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Charlie Swinbourne: The 10 most annoying things about hearing aids

January 14, 2018

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At weekends we post some of the most popular articles from our archive. I’ve been wearing hearing aids, day in […]

Andrew Niven: How travelling around the world changed my life as a deaf person

January 13, 2018

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At weekends we post some of the most popular blogs from our archive. On the 26th April 2011, I left […]

Read: Sue Parkes’ poems about deafness

January 12, 2018

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Below are poems about deafness written by our reader Sue Parkes, who told us: I’m 65 years young!  I noticed my […]

Deaf News: Charities teach young deaf people about finance with BSL video

January 11, 2018

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A charity has created the UK’s first British Sign Language financial jargon buster video to help young people with hearing loss navigate […]

Ed White: How the Vietnam War contributed to my hearing loss

January 10, 2018

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My teen years were pretty normal for the 1960s. There was loud music, but I never attended a concert to […]

Lianne Herbert: The emptiness inside me

January 9, 2018

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Looking back over my relatively young life I’ve pinpointed the moment I knew I was different than everyone else and […]

Read: Educational support for deaf children in England ‘in complete disarray’ (via Guardian)

January 8, 2018

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The Guardian has a news story today about the lack of support for deaf children in mainstream schools, who are […]

Rebecca-Anne Withey: The All Dance project and the influence of sign language on different groups

January 8, 2018

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I’ve been very fortunate lately working with a brilliant group of people who happen to have learning disabilities. For eight […]

John Walker: Travelling alone in America made me believe that a GCSE in BSL is important

January 7, 2018

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At weekends we post some of the most popular blogs from our archive. There is something about travelling alone, armed […]

Tara Hayes: Is deafness deafinitely a problem?

January 6, 2018

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At weekends we post some of the most popular blogs from our archive. Right. This is my first blog and […]