SignWales, a Cardiff-based social enterprise set up by the Deaf Association of Wales and Deaf Studies Trust, has developed a 'videophone' to help deaf people communicate with people in the hearing community.

Jim Kyle, project director at SignWales said, “In Wales, there are around 2,400 deaf members of the deaf community who use sign language.

“Around 1,200 households will benefit immediately from a videophone. Since deaf people tend to have hearing children and relatives and since they will also need to have videophones at work and in public places the user group rises to around 4,000.

“If we include hard-of-hearing people, who do not use sign language but who cannot use a voice telephone effectively there are at least another 150,000 users."

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