Wyly Wade is suing Cochlear Limited in US court because the Australian company's implants failed his daughter. Cochlear recalled the Nucleus CI500 implant just one month after both of his daughter's implants quit working and had to be surgically removed, apparently because of a moisture problem in the device. Wade wants class action status for his complaint, which says the failure rate of the devices is 2.4%.
An Australian company is now offering an app that promises to deliver real-time live theater captioning on smartphone and tablet devices. The Captioning Studio app is called GoTheatrical and was first used publically in the city of Canberra for Andrew McKinnon’s production of Dickens’ Women last month. It runs a dollar-99 on Apple’s App Store. The video offers more details (captions included).
Deaf-blind blues pianist Michelle Stevens will play at Stage Fright Saturday morning in Melbourne. It's a showcase of talented singers, musicians and artists such as Stevens to raise funds for Able Australia Services. Stevens career was re-ignited by the charity after she gave up playing because of an ear disease. Blind since infancy, she played at clubs and made television appearances until she lost most of her hearing in the early 90s. More than a decade later, Able Australia Services reintroduced her to music and provided a cochlear implant. For more information on Stage Fright, click here. Below is a video on DeafNewsToday.com about Stevens graduation from La Trobe University.
The Cochlear Ltd is reporting losses for the first time since 1995. The Austrailian company says it lost $20 million during the second half of last year after recalling one of its most popular implants. During the same period in 2010, Cochlear earned more than $87 million in profit. However, investors took heart in the fact that the loss wasn't as big as expected. Stock shares rose by $4.41 to close at $62.52 yesterday. Cochlear was helped by the fact that its Swiss rival, Sonova, also had a major recall this past year.
A app for deaf Australians works as a visual alert for emergency notices. Silent Tweets was created by Australian Communication Exchange and is free. It gives users warnings of regional emergencies, such as building evacuations or disaster announcements as well as updates on traffic and weather.
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The Australian Deaf Games ended last night in Geelong. The eight day competition involved 16 different sports. The next games will take place in Adelaide in 2016. Deaf Sports Australia says the games will bring together hundreds of competitors again and pump an estimated $1.5 million into the economy.
Australian Deaf Games start Saturday and will run for a week in the Melbourne suburb of Geelong, along the southern coast. Some 900 athletes from Australia, New Zealand, Samoa and Fiji will compete in 17 sports, from aquatics and cycling. There will be about 1500 support personnel and 100 entertainers. The games started in 1964 and are held every four years.
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