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Alison Bryan: How to get a BSL Act onto the government agenda

April 19, 2013 by

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This article was first published on Grumpy Old Deafies here: www.grumpyoldeafies.com and is republished here under a Creative Commons licence and […]

“YouTube’s auto captions? Don’t make me laugh!” Meet Claire Hill, expert stenographer!

April 17, 2013 by

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I first worked with Claire Hill when she provided speech-to-text for live comedy at Soho Theatre. I was amazed at […]

Go see: ‘Only the Lonely’ Conference on deafness, autism and learning disability in Manchester, 13th June 2013

April 16, 2013 by

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A conference organised by the St George Healthcare Group (a supporter of this site) called: Only the Lonely – Deafness […]

Deaf News: Action on Hearing Loss team up with DCAL to call for better dementia strategy for deaf people

April 16, 2013 by

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The charity Action on Hearing Loss and University College London’s Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre are urging NHS England […]

Diary of a Deaf Mum: From food, to time, and you. What changes when baby comes!

April 15, 2013 by

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Hey, Toto. I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore… For one thing, there’s a wicked witch poking out from under […]

Robert Mandara: Programming your own hearing aids, part 3. How to do it!

April 12, 2013 by

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Last year, the BBC reported that more and more hearing aid users are programming their own hearing aids. Here, in […]

Cristina Hartmann: A confession of sorts (on having Usher Syndrome)

April 10, 2013 by

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I’ve agonized over writing this confession (for the lack of a better word) for months. I’ve decided just to come […]

Deaf news in BSL from Remark: iPhone hearing aid | Award for President of Asian Deaf organisation

April 10, 2013 by

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Click on the titles to go to Remark’s website, then click ‘BSL’ to watch the news in beautiful sign language! […]

Ginny Kanka: How subtitled talks provided by STAGETEXT reduce the stress of trying to lipread!

April 9, 2013 by

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For decades, art galleries had FREE lunchtime talks – something I’ve always wanted to go but didn’t – as the talks […]

Tamsin Coates: Making a statement of special educational needs for your deaf child

April 9, 2013 by

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Last year my eldest son started secondary school and whilst he has barely had time to find his feet, with […]