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North East Ambulance Service launch new British Sign Language Relay Service to help Deaf patients in an emergency

Posted on 29 May 2024 at 12:10pm

https://youtu.be/gBOSHvxh6ic?si=V2tsbomzYqN18SuZ

North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is launching a new British Sign Language (BSL) Relay Service to help ambulance crews care for Deaf and British Sign Language users.

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Pioneering gene therapy restores UK girl's hearing

Posted on 09 May 2024 at 12:22pm
Opal playing at home
By Michelle Roberts
Digital health editor
 

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My son is profoundly deaf - but still passed a hearing test

Posted on 08 June 2022 at 1:36pm

BBC report about the problems with hearing tests for children at NHS Lothian paediatric audiology department in Edinburgh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-61634898

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Deaflink closed on christmas eve 2021 to 4th January 2022 (BSL)

Posted on 21 December 2021 at 5:09pm

 

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Perfect Face Mask for Interpreters

Posted on 07 May 2020 at 10:25am

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

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Man becomes first deaf juror in court

Posted on 11 September 2019 at 12:19pm

Breakthrough as earlier this month Malcolm Johnson became Britain first deaf juror

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Deaf boy is clever than Einstein

Posted on 09 April 2019 at 11:53am

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.

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Northern Stage Access Improvements

Posted on 01 March 2019 at 3:33pm

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.

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Parents of deaf children face funding 'postcode lottery'

Posted on 06 February 2019 at 10:59am

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

Read more https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47070741

 

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Deaf man rapping music

Posted on 06 November 2018 at 4:37pm

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

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

Click to watch video HERE

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