Damaged block heater cord could give you shock and awe. â General Motors is recalling almost 3000 vehicles that use a specific block heater. GM named the recalled vehicles as the 2013-2014 Buick Encore, Buick Verano, Chevy Cruze and the 2012-2014 Chevy Sonic.
It seems that 3.68% of the total population is found to be hard of hearing and 0.3% of the total population is functionally Deaf, out of a total population of about 268,000,000 (2005) living souls in the US. Half of both proposed figures seems to be older than 65 years of age.
Things you should know. 1  There are over 45,000 deaf children living in the UK. 2  90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents with little or no experience of deafness or knowledge of how to communicate with a deaf person. 3  Four babies are born deaf every day. 4  40% of deaf children have additional needs.