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Imagine what the world
is like without sound

Take a moment to imagine if you couldn’t hear birdsong at dawn or danger signals in the street, enjoy wonderful sounds like a baby giggling or listen to your favourite music. This site celebrates the value of sound. By joining in we hope you’ll appreciate the importance of sound too and will make a donation to help us continue our work. We want to campaign for issues faced by deaf and hard of hearing people, provide services to individuals and organisations and carry out vital research into deafness and hearing loss.

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