By John Glenday

A deaf ballet dancer has taken Virgin Active to task after the gym chain took the liberty of photoshopping her hearing aid from its latest advertising campaign.

Simone Botha Welgemoed has worn a Cochlear implant, an electronic device which replaces the function of the inner ear, since 1992 but was surprised to see it absent from her photograph when the campaign went live on social media.

Welgemoed wrote: “I was shockingly surprised and it felt like somebody just dropped a bucket of water on me. I couldn’t believe what I saw when my sister tagged me Read full story ›

Source: The Drum