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More books for sale were added to the booklist database! Contact sellers now!

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Deaf Awareness Month Week 4 – This week we are shedding light on two organisations in Malta; the Għaqda Persuni Neqsin mis-Smigħ / Deaf People Association Malta and the Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability - CRPD . These two organisations have made impressive strides in supporting the deaf community in Malta. Have a look!

Deaf Awareness Month Week 2 – Hearing Aids: Turn the volume up!
This week we will delve into the journey of hearing aids starting from the ear trumpet in the 17th century till the Bluetooth devices we know today.
Thanks to many innovative creators such as Frederick C. Rein who invented the acoustic headbands in 1800 and Miller Reese Hutchison who invented the first electric hearing aid in 1892, people with hearing impairments have had the opportunity to integrate and communicate in a more efficient way with the world around them.
Technology has evolved from vacuum tubes which turned speech into electrical signals which were then amplified, to transistors which then replaced these tubes.
Furthermore, the appearance and position of these hearing aids also vary from being visible behind the ear to completely hidden in the ear canal as can be seen in the infographics below.
Keep tuning in every Thursday to show your support and spread the awareness
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Deaf Awareness Month - Hearing loss, not as simple as you thought!

September is Deaf Awareness Month and for the first week, we will be tackling the different types of hearing loss.

The types of hearing loss range from mild to profound and are dependent on which part of the ear is affected be it the inner, middle, or outer ear. In addition to this, hearing loss also varies in presentation be it congenital or acquired, in one ear or in both and many more variations as can be seen in the following infographics.

Keep following along in the upcoming weeks to broaden your knowledge and help us raise awareness throughout the month of September!

SCOME - Practice Makes Perfect team once again collaborated with MMSA - Public Health - Healthy Lifestyles team for another successful BYOB x First Aid: By the Beach event. We would like to thank Malta Red Cross for delivering these informative sessions where students learnt about CPR, cardiac arrest and the use of the AED machine as well as bandaging techniques when administering first aid. The sessions were then followed by a beach workout organised by the Healthy Lifestyles team. We would like to thank all the participants for attending this successful event!

Once again, SCOME will be compiling a Booklist Database for anyone who would like to sell any of their medical textbooks. If you have any books you'd like to put up for sale, kindly contact Emma Azzopardi either through FB Messenger, or via the following email: [email protected].

Your contact details will be uploaded into the database which will be shared with any potential buyers so that they may contact you.

Should you sell any books, please let Emma know so that your listing will be removed from the database.

Thank you Martina Baldacchino for the poster design!

Today marks the end of the 2020-2021 term for MMSA - Medical Education!

With countless educational events and documents, thousands of flashcards released, a published journal, all reaching hundreds of medical students in the midst of a pandemic, the term has been something to be proud of!

A heartfelt thanks goes out to the MMSA-SCOME team who has made this term possible: Practice Makes Perfect Coordinators Gillian, Thea and Jasmine, the academics team Andrea, Maria Paola, Gabrielle and Luke, BTS coordinator Harley, freshers' week coordinator Jade, publications coordinators Bernardette and Jenny, as well as SCOME Weekend coordinator Victoria.

This term has been led by outgoing SCOME Officer Matthew Buttigieg and assistant Nicholas Galea.

From tomorrow, a new term starts led by Nicholas Galea along with his enthusiast team. Good luck! ❤

Check out this year's second issue of TheSynapse below! 👇

Today during the MMSA Research Conference, we launched the 2021 Issue of Minima Medica!

A special thanks goes to Bernardette Mangion and Jenny Xuereb, magazine editors, as well as Mariah Borg, magazine designer, for making this possible! A huge well done also goes to all authors!

Read the journal below 👇

Minima Medica 2021 Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu’s millions of monthly readers. Title: Minima Medica 2021, Author: Malta Medical Students' Association, Name:...