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January 2007 UK deaf man to be first to pole
26-year-old Oliver Westbury from Portsmouth is launching an expedition to become the first deaf person to reach the North Pole on foot. But first Oliver aims to raise £27,000, half of which will go towards financing the trip, with the...
RNID to provide mental health care
The Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) aims to tackle what it calls "the crisis" in mental health provision by spending £8m on building four residential mental health units to provide specialist care for deaf people in England. John...
Daily Express attacks lack of bilateral CI funding
The parents of a deaf toddler have spoken out against Manchester Primary Care Trust's decision to only fund one cochlear implant for their daughter Aminah. Mother-of-three Alia said: "We are very angry because we feel that the Government does not...
Interview with Liz Ball, a deaf-blind charity worker
Liz Ball was born partially sighted but lost her sight completely by the age of ten. She then lost her hearing in just three weeks when she was 26. Liz describes herself as an optimist who likes good home-made hearty...
Free sign language class in Berkshire
The Community Council for Berkshire (CCB) has linked up with Reading Deaf Centre and Reading Deaf Children's Society to offer the only free sign language course in the Reading area. The 10-week introductory training programme is aimed at parents and...
Mainstream education for Debbie
Profoundly deaf Debbie Pye, who celebrated her 11th birthday on Boxing Day, looks forward to a brighter future thanks to her cochlear implant and the support of her local mainstream school. Click here to view Debbie's interview on ITV Wales....
Deaf teenagers shortlisted in mini oscars
A film produced by a group of deaf teenagers from Belfast has been shortlisted in the Mini Oscars. The filmmakers, aged between 13 and 18, made the film using £4,000 of National Lottery funding through a First Light Movies Pilot...
Meningitis warning for parents
This Christmas, Monika Fines was delighted that her 2-year-old son Oliver could hear the Jingle Bells again, exactly one year since he was deafened by Meningitis. In an interview with BBC South East Monika tells Oliver's story and urges all...
MP's shock at hearing aid waiting lists
Conservative Welwyn Hatfield MP Grant Shapps has surveyed nearly 100 NHS trusts throughout England and said he was "shocked" when the results came through showing waits of up to five years for new digital hearing aids. Government ministers have admitted...
Evelyn Glennie in New Year Honours List
Evelyn Glennie, one of the world's most celebrated percussionists, has become a dame in the New Year Honours. Born in Aberdeen on 19 July, 1965, she studied music from the age of 12, by which time she was profoundly deaf....
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