Deafness

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'It's our lifeline': Deaf and blind centre at risk of closure

Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind People is raising £100,000 to keep community centre open.

1 Nov

Campaigners 'devastated' as British Sign Language GCSE is scrapped

Plans to launch a GCSE in British Sign Language have been scrapped in Wales. Qualification Wales said it was a "difficult" decision.

3 Oct

'It's transformative': Hard-of-hearing cinema goers try glasses with subtitles

The smart glasses display captions on their lenses - allowing cinema goers with hearing problems to enjoy a wider range of films.

13 Sept

'Other deaf people bullied me because I could speak'

Residents blocked from long-term illness payments due to year of birth

Deaf boy, 10, wants to help others after therapy helped him communicate

'They can save a life': Lipreading lessons held in Jersey

Woman who pioneered poetry in sign language commemorated in hometown

'Everyone should learn it': Corrie stars appear at British Sign Language event

Premier League club launches 'sound shirts' for deaf fans

Technology transforms mainstream school experience for deaf children

Fast and frenetic play 'Earwig' shows fight for deaf people to be heard

Mum of deaf son has to take out loans to pay to learn sign language

Teen 'struggling to access basic appointments' due to lack of BSL interpreters

'He controlled everything' - Deaf domestic abuse victim describes ordeal