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Deaf News: Who wants an iPhone on their ears? Apple go into hearing aid market

November 28, 2013

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If you’ve got an iPhone, an iMac, a MacBook Pro, and an iPod, as some people, naming no names but […]

Deaf News: Ofcom set to approve first improved ‘text relay’ service

November 28, 2013

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Ofcom today took a significant step towards improving telephone calls for disabled consumers by proposing to approve BT’s enhanced text […]

Watch: Adele’s ‘Rolling in the Deep’ in American Sign Language!

November 27, 2013

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You wait all year for some music videos in ASL, then two come along at once. A bit like buses! […]

Charlie Swinbourne: ‘Sign Safe’ or ‘free’? The answer for Deaf filmmakers lies somewhere in-between

November 27, 2013

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Two weeks ago, Deaf filmmaker Ted Evans (watch his award-winning film The End here) posted a great article on these […]

Deaf News: Deaf man walks free from court after extended custody because there was no sign language interpreter available

November 26, 2013

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Scottish newspaper The Courier reported yesterday how a deaf man who uses sign language had his court hearing postponed and […]

Matt Dixon: Deaf people’s rights are simply being denied and I want to do something about it

November 26, 2013

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I am on a quest to become a fully qualified BSL interpreter, I don’t even know why! I have a […]

Watch: “You brought the sunshine” music video in American Sign Language!

November 26, 2013

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Well, this is one of the coolest signed music videos I’ve ever seen, courtesy of America’s Deaf Performing Arts Network. […]

Deaf News: Deaf charities call on government to halt Access to Work changes that are pushing deaf people out of work

November 26, 2013

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Action on Hearing Loss (formerly RNID) and other leading deaf organisations including the British Deaf Association (BDA) are urgently calling […]

Deaf News: Seven deaf groups meet at Westminster to discuss Communication Support Bill

November 25, 2013

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Seven deaf organisations and groups representing the deaf community (the D7) are meeting in London today to plot the next […]

Chris Kubwimana: “Millions of deaf people do not have access to education.” How the charity Aurora Deaf Aid Africa was born

November 25, 2013

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Aurora Deaf Aid Africa is a Deaf-led organisation which has grown from humble roots to work towards improving Deaf education […]