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Thomas Arnold Primary School in Essex is the next stop for the award winning Bionic Ear Show, courtesy of national charity Deafness Research UK.

Twin schools Tormead Junior School and Tormead School in Guildford, Surrey are the next stops for the 2011 Bionic Ear Roadshow, from national charity Deafness Research UK.

Following last month’s Deaf Awareness Week (2-8 May), the country’s leading medical research charity Deafness Research UK has received a much appreciated donation of £870 from Leightons HearingCare.

What can earwax tell you about your genetics and can your ear shape convict you of a crime? Some schoolchildren in Scotland are about to find out as the Bionic Ear Show from Deafness Research arrives in Edinburgh from the 7th to the 15th of June.

It was tea, cake and a bit of science all rolled into one recently, as national charity Deafness Research UK hosted a unique science event at the University of Sheffield, featuring the world’s largest ear!

Tarporley Church of England Primary School in Cheshire is the next port of call for the 2011 Bionic Ear Roadshow, from national charity Deafness Research UK.

Kew Green Preparatory School on Ferry Lane, Kew Green, is the next stop for the innovative 2011 Bionic Ear Roadshow, from Deafness Research UK. The road show which is sponsored by BUPA, will be stopping by at Kew Green School on 26 May 2011.

It will be a working lunch with a difference at Lloyd’s London and Kent offices next week.

Hacton Primary School in Hornchurch, Essex, is the next stop for the innovative 2011 Bionic Ear Roadshow on 25 May, from national charity Deafness Research UK.

This year’s Deaf Awareness Week (2-8 May), sees Deafness Research UK continue its pioneering work in helping those facing deafness throughout the country, with the launch of a new free advice leaflet.

In memory of her late Grandfather and the work he carried out during his life, 29 year old Rachel Hendrick from London has decided to raise money for Deafness Research UK.

Ahead of Deaf Awareness Week (2-8 May), national charity Deafness Research UK has received a welcome boost as Leightons Hearing Care has agreed to donate £3 for every hearing aid sold or hearing assessment undertaken throughout the month of May.

Sheffield businessman Jon Gardner showed some steel at the weekend to complete the Virgin London Marathon in aid of national charity Deafness Research UK.

An innovative cash for scrap scheme for vehicles is busy drumming up support for a national charity as Deafness Research UK receives its first donations under a venture transforming unwanted old bangers into cash for good causes.

National Charity Deafness Research UK will be in the Arena spotlight this Easter, as the celebrated BBC documentary series profiles the life and work of the charity’s Vice President, Sir George Martin, CBE.

Local firms are rallying to help a Sheffield businessman raise money for the national charity Deafness Research UK, as he aims to complete his first ever marathon in London on 17 April.

Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP is supporting Deafness Research UK by providing an educational grant to enable the country’s leading medical research charity to design and print vital information leaflets on hearing loss.

During this year’s National Science and Engineering Week (14-18 March), Deafness Research UK will be putting on several free performances of its Bionic Ear Show in communities across the country, culminating with two shows in Wales.

The Bionic Ear Show ‘s next point of call will be two shows as part of the Oxfordshire Science Festival (26 February – 20 March), taking place on the 26 February, where Deafness Research UK hopes its key messages can be driven home.

One managing director from Sheffield is hoping to make great strides for charity this year by completing his first ever Virgin London Marathon for national charity Deafness Research UK.

Leading charity Deafness Research UK is delighted to announce it is hosting a Recent Advances in Molecular Biology of Otology seminar to showcase some of the latest work taking place in hearing research.

The innovative Deafness Research UK Bionic Ear Roadshow is taking its message and its giant ear to students in Westminster in February.

The innovative Deafness Research UK Bionic Ear Roadshow is taking its message and its giant ear to college students in Essex in January. The show will be appearing at Barking and Dagenham College, Romford on 31 January between 12.00noon and 1.00pm.

The Cranbury Centre at Eastleigh College in Southampton on 18 January is the next port of call for the Deafness Research UK Bionic Ear Roadshow.

The Deafness Research UK Bionic Ear Roadshow is taking its message and giant ear to adults in London in January. The show will be appearing at St. Mungo’s Hostel in Hackney on the 17th and the Swiss Cottage Community Centre in Camden on the 24th.

The Association for Science Education (ASE) annual conference in Reading on 6 January will be the first stop in the New Year for Bionic Ear Roadshow presenter Tobin May and Andrew Goodwin from national charity Deafness Research UK.

For people suffering from tinnitus, peace on earth would be welcome at any time of the year, but even more so at Christmas when people are looking to enjoy themselves. Deafness Research UK has some top tips to slay the bells ringing in your ears.

Deafness Research UK sponsored the inaugural meeting for Ciliopathy Awareness Day on 29 November, held at the Institute of Child Health at University College London.

National Charity Deafness Research UK has a new Individual Giving Fundraiser in the form of 22 year old Daniel Whiteside.

National charity Deafness Research UK is warning that drastic reductions in the numbers of children receiving grommets for glue ear risks disadvantaging children who have a genuine need for the treatment.

Seven schools in South Tyneside, Newcastle, are the next stop for the Bionic Ear Roadshow, from national charity Deafness Research UK in December.

Abbots Langley Primary School in Hertfordshire on 18 November is the next stop for the 2010 Bionic Ear Roadshow, from national charity Deafness Research UK.

Farnborough Technology College in Hampshire will be visited on 10 November by the innovative Bionic Ear Roadshow, from national charity Deafness Research UK.

Mary Hare Primary School in Newbury will be playing host to the interactive Bionic Ear Roadshow, from national charity Deafness Research UK on 9 November.

Emmbrook Infant and Junior school in Wokingham in Berkshire will be visited by the innovative Bionic Ear Roadshow, courtesy of national charity Deafness Research UK.

National charity Deafness Research UK is warning that 5 November can turn into a ‘fright night’ if fireworks are used inappropriately and advises everyone to remember a few simple tips to ensure they enjoy the evening’s festivities safely.

For 24 year old Charlotte Booth of Skipton, Yorkshire, living with a hearing impairment has always been part of her life.

We can all now take a simple, practical step towards funding research into tinnitus and deafness, by supporting Deafness Research UK’s mobile phone recycling initiative.

Iain Clarke from Edinburgh has been living with tinnitus for almost twenty years.

Pam Allen of Middlesbrough, has lived with tinnitus for 12 years and on a `good’ day she hears a continuous hissing sound in both ears.

Rachael Nugent of Bury in Lancashire has suffered from tinnitus for six long years. Countless visits to doctors and experimenting with different treatments have left her no better than before.

Allison Mason of Palmers Green in London began singing in a choir when she was eight years old. Thirty years later, she had to give up choral singing, her passion and joy in life, because of tinnitus.

Ear pain tops the bill, with over one third of people suffering

Deafness Research UK has organised a rare opportunity for the public to meet the scientists

Tinnitus sufferers now have fresh hope that better treatments and potential cures for tinnitus may be closer, thanks to a new tie-up between the charities Deafness Research UK and Action for Tinnitus Research (ATR).

Excessive noise in the workplace is to blame for tinnitus, according to tinnitus sufferers themselves.