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ACC Changes Must Protect the Rights of Injured Workers
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 5:30 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
It is essential the rights of people with hearing injuries are protected under proposed ACC reforms, the National Foundation for the Deaf said today. More >>
ACC Changes Must Protect the Rights of Injured Workers
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 4:57 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
It is essential the rights of people with hearing injuries are protected under proposed ACC reforms, the National Foundation for the Deaf said today. The changes, announced by ACC Minister Nick Smith this afternoon, will allow employers to choose their workplace ... More >>
Petition aims to overturn ACC law
Monday, 29 November 2010, 5:06 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
The National Foundation for the Deaf today launched a fight to overturn a law that stops many people seeking ACC rehabilitation for noise injury having claims heard on their merits. The NFD is circulating a petition nationwide seeking support to ... More >>
Petition aims to overturn ACC law
Monday, 29 November 2010, 9:09 am | National Foundation for the Deaf
The National Foundation for the Deaf today launched a fight to overturn a law that stops many people seeking ACC rehabilitation for noise injury having claims heard on their merits. More >>
Pindrop Foundation joins National Foundation
Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 4:44 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
The Pindrop Foundation has become the seventh national organisation to join the National Foundation for the Deaf Inc. More >>
Paper shows ACC policy is “scandalous”
Friday, 22 October 2010, 4:43 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
ACC policy changes for dealing with hearing injuries is discriminatory, breaches international treaties and endorses unsafe working environments, according to a paper released today by the National Foundation for the Deaf. More >>
Hearing Damage is About Best Practice Too
Friday, 24 September 2010, 10:22 am | National Foundation for the Deaf
ACC’s treatment of noise-damaged hearing should be about best practice in rehabilitating injured workers, not draconian policy, the National Foundation for the Deaf said today. More >>
Did The ACC Minister Hear Us Properly?
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 9:28 am | National Foundation for the Deaf
The National Foundation for the Deaf is wondering if ACC Minister Nick Smith heard it properly. NFD chief executive Louise Carroll said today Dr Smith had taken her comments out of context when he told Parliament yesterday the NFD agreed age was ... More >>
University students' campaign to make young listen
Wednesday, 15 September 2010, 2:01 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
Students at AUT University in Auckland collaborate with technicians and the National Foundation for the Deaf (NFD) to introduce a giant model Ear and iPod to high school students in a bid to make a loud noise about safer listening practices. More >>
Speak out on Be Heard Day
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 9:58 am | National Foundation for the Deaf
In what is a first for New Zealand, the National Foundation for the Deaf has asked all Members of Parliament to make time to meet people with hearing disabilities in their electorate offices on Saturday morning, September 18. More >>
ACC’s Got It Wrong Over Injured Hearing as Well
Saturday, 11 September 2010, 12:17 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
ACC has got it wrong over sexual abuse counselling, and it’s time it accepted it has got it wrong over funding for workplace hearing injuries as well, the National Foundation for the Deaf said today. More >>
ACC’s Got It Wrong Over Injured Hearing As Well
Friday, 10 September 2010, 5:36 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
ACC has got it wrong over sexual abuse counselling, and it’s time it accepted it has got it wrong over funding for workplace hearing injuries as well, the National Foundation for the Deaf said today. More >>
Five more years on line
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 3:02 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
The government has opened bids for another five years of the phone relay service for the hearing-impaired and Deaf, with two major wins for those who otherwise struggle to use the telephone. More >>
Acoustics ISSA Conference
Tuesday, 24 August 2010, 3:58 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
Dr Felipe Gaitan is working on creating nuclear fusion using sound – doing away with the messy stuff that comes from splitting atoms to make nuclear energy. He is a keynote speakers at the ISSA conference at the end of the month. More >>
1 in 5 teenagers has a hearing loss
Friday, 20 August 2010, 9:48 am | National Foundation for the Deaf
One in every five American teenagers has a hearing loss, and the National Foundation for the Deaf fears the same applies to New Zealand teens. More >>
We need to be heard
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 8:48 am | National Foundation for the Deaf
The National Foundation for the Deaf wants to give people who are hearing impaired and deaf the opportunity to be heard by their Members of Parliament. More >>
NFD Astonished At ACC $2b Surplus
Sunday, 27 June 2010, 1:50 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
The National Foundation for the Deaf is astonished ACC is on track to post a $2 billion surplus while it is slashing services to people with work-related sound-damaged hearing. More >>
Rehabilitation – Only If You Pay Your Share
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 10:59 am | National Foundation for the Deaf
ACC is changing its rules for people with noise-damaged hearing – you will get rehabilitation if you can afford to pay your share, says the National Foundation for the Deaf. More >>
Moves to protect pre-schoolers' hearing
Friday, 28 May 2010, 12:09 pm | National Foundation for the Deaf
The National Foundation for the Deaf Inc (NFD) has partnered with children’s earmuff supplier, Baby Banz Ltd to protect preschoolers’ hearing. More >>
Safe Sound Indicators To Help Save Kids' Hearing
Monday, 3 May 2010, 10:00 am | National Foundation for the Deaf
The National Foundation for the Deaf (NFD) is placing 20 prototype Safe Sound Indicators (SSIs) in early childhood centres in Auckland as part of a pilot programme to address noise induced hearing loss in children and their educators. A NFD survey of 65 kindergartens, ... More >>
