Gateshead mum created unique face mask to help D/deaf people communicate during lockdown:

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Deaf boy has IQ 'greater than Einstein'

A 12-year-old boy has joined Mensa after achieving 162 on an IQ test, a higher score than Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking.

Northern Stage – Loop/Captioning Feedback

Several of the SHHH group attended a subtitled performance of the Lovely Bones in Autumn 2018. Unfortunately this didn’t work well for some of our members as the position of the seats was directly under the captioning screen, meaning it was uncomfortable to read and impossible to read and watch the stage at the same time.

Parents of a deaf four-month-old have to pay £6,000 for sign language classes if they want to communicate with her.

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Signkid, Deaf hip-hop man who 'feels the music'

Watch a BBC report about Deaf man who performs hip-hop.

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BBC news report of a profoundly deaf woman working as a midwife.  Identifies some of the problems and assumptions that hearing people can make.

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