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November 21, 2016

Comments Off on Molly Oretsky: How an American company is trying to create wearable products for deaf people

Olive Devices, an assistive technology start-up, is creating is a wearable product that aims to caption voices and locate sounds […]

November 21, 2016

Comments Off on Channel 4 to air live documentary showing cochlear implants being switched on tomorrow night

Channel 4 is set to show cochlear implant patients having their implants switched on live on air. The programme, which […]

November 19, 2016

Deaf writer Sara Novic has written an article for VICE about the prospects for the Deaf community under the presidency […]

November 19, 2016

Comments Off on GB Deaflympics Football team boosted by £40,000 pledge from the Football Association

Just weeks after Gary Neville donated £20,000 to pay the deposit for the GB Football teams competing at the Deaflympics […]

November 18, 2016

To give its deaf customers a better experience in store, Sainsbury’s has created a short film for its colleagues on […]

November 17, 2016

Comments Off on Meet: Deaf actress Ali Briggs, who is West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Agent for Change

Ali Briggs, who is a Deaf actress well known for playing the role of Emily’s niece in Coronation Street, is […]

November 16, 2016

After her recent trip to the Southbank Centre’s Unlimited festival, Nina Thomas shared her thoughts on access barriers to arts […]

November 16, 2016

Comments Off on Read/Watch: Cwmbran Deaf Choir allowing isolated youngsters to be heard (via BBC News)

BBC News has reported on a Welsh Deaf choir who have performed sign language versions of songs in front of […]

November 15, 2016

I would like to share my experience so far of the new Education Health and Care plan process, and why […]

November 14, 2016

Thelma is a 6 years old girl living in Tole, a village in the South-West Region of Cameroon. Like many […]