Silent Sounds presence at Wycombe Business Expo a great success!!

Silent Sounds UK Ltd, the country's leading deaf communication service exhibited at the inaugural Wycombe Business Expo on 28th October 2010

   

We had a great day, and really enjoyed meeting with all the local businesses and some of the public sector organisations too. Buckinghamshire is the entrepeneurial capital of the UK, with over 40% more new businesses starting every year than the national average, and this was reflected in the enthusiasm and commitment of our fellow exhibitors.

Richard Durrant, Silent Sounds'  Business development manager at the Exhibition

This vibrant event was held on Thursday 28th October 2010, at the newly built £31 million Cressex Community School. There were local exhibitors, guest speakers and ask-the-expert workshops. This event being the first of its kind in the local area, the Wycombe Business Expo was an excellent place to be for local business owners looking for suppliers or new customers.

Silent Sounds are the UK's leading provider of deaf communication services, including British sign language interpreters. You can find out more about our services on our website www.silent-sounds.co.uk  

Silent Sounds at Wycombe Business Expo

Silent Sounds UK Ltd, the country's leading deaf communication service are exhibiting at the inaugural Wycombe Business Expo!!

   

Wycombe Business Expo is a Business to business event in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Over 60 Exhibitors, Guest Speakers, Free Ask-the-expert workshops and more... The Wycombe Business Expo offers local businesses within the Wycombe District the perfect opportunity to network and show-case their products, skills and services to other South Bucks businesses.

This year’s event will be held on Thursday 28th October 2010, at the newly built £31 million Cressex Community School. On the day there will be local exhibitors, guest speakers and ask-the-expert workshops. This first of its kind, the Wycombe Business Expo is the place to be if you are a local business owner looking for suppliers or new customers.

Come and see us on the day, and meet the team. You can find out more about our services on our website www.silent-sounds.co.uk

Silent Sounds On-Line BSL Interpreting service

Leading deaf communication service, Silent Sounds are introducing a revolutionary new On-Line BSL interpreting service working in partnership with deaf charity Sign Health. 

Richard Durrant, the Business development manager for Silent Sounds said:

"Silent Sounds have been looking at various ways that we can increase our support for the deaf community, and also to help cut costs for our customers in the Public sector. On-Line BSL interpreting is something that we have been looking at for some time and that we believe is an inevitable development, considering the technological advances over the last few years, particularly with regards to high speed broadband, and also the public sectors desire to cut costs.

On-Line BSL interpreting is not and never will be a replacement for face to face British Sign Language interpreting, but is something that can be used to compliment the services that are already being offered. We believe that its' main use will be in hospitals, for emergency reception type appointments, such as outpatients, A&E units and maternity units, and it will also become widely used for basic GP appointments. Its’ primary purpose, would be to deal with initial enquiries and basic appointments, and not in-depth consultations.

Silent Sounds will be working as partner to deaf charity Sign Health. who are providing the infrastructure for the On-Line interpreting service. A small piece of software loaded on to any pc/laptop within the client's organisation, will then enable the client to access the video interpreting service.

There is no huge outlay to be made on capital costs to set up this service, all that is needed is a reasonable quality webcam, and a pc/laptop with an average specification, together with a high speed broadband line, and telephone handset.

We believe that this innovative service will provide the deaf patients with much needed immediate access to a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter, and will help the organisations using the service to make significant savings"

Please go to www.silent-sounds.co.uk if you are interested in receiving more information regarding the Silent Sounds/Sign Health On-Line BSL Interpreting service.   

New U.S. Study into Age-related hearing loss

New U.S. Study into Age-related hearing loss.

FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- 

New insight into how different types of age-related hearing loss may occur could help lead to the development of drugs to preserve hearing, scientists say.

The team at the University of Minnesota Medical School looked at how two closely related genes affect hearing in mice. Mutations in these genes are associated with deafness in humans, they noted.

The study, published online Oct. 14 in PLoS Genetics, found that proteins produced by the genes play a key role in two important processes that are required to maintain hearing in mice.

"These separate maintenance pathways are likely important for maintaining auditory function during aging and may contribute to future understanding of common forms of age-related hearing loss in humans," study author Ben Perrin said in a news release from the journal's publisher.

Because animal studies frequently fail to produce beneficial results for humans, additional research is needed.

(Funding for the study was supplied by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.)