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Deaf News: Deafblind USA swimmer withdraws from Tokyo Paralympics after care assistant request rejected

July 20, 2021 by

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A deafblind swimmer has been forced to pull out of representing the USA in Tokyo next month, after the US […]

Pauline Latchem: Why I’m swimming in the pond on Hampstead Heath to raise money for Deaf cancer counselling

March 9, 2015 by

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I was a skinny child, even more so after a childhood dose of meningitis that left me completely deaf, seriously […]

Matthew Johnston: What it’s like to swim with sound (after 49 years in silence)

February 5, 2015 by

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I have always swum in silence. Hearing aids are not waterproof and I have been profoundly deaf since birth. My […]

Charlie Swinbourne: 5 reasons why swimming is a great sport for deaf people

September 9, 2014 by

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A few minutes ago, we posted the news that the NDCS has received £160,000 funding from Sport England to run […]

Deaf News: Emotional scenes as seven Irish Deaf women complete charity swim across the English Channel

July 8, 2014 by

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There were emotional scenes in Calais, France yesterday as seven Irish Deaf women celebrated completing their swim across the English […]

Deaf News: Deaf swimmer “kicked off lifeguard course for being deaf”

September 3, 2013 by

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Unbelievably, a champion Deaf swimmer, who represented the UK at the World Deaf Swimming Champtionships,  has been kicked off a […]