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John Walker: What disabled people are learning from taking a Deaf perspective

November 7, 2013

When I’m at work, it is my job to meet with people. I work in a University, which is made […]

US Deaf News: Student who won hearing aids in a raffle has them stolen at gunpoint

November 7, 2013

Deaf Florida student Elizabeth Melaugh was lucky enough to win her $5000 hearing aids in a raffle earlier this year, […]

Phoebe Tay: “For the first time in my life, I experienced the Deaf community becoming united at an international level”

November 6, 2013

Just last week, I was a delegate at the 2nd International World Federation of the Deaf Conference in Sydney, and the […]

Deaf News: Minister for Disabled People says he will consider support for deaf people

November 6, 2013

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Mike Penning MP, the new Minister for Disabled People, has said that he will consider the current level of support […]

US Deaf News: Toys R Us to pay $35k compensation to Deaf job seeker

November 6, 2013

A Deaf woman in America is set to receive $35,ooo compensation from the toy shop Toys R Us after being […]

How the Speak2See app uses voice recognition and keyboard technology to aid communication

November 5, 2013

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Advertorial If being deaf makes communication difficult, why not consider using a high-tech option to visually speak and communicate? Speak2See […]

Michael Fahey: The day I saw a man snoring in the library – and had to decide whether to wake him up or not

November 5, 2013

I often go into the public library to read the daily papers while my wife goes shopping. I was ten […]

Gaynor Young: “With the loss of my hearing my sense of touch grew super-profound”

November 5, 2013

Before I was fitted with my Cochlear Implants, going to restaurants with a group of friends was a total nightmare. I […]

Watch: See Hear presenter Memnos Costi appearing in Holby City!

November 4, 2013

Here is the See Hear report (fully subtitled) on their presenter Memnos Costi’s appearance on BBC1’s long-running medical drama, Holby […]

Fran Benson: What should I say, when I haven’t got a clue what is being said around me?

November 4, 2013

When I was a child we moved from the North to the South of England. At my new school my […]