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One in 10 hearing people would ‘actively avoid’ conversation with a deaf person, YouGov survey finds (BSL)

May 4, 2023 by

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Ten per cent of hearing people would actively avoid communicating with a deaf person or someone with hearing loss, a […]

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 […]

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 […]

Deaf charities and organisations pay tribute to the Queen

September 8, 2022 by

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Deaf organisations have paid their respects to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who died at Balmoral in Scotland today at […]

‘First of its kind’ live caption glasses enter public test phase

July 29, 2022 by

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New smart glasses designed to caption conversations in real-time have today opened up to public previews, with a group of […]

Over 25,000 people call for more accessible video on-demand services

July 13, 2022 by

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Deaf campaigners were among those who handed in a petition to government on Tuesday demanding improved accessibility for video on-demand […]

Channel 4 ‘breached licence conditions’ over subtitles outage, Ofcom investigation concludes

June 20, 2022 by

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Channel 4 breached the conditions of its broadcast licence when it suffered a subtitles outage last year, an investigation by […]

RNID cuts ties with UK Cinema Association over ‘shallow and tokenistic’ work on subtitled cinema

May 20, 2022 by

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The Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) has announced it will no longer work with the UK Cinema Association […]

RNID pulls out of cinema subtitling project citing ‘little progress’ over last three years

May 3, 2022 by

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The Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) has withdrawn from the UK Cinema Association’s (UKCA) Subtitling Challenge Fund, it […]

Lords wanted Sign Supported English and lipspeaking to be noted in last-minute amendments to BSL Bill

April 20, 2022 by

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Some members of the House of Lords were considering tabling amendments to the British Sign Language (BSL) Bill to include […]

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