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Rebecca-Anne Withey: Why ‘invisible’ hearing aids are not for me. Hearing aids need more visibility

November 25, 2016

Hearing aids. They’re not the trendiest of things are they? They’re not depicted as cool, people don’t aspire to wear […]

Deaf News: Deafinitely Theatre becomes an Associate Artist at London’s Bush Theatre

November 25, 2016

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The Bush Theatre has announced that Deafinitely Theatre will become one of their new Associate Artists. This is part of […]

Deaf News: Deaf MEP Helga Stevens calls for better statute for sign language interpreters in Europe

November 25, 2016

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The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a resolution which calls, among other things, for a better statute for sign language […]

Go See: ‘Fleabag’ with captions at London’s Soho Theatre, 7th December

November 24, 2016

This is a sponsored post from London’s Soho Theatre. Following its hugely successful BBC production, Soho Theatre Associate Company DryWrite’s original stage […]

#ToyLikeMe online exhibition shows mainstream toys customised to give them ‘diff:abilties’

November 24, 2016

#ToyLikeMe has launched Toy Box Tales, an online exhibition of 12 stunning photographic images of mainstream toys customised to give them […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Review of Channel 4’s Breaking the Silence: Live, showing cochlear implant switch-ons

November 23, 2016

When I first found out about Breaking the Silence: Live – an hour of live primetime TV showing deaf people having […]

Deaf News: Doncaster’s Cast Theatre presents fully BSL integrated Christmas pantomime for EVERY SHOW

November 23, 2016

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The Cast Theatre in Doncaster is today announcing that its annual pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, will this year feature […]

Sense slams Government’s social care snub in Autumn Statement

November 23, 2016

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National disability charity concerned by lack of funding commitment for collapsing social care system in today’s Autumn Statement National disability […]

Music and the Deaf: Find out about our FORTE ensemble of Deaf musicians and our ‘Frequalise’ project!

November 22, 2016

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The FORTE Ensemble are more than just your ordinary group of musicians. Formed by the charity Music and the Deaf, […]

Deaf News: Prudential signs up with SignVideo to give Deaf customers access

November 22, 2016

Prudential has become the first retirement product provider in the UK to introduce a web-based video relay service (VRS) via […]