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Deaf News: Campaigners bid to save Cornwall’s only Deaf centre

June 7, 2016

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A campaign has started aimed at saving Cornwall’s last Deaf club. The centre features in this clip from the BSL […]

Watch: Deaf teenager’s home video wins theatre school competition (via BBC)

June 6, 2016

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Via the BBC website: A home video of a fifteen year old boy signing Macbeth has won a professional theatre […]

Alicia De Barry: Being deaf at night vs. being deaf during the day

June 6, 2016

I wake up early. I do everything that a civilised being preparing for their day of work ahead might do. […]

Anonymous: An open letter to the Work and Pensions Secretary about Access to Work (BSL)

June 5, 2016

At weekends, we post some of our most popular blogs. Tell us your favourites at thelimpingchicken@gmail.com Dear Stephen Crabb MP, […]

Watch: BBC Radio documentary about CODAs, translated into BSL and ISL, broadcast today

June 4, 2016

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A BBC radio documentary called the Loudest House on the Street, all about being brought up in a household with deaf […]

Shari Eberts: 5 things I wish everyone knew about hearing loss

June 3, 2016

It is hard to explain to others what it is like to have hearing loss — the lack of clarity […]

Deaf News: Delays in live subtitling to reduce dramatically on BBC channels this summer

June 2, 2016

The BBC’s Research and Development department, working with Ericsson, have today announced a new approach to live subtitling which will reduce […]

Watch: See Hear’s EU Referendum special on BBC iPlayer

June 2, 2016

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See Hear’s special on the EU referendum, presented by Clive Mason, is now on BBC iPlayer. In the programme, Mason travels […]

Paige Rankin: My ears keep popping from being blocked. Can anyone help?

June 2, 2016

Since 2010 when my ear got blocked with water at a mates house, I have ALWAYS had a blocked ear. […]

Tyron Woolfe: Why I’m an exhausted cinema-goer

June 1, 2016

Some of you may recall a strong Facebook group campaign called “Deaf people are alive 7 days a week, not just Sunday/Monday/Tuesday” which I set up a number of years ago in […]