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October 16, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

Calls for UK political leaders to make their coronavirus statements accessible to the Deaf community have ramped up this week, […]

October 12, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

Action on Hearing Loss is to revert back to its former name of the Royal National Institute for Deaf people […]

October 9, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

Rumours are spreading that, nine years after changing its name, the deaf charity Action on Hearing Loss may be about […]

October 9, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

Around 35% of deaf people have said that the coronavirus crisis has had a “major negative impact” on their mental […]

October 5, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

Community captions, which allowed viewers to submit subtitles and translations to a YouTube channel, will be scrapped as planned at […]

September 22, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

The BBC News Channel will only provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for coronavirus press conferences from the Prime […]

September 18, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

Comments Off on Deaf News: Broadcast date confirmed for deaf radio drama ‘Beethoven Can Hear You’

New radio drama Beethoven Can Hear You will be broadcast on Sunday, with a transcript available for deaf people, BBC Radio […]

August 29, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

The Global Coalition of Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (GPODHH) has come under fire from […]

July 25, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

Comments Off on Deaf News: Deafblind woman allegedly verbally abused after sister removes face covering for lipreading

A deafblind woman was allegedly verbally abused by another rail passenger after her sister briefly removed her face covering to […]

July 7, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

Comments Off on Deaf News: Bristol NHS Nightingale Hospital responds to Makaton controversy

Bristol’s NHS Nightingale Hospital has confirmed that their use of Makaton is “solely as a staff to staff communication mechanism”, […]