Latest news with #hearingimpaired
News24
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News24
‘My heart will always choose you': Miss SA Mia le Roux engaged to partner Luke Tenover
Reigning Miss South Africa, Mia le Roux, has officially announced her engagement to longtime partner, Luke Tenover. On Tuesday, Le Roux shared the news with her followers on Instagram, expressing her joy and reflecting on their journey together. Le Roux, who will hand over the Mowana Crown to her successor before the end of the year, wrote: 'I cannot wait to become your wife. The immense love, patience, and sacrifice you have shown me this year have been nothing short of incredible.' She continued, 'From the way you provide calm and steady support during life's challenges to the way we share laughter over the simplest things, my heart will always choose you - even when you take an hour to inspect your cricket kit before making me a cup of coffee.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by M I A L E R O U X (@mialerouxx) The couple has been together for three years. While details of the proposal remain private, Tenover shared an intimate video of the moment, and Le Roux revealed, 'We have been engaged for a while now and mutually agreed to enjoy this moment privately. Now, we are ready to share our joy with the world.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by @luke_tenoever Tenover has supported Le Roux throughout her reign as Miss South Africa. After she made history in August 2024 as the first hearing-impaired Miss South Africa, Tenover posted a heartfelt tribute, saying, 'My dearest Miatjie, words cannot express how proud I am of you. You are the strongest person I have ever known. Winning Miss South Africa is just the beginning, and I have no doubt you will use this platform to achieve remarkable things.' This announcement comes just months after former Miss South Africa, Natasha Joubert, married her high school sweetheart, Enrico Vermaak, marking another milestone for South Africa's beauty queens.
Zawya
02-07-2025
- General
- Zawya
Eritrea: Sign Language Training in Asmara
Sign language training programs lasting from three to six months have been provided to 12 teachers and 55 students of Denden High School in Asmara. Mr. Daniel Habte, director of the school, stated that the objective of the training was to facilitate communication with hearing-impaired individuals in general, and with students in particular. The event featured presentations and performances reflecting the knowledge the students gained from the training. Mr. Hagos Kidane, from the Central Region education office, said that in the 2024/2025 academic year, Denden High School provided educational opportunities to 14 students with hearing impairments, and that the training will play a significant role in improving the teaching and learning process for these students. The trainees, expressing appreciation for the training opportunity provided, also affirmed their readiness to apply their training to assist hearing-impaired students in their school. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Information, Eritrea.
ABC News
03-06-2025
- Health
- ABC News
Telstra fined for disruption to emergency call service used by people with hearing, speech impairments
Telstra has again fallen short of regulator standards and community expectations in providing access to emergency services. The telco giant has paid a penalty and agreed to launch an independent review after it mistakenly disabled its connection to an emergency call relay service, which is used by people with hearing or speech impairments. In a life- or property-threatening time-critical emergency situation, Australians should contact triple-0 (000) — or, if they are using a type and listen or teletypewriter (TTY) device, they can dial 106 to be connected to police, fire or ambulance services. An Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) investigation found the 106 emergency call service number was inadvertently made unavailable for 12 hours and 46 minutes between July 5 and 6 2024, following a server migration process. TTY is a text-based communication method for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech impairments, allowing them to communicate via typed text over a phone line. A relay officer reads out the text a person types into their TTY device to an emergency operator. ACMA says it takes any disruption to an emergency call service very seriously, given there could be devastating consequences for members of the public. "This mistake could have contributed to very serious harm if someone who relies on this service had needed emergency assistance but was unable to get through," ACMA member and consumer lead Samantha Yorke said. "Fortunately, the records show no one attempted to use the 106 service for an emergency during the time the service was disabled." Under emergency call service rules, carriers must maintain the proper and effective functioning of their networks and facilities that are used to carry emergency calls. An analyst has raised concerns about the repeated failure of Australia's largest telecommunications providers to meet basic consumer needs. In December 2024, the ACMA imposed a $3 million penalty on Telstra after an investigation found 473 breaches of emergency call rules when Telstra's triple-0 call centre experienced a disruption for 90 minutes. "We've now had two major emergency service failures from Telstra in under a year," telecommunications consultant Paul Budde said, describing the incidents as "warning signs that core infrastructure is being compromised". Telstra has given the ACMA a court-enforceable undertaking to improve its relevant change management processes. It has also engaged an independent reviewer to look at the range of operational arrangements that support reliable delivery of the 106 emergency call service. "For years, Telstra has tried to position itself as a high-value tech company rather than a reliable utility," Mr Budde said. "But you can't build a shiny digital future on crumbling foundations. Telstra has also paid a penalty of $18,780, the maximum the ACMA could impose under the circumstances. Mr Budde said it was "pocket change" for the telco. "We need penalties that actually hurt — or better yet, incentives that reward doing the right thing." Optus was penalised a record $12 million by ACMA in late 2024 for a November 2023 network outage that caused considerable disruption to emergency call services. Telstra has committed to an independent review of its systems and says it will implement any reasonable recommendations of the review, develop and provide staff training and report regularly to ACMA on its progress implementing these undertakings. In a written statement, a Telstra spokesperson told the ABC that while no emergency calls failed during the disruption on July 6, 2024, the Telco understands the "critical importance of maintaining reliable emergency call services and the potential consequences of any disruption." 'We fully accept the findings of the ACMA and have committed to an independent review of our change management processes and operational arrangements to ensure such a mistake doesn't happen again,' the spokesperson said.
