Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Juliet England: Starbucks opens first signing coffee shop

August 16, 2018

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Anyone who has a hearing loss has struggled at some point in a busy café, unable to catch the barista’s […]

Watch: Film about coercion/domestic abuse for SignHealth’s DeafHope service

August 15, 2018

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Watch the film on Facebook, in BSL with subtitles, by clicking here. Find out more about DeafHope here. Are you […]

Liam O’Dell: Other social media sites should follow Facebook’s use of captions

August 15, 2018

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Just over a month ago, Facebook-owned Instagram announced that it was to launch its own feature for sharing longer video […]

Deaf News: NorthLink Ferries introduces new sign language service

August 14, 2018

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NorthLink Ferries has teamed up with a sign language interpreting agency to improve access and user experience for its deaf […]

Deaf photographer shortlisted for top UK award

August 13, 2018

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Stephen Iliffe has been shortlisted for Britain’s most prestigious photography award. See his photos here. Stephen’s emotionally-charged portraits of a […]

Juliet England: New research into hearing aid users could revolutionise the ‘bleep test’

August 10, 2018

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In common with most hearing aid users, I’ve invariably had my hearing assessed using the standard ‘bleep’ test in which […]

Deaf4Deaf: Fill in our survey about Deaf people’s counselling needs

August 9, 2018

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Deaf4Deaf is a national counselling service that uses deaf or hearing counsellors who use pure BSL. Deaf4Deaf work with almost […]

Liam O’Dell: Eight years on, the Equality Act 2010 is still failing to protect deaf people

August 8, 2018

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If you want to know whether deaf people and other minority groups in the UK are still facing discrimination in […]

Deaf News: Deaf girl protests outside cinema for more subtitled screenings

August 7, 2018

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Sign our petition calling for multiplex cinemas to dedicate one screen to subtitled films, which has 26,000 signatures, here. In […]

John Walker: What do we gain from a GCSE in BSL?

August 6, 2018

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Who would have thought the government would change their mind to potentially support the development of a GCSE in BSL? […]

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