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The Weekend Selection: The different strokes edition

November 2, 2013

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Here are the top five new blogposts from the week based on pageviews. Have a browse and tell your friends. […]

Deaf News: Deaf man told to leave restaurant because of his hearing dog

November 1, 2013

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A news story has shown problems with access for hearing dogs are not limited to the UK. The fast-food chain, […]

Deaf woman becomes a nurse, twenty years after being told she couldn’t

November 1, 2013

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Here’s a heartwarming article from the North East about a deaf woman who has achieved her dream of becoming a […]

Meet: Former Miss England winner, Georgia Horsley

October 31, 2013

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Georgia Horsley, 26, from Malton, North Yorkshire, works as a model and helps to run the family florist business. She […]

Melinda Hildebrandt: Why I’m trying to give my daughter access to the Deaf community

October 31, 2013

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I am reading Andrew Solomon’s brilliant Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity at the moment. It’s about how […]

Deaf News: BSL video clips to make sport more accessible for deaf children

October 30, 2013

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Video clips to help sport coaches and leaders learn basic, sports related British Sign Language (BSL) to support children with […]

The Question: Is it easier to start wearing hearing aids earlier in life?

October 30, 2013

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I was born deaf. Although both of my parents were deaf, because I responded to some sounds, nobody realised that […]

Deaf News: Cambridge researchers declare breakthrough against hearing aid background noise

October 29, 2013

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The common problem of background noise making speech unintelligible for hearing aid wearers is one step closer to being solved, […]

Beth Abbott tells us why Bee Communications has joined the Ai-Media group

October 29, 2013

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Limping Chicken sponsor, Bee Communications recently announced that they were joining the Ai-Media group. As a long-time supporter of this […]

The Secret Deafie: “I learned long ago that only other parents of deaf children really understand me now”

October 29, 2013

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The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. Today a parent shares some of her […]