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What sound would you miss most of all?

Birdsong is not so sweet to the hearing impaired. Picture: RNID
Birdsong is not so sweet to the hearing impaired. Picture: RNID

Your favourite song? The dawn chorus? Someone saying ‘I love you’?

The Royal National Institute for the Deaf asked scores of people what sound they would miss the most if they lost their hearing, as part of Deaf Awareness Week – and Kent Online wants to know what your top choice would be.

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Most people, 28 per cent, said they would miss a loved one’s voice most of all, followed closely by music, 25 per cent, and laughter, 18 per cent.

Jackie Ballard, Chief Executive of RNID, said: "We want people to take a moment to imagine a world without sound, to think about how you would you feel if you lost your hearing and were not able to hear sounds that you have always taken for granted, such as bird song, laughter, or perhaps your favourite piece of music.”

For more information about Deaf Awareness Week visit www.worldwithoutsound.org

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