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Matthew Johnston: What it’s like to swim with sound (after 49 years in silence)

February 5, 2015

I have always swum in silence. Hearing aids are not waterproof and I have been profoundly deaf since birth. My […]

Deaf News: Deaf student takes legal action against government over planned cuts to support

February 4, 2015

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The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS), is backing 17 year old deaf student, Zanna Messenger-Jones from Ireleth, Cumbria, to initiate […]

Samuel Dore: The Frustrations of being a Deaf Cinephile

February 4, 2015

I’m a kid of the 70’s and the 80’s when everything was analogue and celluloid. It was the era of […]

Deaf News: Health Minister promises working group on how mental health services are provided for BSL users

February 3, 2015

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The Deaf Health Charity SignHealth have welcomed the promise of a working group to look at the way mental health […]

Brent Macpherson: Why it’s not always easy to cast Deaf actors in major film roles

February 3, 2015

There has been a number of articles in recent months promoting the idea that Deaf characters in films should be […]

Read: Telegraph interview with Deaf author Louise Stern

February 2, 2015

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The Telegraph has published a great interview with Deaf author Louise Stern, which is well worth a read. Stern was […]

Deaf News: Deaf people’s access to BSL interpreters in jeopardy as survey reveals 48% are considering leaving profession

February 2, 2015

Deaf people’s access to experienced BSL interpreters in the future has been thrown into question after shock figures from the […]

Gaston Dorren: 7 flawed assumptions people make about sign language

January 31, 2015

Every weekend, we are publishing popular articles from our archive, which you might have missed the first time round! Tell us which […]

Deaf News: Figures show only 36.3% of deaf children achieve national GCSE benchmarks

January 30, 2015

Only 36.3% of deaf children in England have left secondary school having hit national GCSE benchmarks, according to the Department […]

Andy Palmer: 6 clips from deaf films that will teach you about deaf people’s lives

January 30, 2015

In my last job I used to train new recruits working for the nation’s largest deafness charity, Action on Hearing […]