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Young people’s competition to beat deafness

YOUNG people are being encouraged to think how science could help improve life for people with hearing problems.
The country’s medical research charity for people with hearing loss, Deafness Research UK, is launching an exciting new My Hearing, My Future competition for young people aged 10-18.
Entrants are being invited to help “Sonar”, the charity’s very own virtual superhero, by contributing ideas on research, technologies and inventions that could help him improve the world for people with hearing loss.
Sonar is a research scientist who happens to be deaf. He also has extraordinary powers including superhuman intelligence and super strength.
Like many young deaf people, Sonar wears a cochlear implant but Sonar’s implant has a very special “super” feature – it warns him of impending danger.
Vivienne Michael, chief executive of Deafness Research UK, said:
“Around 9 million people in the UK are affected by hearing loss and the numbers are growing rapidly. We want to encourage young people to think about their hearing, the support currently available for people with hearing loss and the difference they could make to those affected.
“We also want to get young people excited and involved in hearing research and encourage more to consider a career in science.”
To encourage as many young people as possible to enter, the charity is inviting entries in a wide range of creative formats including short essays, comic strips and videos.
Vivienne added: “This competition is an exciting opportunity for schools to involve and empower pupils as the children will have a real say in the future direction of research and policy. Our winners will have the chance to discuss their ideas directly with leading researchers in the field.”
Competition entries will be judged in two age categories: 10-14 and 15-18 years and entries can be in English or British Sign Language.
The closing date for entries is January 20.
Winning entries will be selected by a panel including people with hearing loss, scientists and an MP with an awards ceremony at the House of Commons in March.
www.my-hearing-my-future.co.uk/

Deafness Research UK is the country’s only charity dedicated to finding new cures, treatments and technologies for people with hearing loss and other hearing conditions
The charity supports high quality medical research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of all forms of hearing loss and related conditions such as tinnitus
Deafness Research UK was founded in 1985 by Lord (Jack) and Lady Ashley of Stoke

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