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Lead poisoning: number one environmental health threat to children ages six and younger in the U.S.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has declared October 23-30, 2011 Lead Poisoning Prevention Week as part of the agency’s on-going efforts to make families aware of the hazards presented by lead and lead-based paint in the home and places where children under six years of age are regularly present. Lead is a toxic metal that was used for many years in paint and other products found ...
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