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March 2009 A picture of Helen Keller
Photographs of Helen Keller, the world-renowned advocate for the deaf and the blind who was both deaf and blind herself, are not hard to come by. She died just 41 years ago in 1968, aged 87. However, a photo...
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Grammar pilot helping deaf people
A new approach to teaching English-language reading and writing skills to deaf people is delivering "immensely promising" results, a charity has said. Deaf Connections, is the first organisation in Europe to pilot Manipulative Visual Language (MVL)....
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'Knowing' sign language
The new Nicolas Cage film Knowing opened in UK cinemas this week, and features a hearing impaired character called Caleb – played by Chandler Canterbury. ‘You, me, together forever,’ was signed three times between Caleb and his father, Professor...
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Various Voices '09 to offer BSL-interpreted events
Tickets have now gone on sale for Various Voices 2009, Europe’s largest ever celebration of lesbian and gay choirs and singers, with many events being British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted. The festival takes place at London’s Southbank Centre over...
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'Deafinitely Girly' – new girl on the blog
Deafinitely Girly, 28 from London, tells her story. When I was three years old, Ma pulled me out of nursery as I was always getting into trouble for not knowing the songs that the teacher sang with us. At...
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Can genetics explain hearing problems? By ear care experts ‘EarHelp’
Some hearing defects are definitely genetic in origin, explains John Rowlinson, Managing Director of EarHelp. People with a mutation in one of their genes usually become deaf at an early age and show other signs of their genetic mutation....
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Deaf mum on power list
A deaf mum has been named on the first ever Muslim Women Power List. Sabina Iqbal, founder and chair of Deaf Parenting UK, is one of just 13 women chosen by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The...
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Gerard Featherstone's literary journey
Gerard Featherstone's wonderful story was featured in The Times yesterday, where it was revealed that the family embraced their son's deafness, by turning their experience into a children's book. Two days after John was born, his mother Joanne Zellweger...
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Beyond Boundaries: Where are they now?
Remember Beyond Boundaries? The BBC2 programme ran for three series between 2005 and 2008, and involved physically disabled young people crossing Nicaragua, Africa and the Andes, respectively....
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Design a poster to help deaf people
The National Deaf Children’s Society Cymru is calling on deaf children and young people to take part in a fun poster campaign....
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Violet is a boy's best friend
When Jason Warman's mum was told he would never hear a single word she said to him, she was devastated. In the first months of Jason's life, mum Michelle Bell had suspicions something was not right with his hearing....
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Vote for first deaf winner of Teen Queen UK
A profoundly deaf girl from Baguley, Wythenshawe, is through to the semi-finals of the Teen Queen UK contest 2009. 15-year old Abigail Britton is representing Manchester in the competition, and needs your votes to get through to the final...
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Job Centre Plus proves that actions speak louder than words
Job Centre Plus Surrey and Sussex, and Job Centre Plus Hampshire and Isle of Wight have proven their commitment to providing deaf and hard of hearing people greater accessibility to work and all their services, by achieving the 'Louder...
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Parents offer support to deaf children in Grantham, Lincs
The parents of a deaf child have set up a new society to help other children and parents in a similar situation. Matt and Kim Sherwood of Grantham, Lincolnshire, moved to the town a year ago with their five-year-old son...
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Lunch boosts appeal
A ladies luncheon has raised funds for the Listening for Life Appeal to build a Cochlear Implant Centre at Bradford Royal Infirmary....
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Poppy gains national recognition
A former rescue dog that now works as a hearing dog for her severely deaf owner in Grimsby in Humberside has been named Hearing Dog of the Month by the charity that trained her in recognition of her caring...
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Hidden Hearing's spectacle hearing aids
I saw an advert yesterday for Hidden Hearing, a company offering spectacle hearing aids. These combine digital hearing aids built into the sides (arms) of spectacles - meaning people can wear just a single vision and hearing system. The...
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The Ear Foundation's family weekend at Center Parcs
The Ear Foundation is continuing its 20th birthday celebrations this month, with a family education weekend at Center Parcs in Nottingham. The event, supported by Cochlear Europe, will take place from 27-29 March and will include an 'X Factor'...
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Plea to ITV on behalf of the deaf
As ITV cuts back on its signed evening news bulletins, Ann Jones, chair of the Assembly’s Equality of Opportunity Committee, calls on broadcasters not to forget deaf people. ITV last month decided to cut its signed evening news bulletins in...
