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Deaf News: Outcry after YouTube scrap community captions feature

August 4, 2020 by

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The video sharing site YouTube is to axe community contributions for subtitles and translations next month, it has been confirmed. […]

Liam O’Dell: Do we hear differently when we focus on a sound, or not?

November 13, 2019 by

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I’ve always had a bit of a distant relationship with cinema, and I’ve long joked with friends that it took […]

Liam O’Dell: UK theatres need to be more proactive in their quest to be more deaf-friendly

October 25, 2019 by

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After publishing last week’s article about an event on deaf mental health, the consensus of the comments underneath was particularly […]

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

July 29, 2019 by

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

Liam O’Dell: Where’s the quality standard for our audiology services?

July 1, 2019 by

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How do we know that something isn’t working when we don’t have the opportunity to measure its success? Without a […]

Liam O’Dell: Make the case for deaf-friendly travel in Govia’s consultation

June 26, 2019 by

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Deaf rail passengers frustrated at an inaccessible system may finally have an opportunity to make change happen. Off the back […]

Liam O’Dell: Guesswork – do deaf people have an advantage?

March 18, 2019 by

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Deafness, and the adjustment in communication that comes with it, comes with lots of guessing, so does that make deaf people […]

Tinnitus Week: British Tinnitus Association reveals majority of UK parents are unaware children can have tinnitus

February 5, 2018 by

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  The British Tinnitus Association survey found just under a third of UK parents (32%) think children under the age […]

Gavin Dean: I need your help for my study on how Usher syndrome affects psychological wellbeing (BSL)

January 19, 2016 by

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To take part in Gavin’s study, which has a deadline of Jan 31st, click here. Having Usher syndrome myself since […]

The Question: Is the much-used statistic ’10 million deaf people’ helpful?

September 26, 2014 by

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An often quoted statistic about deafness and hearing loss in the UK is that there are ten million people who […]

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