Liam O'Dell

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September 27, 2019

Comments Off on Deaf News: Deaf swimmer calls for Government funding for deaf athletes

A deaf athlete, ranked fifth in the world at this year’s World Deaf Swimming Championships, has launched a petition calling […]

September 16, 2019

Comments Off on Meet: David Thompson, the deaf climber who has conquered the Scottish mountains

With over 280 on the list, climbing every single Munro in the Scottish highlands is, quite literally, a mountainous task. […]

September 11, 2019

The deaf mental health charity SignHealth, together with the text service Shout, has announced a new crisis text line for […]

August 30, 2019

A deaf man from London has used lipreading and courtroom stenographers to serve as a juror in a crown court […]

August 19, 2019

British-Jamaican poet Raymond Antrobus, who won the Ted Hughes award for poetry in March, has had his poem Dear Hearing World […]

August 15, 2019

A new mobile phone network which allows deaf and hard of hearing people to tailor their phone calls to their […]

August 8, 2019

Comments Off on Deaf News: Lack of accurate data contributes to £30bn bill for hearing loss, report says

Public bodies not collecting enough information on hearing loss is adding to a £30 billion cost to the UK, according […]

July 29, 2019

Comments Off on Liam O’Dell: The European ‘beggars’ using deafness as a scam

They approach you with a petition, their hands gesturing that they’re deaf, before pointing to a box for you to […]

July 25, 2019

American academic Joseph Murray has been announced as the new President of the World Federation of the Deaf. Dr Murray, […]

July 19, 2019

Comments Off on Deaf News: ‘Signsbury’s’ store launches as retail chain celebrates 150th anniversary

A Sainsbury’s branch in Bath has rebranded itself as Signsbury’s in what the supermarket brand says is the first signing […]