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Deaf News: Lloyds TSB launches British Sign Language service for Deaf customers

February 11, 2013 by Editor

The banks have had a bad rap since about, er, 2008. Now, finally, there’s some positive news, with Lloyds TSB […]

The Secret Deafie: “At Christmas, everyone around me is chatting, catching up and having a great time. I am lost”

December 24, 2012 by Editor

The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. Our Christmas eve blog is from one […]

Subtitle fail: Divine intervention on the football pitch as God comes off the bench to help Bolton Wanderers score

December 17, 2012 by Editor

On a Sunday morning, I often sneak a look at the football highlights as my wife has a well-deserved lie […]

Deaf News: Action on Hearing Loss survey shows 46% of deaf people unhappy with news subtitles

December 13, 2012 by Editor

The UK charity Action on Hearing Loss is calling on producers of television news programmes to ensure that timely […]

Helen Cherry: A Case for Remote Captioning in the NHS

November 29, 2012 by Editor

Poor Communication Hitting the Headlines “Careless”, “insincere” and “unclear” communication has fuelled a surge in complaints against the NHS in England […]

Deaf News: Deaf man with Usher syndrome refused sign language interpreter by gym

November 22, 2012 by Editor

The Croydon Guardian has reported how James Clarke, who is Deaf and has Usher syndrome, was refused a sign-language interpreter […]

Steve Claridge: Can automated captioning ever work?

November 9, 2012 by Editor

Way back in 2009 I was ludicrously excited about Google’s effort to provide automatic captioning on Youtube videos. I thought […]

PJ Gribbin: Lip-Reading. A Subtle and Delicate Skill

November 6, 2012 by Editor

It’s now getting on for thirty years since I was head-butted by a border collie; she had a hard forehead […]

Lianne Herbert: The frustration of attending a play without any access

October 24, 2012 by Editor

Last week, my drama teacher organised a theatre trip for my drama group – who are all hearing – to […]

Emily Howlett: “Will I have to give birth in a room full of frantically miming doctors?” My pregnancy list

October 16, 2012 by Editor

Everybody has been closely involved with at least one pregnancy, although I don’t know how much longer that will hold […]