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Run 5K for Vision5KUK!
The DeafBlog has been contacted by Vision 5K UK - a fantastic series of unique blindfold challenges taking place across the country for people of all ages and abilities. If you'd like to accept the challenge, join them in...
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Meningitis victim George defies the odds
Meningitis victim George Patterson is defying expectations with his progress, having had cochlear implants fitted recently. George was left deaf and unable to control his limbs after he was struck down by meningitis last year, and is now able...
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The BBC interviews Louis Kissaun
Louis Kissaun's debut on the award-winning drama series Shameless, caused a stir on Tuesday. Partly because the teenage actor, playing Danny, arrived on our television screens stuffed in the boot of another character's car. But then that's quite usual...
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Sign Tube launches competition to raise money for Comic Relief
Sign Tube has launched a video competition to raise funds for Comic Relief. The best video of fundraising activities from the deaf community will win a first prize of £100, second prize of £50 and third prize of £25. Sign...
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Lord Mayor of Birmingham presents scholarship certificate to Cochlear Graeme Clark Award winner Amanprit
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Chauhdry Rashid, last night (Tuesday 10 March) presented Amanprit Johal, winner of the Cochlear Graeme Clark Scholarship Award with her certificate, at a ceremony held at Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens. The Cochlear-sponsored scholarship is...
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Noisy workplaces can make workers deaf
According to a new study from the Université de Montral, extra workplace decibels increase the risks of both work-related accidents and road collisions. The findings will be reported in three journals: Occupation Environmental Medicine, Accident Analysis and Prevention and Traffic...
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Cochlear Implantation: Time for Change?
A conference regarding the developments and future for cochlear implants will be held this Friday (13 March) at the National College for School Leadership in Nottingham....
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One to watch: Hear and Now - More4
True Stories: Hear and Now - More4, tonight, 10pm Filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky’s film follows her parents, Paul and Sally Taylor - both of whom have been totally deaf for all of their 65 years, as they are fitted...
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Hearing dog Gem is 'Friend for Life'
Gem, the Labrador cross that acts as the ears for severely deaf Evie Crook from Derbyshire, is a finalist in the annual Kennel Club 'Friends for Life' competition which will be held at Crufts this month. Seven-year-old Evie is one...
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Dundee makes all the difference
A Weymouth man in his 70s has found that a little West Highland terrier has transformed his life by alerting him to the household sounds he can no longer hear. Derek Williams of Charlestown explains: “I started to lose...
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Cochlear implant surgery safe for the elderly
A study by NYU Langone Medical Center researchers shows that healthy elderly patients with severe to profound hearing loss can undergo surgery to receive cochlear implants with minimal risk....
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Tour de France winner auctions yellow jersey for deaf kids
The NDCS will be holding an auction of a 2008 Tour de France yellow jersey, worn and signed by the winner, Carlos Sastre. The 10-day-long auction has been sponsored by Wiggle, an online cycle shop, and will start on...
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Book programme for deaf children
Deaf and hard-of-hearing children in South Lanarkshire have been given special books to help them improve their reading and literacy skills. It is part of the Bookstart programme, a national initiative aimed at encouraging parents and carers to read...
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New deaf actor joins TV show Shameless
The Guardian has today published the interview of Louis Kissaun, a 16-year-old deaf actor, who has joined the cast of Channel 4 show Shameless. Kissaun plays a 15 year-old called Danny, who is deaf and doesn't speak. His parents brought...
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Hear Talk and Walk – The Ear Foundation celebrates 20th birthday with walks round the country!
Nottingham-based charity The Ear Foundation, which began cochlear implants for deaf children in the UK in 1989, celebrates its 20 birthday with a series of walks round the country. Several hundred deaf children, young people and adults will Hear,...
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What's that dear?
A third of under-55s who took part in a recent online survey admitted having to pretend they have understood what someone has said when they weren't sure, with 38 per cent reporting that other people often have to repeat...
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Charity raising money for Listening for Life centre
A Bradford charity is urging people to run and help it raise funds for the state-of-the-art Listening for Life centre. The Ear Trust’s Listening for Life Appeal, supported by Bradford's Telegraph & Argus, still needs to raise £394,000 to complete...
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