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Mobile captioning app rolls out in West End theatres while charity warns against ‘one size fits all’ (BSL)

February 1, 2023 by

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Mobile captioning technology has now been made available for all performances of the West End shows Back to the Future […]

Liam O’Dell: We are in desperate need of basic statistics about our Deaf community (BSL)

December 15, 2022 by

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To see the BSL translation of this article, thanks to Signly, please click on the signing hands icon at the bottom […]

Parents protest ‘devastating’ staffing cuts to deaf unit at Islington primary school (BSL)

December 14, 2022 by

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To see the BSL translation of this article, thanks to Signly, please click on the signing hands icon at the bottom […]

Calls for return of NHS earwax removal services as people use paper clips and toothpicks to clean ears (BSL)

November 30, 2022 by

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The Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) has called for earwax removal services to be made available again at […]

One billion young people potentially at risk of hearing loss from devices and loud concerts, study claims (BSL)

November 16, 2022 by

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We are currently trialling a new service for adding BSL translations to the site with Signly. To see the BSL translation […]

Liam O’Dell: ‘As You Like It’ to have fully captioned run – why can’t other West End shows follow suit? (BSL)

November 11, 2022 by

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Captioned theatre slumped by almost 8% when venues reopened after Covid lockdowns, Stagetext reveals

November 7, 2022 by

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The arts access charity Stagetext saw a 7.5% fall in captioned theatre performances last year, compared to the pre-Covid numbers […]

Broadcasters ‘working together’ on emergency subtitles following Channel 4 outage, Sky says

October 15, 2022 by

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Channel 4’s subtitles outage last year made broadcasters “stand up and think” and work together on support for deaf viewers, […]

NHS hearing aids ‘available to everyone’ in UK after North Staffordshire drops controversial restrictions

September 26, 2022 by

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Free NHS hearing aids are now available to anyone in the UK who needs them, after Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent’s […]

Rose Ayling-Ellis on new Deaf Barbie doll: ‘We’re getting rid of that narrative of what is beautiful anymore’

August 16, 2022 by

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Eastenders star and Strictly Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling-Ellis has celebrated the launch of the first Barbie doll with a hearing […]