... weak tongue muscles from not speaking. They have to do special exercises to strengthen them. Deaf children are not taught sign language until they are much older. The teachers help them to lip-read, notice sounds, try to speak themselves and to use their ...

... SPEAKING FOR SUPERVISORS This course is designed for the new or experienced supervisor to improve the quality of oral and written communication in industry. The sessions are predominantly practical, and include the use of closed circuit T.V. The training ...

... SPEAKING Compiled by haat Gyms/elan All aboard the gravy train WE all know that those scrambling to board the non-stop express to Brussels on Friday will be clutching a one-way ticket to that most exclusive of establishments Club Europe. I apologise if ...

... SPEAKING Compiled by Frank Coughlan They think it's allover THEY think it's all over it is now. Well, almost. The shutters come down today on The Dullest Election Ever. If it's remembered at all it will be for the issues that weren't raised, the questions ...

... speaking of The Bull-Necked Beher from Blessington, his version of Ain't Nothing You Can Do is positively criminal. Roll on the album! ...

... to speak deChristianisation, Bishop Newman said in an address to mark the new academic year for Mary Immaculate College of Education, Limerick. In the case of far too many people, the teaching of the Church whether on issues such as medical ethics, personal ...

... to speak By MARESE McDONAGH SPORTING organisations and other male-dominated bodies were yesterday urged to speak out against domestic violence following a report which detailed appalling levels of abuse. Tanaiste Dick Spring endorsed the message of a ...

... speak By JOSEPH POWER Religious Affairs Correspondent THE Catholic bishops deferred making their expected statement on the abortion controversy yesterday but stressed they would not be taking a neutral stance on the issue. Bishop Joseph Duffy of Clogher ...

... Speaking What it costs to make a star talk WITH the Oscars only a month away, nominees will be speculating on how a gong could boost their finances. A win will not only double their film earnings, but put them in the superleague for personal appearances ...

... Speaking of very well be transporting family members of the very people who planted the bomb under your car? In fact, on one occasion when I called at a house to pick up a lady. she refused to get in the car when she discovered who was driving. One of ...

... SPEAKING Compiled by Frank Coughlan Malone may have boobed I SUPPOSE I should thank Labour's sitting Dublin MEP Bernie Malone for giving this dreary election a wake-up call by turning so viciously on her running mate Proinsias de Rossa. But yesterday's ...

... he's the only non-canvassing candidate in the country. Well, maybe he was until he canvassed Frankly Speaking, that is. • You can contact Frankly Speaking on email Independent.letters@independent.ie or by fax 7055792 ~ • Snob and Des O'Malley: lie dklm't ...