New Competition Calls on Photographers to Capture Favourite Sounds

Deaf Awareness Week 2008 (5 - 11 May)

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RNID, the charity for deaf and hard of hearing people, is challenging photographers to imagine a world without sound and capture original, thought-provoking images of the sound they would most miss.

Launched as part of Deaf Awareness Week (5 – 11 May), the competition is open to both amateurs and semi-professionals. Winning images will be selected by a RNID judging panel that will include the award-winning photographer, Stuart Freedman and showcased in a commemorative book and on a special website.

Photographers can enter online at www.worldwithoutsound.org until 15 August 2008.

The results of an RNID poll revealed that the voice of a loved one was the sound respondents would miss the most if they lost their hearing (28 per cent of the vote), followed closely by music (25 per cent) and laughter (18 per cent).

Gemma Bevan, event organiser at RNID, says: “We hope this competition will inspire photographers to capture original, provocative images of sounds we take for granted but would miss in a world without sound.

“Hearing loss can have a profound impact on people’s lives. By getting people to imagine a world without sound, we hope to encourage people to be more aware of their hearing.”

For more information, visit www.worldwithoutsound.org or contact RNID’s information line on +44 (0) 808 808 0123 (telephone), +44 (0) 808 808 9000 (textphone).

If you think that you, or someone you know, might have some hearing loss, why not take RNID’s simple five minute telephone hearing check on +44 (0) 845 600 5555.

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