Browsing All posts tagged under »deaf«

Jen Dodds: How pushing my daughter on the swings in the park enhances Deaf visibility! (BSL)

June 24, 2015 by

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Hello! I’d like to talk about hearing people; not family and friend-type hearing people, but hearing people who I don’t […]

Molly Watt: My ears, my eyes, my Apple Watch

June 19, 2015 by

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My whole life has always evolved around technology, starting with analogue hearing aids at 18 months in order to access […]

Deaf News: Deafness experts in America say deaf children should be bilingual and learn sign language

June 17, 2015 by

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Deafness experts in the US, writing in a journal called Pediatrics, have said that deaf children should be bilingual, and that […]

Deaf News: NDCS says new Special Educational Needs system could leave Deaf children without vital support

June 13, 2015 by

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New Government figures have raised fresh concerns that changes to the system of guaranteed help for children with special educational […]

Sarah Ivermee: Why I started Lugs – so that deaf children can decorate their hearing aids and cochlear implants

June 11, 2015 by

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At 3 months old our first child Freddie, was diagnosed as profoundly deaf in his right ear and moderately to […]

Rebecca-Anne Withey: How mindfulness helped me when I became a mum

June 1, 2015 by

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Once upon a time, back in the day, loooong before I became a Mum, practising mindfulness was just like practising […]

John Owens: Things that happen to you when you’re an oral deaf person

May 29, 2015 by

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Here are some things that happen to you when you’re an oral deaf person out in the hearing world. Whispering Sweet […]

Mike Fahey: Living with Jazz, my deaf-aware dog

May 27, 2015 by

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I always love my daily walks with my 5 year old border collie Jazz. She is my fitness trainer, she […]

Robert Hunter: What it’s like to work in the City as a lawyer who is deaf, and why I set up City Disabilities

May 26, 2015 by

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Many years ago I did something that was, at the time, seen as foolish. Despite the fact that I suffered […]

“Sometimes I say ‘comma’ when I’m talking to my friends.” The day Charlie met Ai-Media’s live captioners

May 22, 2015 by

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Ai-Media have been one of this site’s longest-serving supporters, and on Wednesday, intrigued by how live captions are provided, I visited […]