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# cochlear implants

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Voices
Opinion: The rights of the Deaf community have just been spectacularly undermined
Recent claims by the Government that it would support the development of key services through Irish Sign Language have been seriously undermined by the news that one national Deaf advocacy organisation has been forced to closed down.
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Jul 9th 2014, 1:00 PM
# inspired by cadbury
Woman hears music for the first time after 40 years
Her friend put together a very special mixtape for her.
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Mar 26th 2014, 5:56 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Oct 17th 2013, 4:50 PM
# Silence
WATCH: Dáil falls silent to highlight plight of children in need of cochlear implants
Sinn Féin TD Jonathan O’Brien asked that the Dáil observe the silence “to get some understanding of what those children have to endure”.
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Oct 17th 2013, 3:43 PM
# Budget 2014
Silent protest outside Dáil today over childrens' cochlear implants funding
Parents are calling on the Health Minister to allocate funding for bilateral cochlear implants for children.
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Oct 17th 2013, 6:50 AM
# happy new ear
Concern over backlog for cochlear implants
Parents campaigning on the issue still hope to meet the Health Minister over the issue of bilateral cochlear implants for children.
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Jun 2nd 2013, 9:15 AM
# cochlear implants
Billy’s fight to hear as parents call for cochlear implants
Billy Cairns (4) currently cannot hear as he has undergone an operation to repair a faulty cochlear implant – his parents say he would not be experiencing this if he had been fitted with two.
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Apr 21st 2013, 7:15 AM
# Inspiring
WATCH: 26-year-old woman hears sound for the first time
There’s something in our eye.
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Mar 20th 2013, 9:00 PM
# cochlear implants
Reilly: "Priority" to offer children bilateral cochlear implants in 2014
Parents are calling on the Government to fit children with two cochlear implants as standard, instead of the current one.
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Mar 14th 2013, 6:30 AM
# Mortgages
Banks 'do not have a veto' to block insolvency deals, insists Kenny
Enda Kenny denies that the personal insolvency legislation gives banks the chance to totally block any debt relief.
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Mar 13th 2013, 11:46 AM
# Leaders' Questions
Kenny defends Government's stance on dealing with mortgage arrears
Micheál Martin suggests that the government is only now dealing with the problem because of the Meath East by-election.
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Mar 12th 2013, 4:18 PM
LIVE
Baby who survived meningitis gets chance to hear again after ‘ground-breaking’ op
Nine-month-old Liam Coughlan received cochlear implants after he lost his hearing as a result of contracting a potentially deadly form of meningitis.
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Apr 18th 2011, 10:54 AM