Ellie J Edith

Implants can help deaf kids hear—but many still struggle with spoken language Some researchers worry about risks of devaluing sign language, overreliance on imperfect devices

Honored to be mentioned alongside scholars I admire: @naomicaselli.bsky.social, Padden, Mayberry, Chen Pichler, and more! www.science.org/content/arti...

"Imperfect sounds: Cochlear implants give deaf kids unprecedented access to sound. But insisting they avoid using sign language may be risky."

The difficulty being that many on PIP, which isn’t means tested, use it to support them being able to stay in work. Feels wrong to cut benefits to sick/disabled but not the ‘benefits’ to wealthy, or those in receipt of extensive ‘expenses’ claims and subsidies. Not the same, but grates. A lot.

The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings The covid-19 pandemic saw frequent changes and conflicts in mask policies and politicization of masks. On reviewing the evidence, including studies published after the pandemic, the data suggest respi...

Anyone want to see our latest paper on #masks?
#healthpolicy 🧪

www.bmj.com/content/388/...

I know I shouldn’t cross post from a hot bed of neo-Nazism. But this is mad. Imagine the implications for sport for starters if this was true. You can play for a British team, but not for England. that’s for whites.

As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.

TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

The mind-blowing ocean-facts series:
A sea turtle's sex is determined by sand temp. Too hot = more females, too cool = more males. As climate change heats up the beaches, male populations dwindle, which further threatens endangered species of sea turtles.

#climatechange #seaturtles #savethesea

Vaccines save lives. Keep repeating the message. It’s the truth.

Thousands of doctors across all specialties are concerned about PAs and patient safety

Valid concerns backed by a mountain of irrefutable evidence

Current noise is meant to bully and gaslight Doctors into silence

It won't work

#ToxicSilence

(Sound on)

The governance failures do not stop at the RCP's door. FOI revealed extensive comms between the DHSC, NHSE, the GMC and RCP in the build up to the Extraordinary General Meeting and SI vote looking to rally support.

Every spoke of the wheel which should have been looking to protect patients failed.

A black background with white text displays a quote from The Vegan Society defining veganism: "Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude - as far as is possible and practicable - all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose."

It's astonishing how many find this a difficult concept.

#WorldPhilosophyDay
#PhilosophyDay

YouTube video by Leanne Signed Stories The Snowman by Raymond Briggs - Signed Stories - Sign Language | BSL

Apologies, we missed our author introduction tonight, on account of being at BSL Level 1 class instead ... and when it started to snow we instantly had to learn the sign for snowman (obvs) and then found this fab video on YouTube!

#BSL #Snow #Snowman #DeafCommunity