Dozens of people with hearing impairment and their families yesterday gathered in Taipei for the seventh annual talent show hosted by hearing aid provider Clinico.
The performers included sisters Chen Yen-jung (陳妍蓉) and Chen Ssu-ching (陳楒晴), eight and seven years old respectively; Yeh Chun-ping (葉君萍), 40; Yang Ting-yu (楊婷淯), 13; Yeh Chun-ho (葉俊和), four; Lin Fei-yang (林飛揚), 12; Chen Yu-lin (陳宥霖), 10; and Huang Yi-chen (黃苡真), five, Clinico said.
Yeh Chun-ping lost hearing in her left ear about 10 years ago, but was initially optimistic, she said.
However, after experiencing hearing loss in her right ear as well, shortly after she turned 38, she began to feel scared and shut herself off from others, she said.
When the medical team at Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital told her she could receive a cochlear implant, her hope was reignited, she said, adding that with the encouragement and support of Clinico audiologists she has been able to continue pursuing her passion for music.
The company’s courses have helped people as young as four months old, as well as people in their 80s, Clinico speech therapist Wang Wen-hui (王文惠) said.
Clinico uses early intervention and rehabilitation to help those with hearing impairment build confidence and adapt to everyday life, the company said.
The Taipei City Government yesterday said contractors organizing its New Year’s Eve celebrations would be held responsible after a jumbo screen played a Beijing-ran television channel near the event’s end. An image showing China Central Television (CCTV) Channel 3 being displayed was posted on the social media platform Threads, sparking an outcry on the Internet over Beijing’s alleged political infiltration of the municipal government. A Taipei Department of Information and Tourism spokesman said event workers had made a “grave mistake” and that the Television Broadcasts Satellite (TVBS) group had the contract to operate the screens. The city would apply contractual penalties on TVBS
The lowest temperature in a low-lying area recorded early yesterday morning was in Miaoli County’s Gongguan Township (公館), at 6.8°C, due to a strong cold air mass and the effect of radiative cooling, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. In other areas, Chiayi’s East District (東區) recorded a low of 8.2°C and Yunlin County’s Huwei Township (虎尾) recorded 8.5°C, CWA data showed. The cold air mass was at its strongest from Saturday night to the early hours of yesterday. It brought temperatures down to 9°C to 11°C in areas across the nation and the outlying Kinmen and Lienchiang (Matsu) counties,
A new board game set against the backdrop of armed conflict around Taiwan is to be released next month, amid renewed threats from Beijing, inviting players to participate in an imaginary Chinese invasion 20 years from now. China has ramped up military activity close to Taiwan in the past few years, including massing naval forces around the nation. The game, titled 2045, tasks players with navigating the troubles of war using colorful action cards and role-playing as characters involved in operations 10 days before a fictional Chinese invasion of Taiwan. That includes members of the armed forces, Chinese sleeper agents and pro-China politicians
STAY VIGILANT: When experiencing symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, such as dizziness or fatigue, near a water heater, open windows and doors to ventilate the area Rooftop flue water heaters should only be installed outdoors or in properly ventilated areas to prevent toxic gas from building up, the Yilan County Fire Department said, after a man in Taipei died of carbon monoxide poisoning on Monday last week. The 39-year-old man, surnamed Chen (陳), an assistant professor at Providence University in Taichung, was at his Taipei home for the holidays when the incident occurred, news reports said. He was taking a shower in the bathroom of a rooftop addition when carbon monoxide — a poisonous byproduct of combustion — leaked from a water heater installed in a poorly ventilated
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