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Welcome to DeafClub.co.uk: the continually updated source of news for the deaf, brought to you by Deaf Umbrella

UK

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Deaf Rave allows people who can't hear to go out clubbing - Metro
Diocesan Disability Adviser and Chaplain amongst Deaf People - Church Times
How an innovative project is helping deaf people in Reading find work - In Your Area
National Theatre smart caption glasses could be "transformative" for deaf people - Evening Standard
Auditory Verbal UK charity appeal highlights help for deaf children - News Shopper
Deaf people in Wales 'being let down' says charity - BBC News
US businesses begin to increase services for deaf people - Yahoo News UK

World

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Deaf boy's hearing aids ripped out by bullies and stamped on - Metro - Metro
How do you sign 'endocannabinoid'? When you're hearing impaired, talking pot can be a problem - ABC Action News
Deaf Rave allows people who can't hear to go out clubbing - Metro
How Silent Cafes Serve Deaf Culture to the Hearing - OZY
More than half a million people in Wales are deaf or have hearing loss - ITV News
'Defenceless' deaf boy, 10, attacked by bullies who ripped out hearing aids and stamped on him - Mirror.co.uk
Cobb police holding class for people who are deaf, hard of hearing - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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UK Sport

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The incredible stories of three deaf children who have defied the odds to learn to speak - Evening Standard
Nino Severino: Meet Reece Cattermole, the country's only deaf pro boxer - East Anglian Daily Times
Transcript of 'You can't go there, you're disabled' - BBC News
Reece Cattermole: UK's only deaf professional boxer on overcoming obstacles - BBC Sport
Wimbledon 2018: Deaf player Lee Duck-hee aiming to qualify - BBC Sport
Portsmouth deaf club helps isolated children - BBC News
Newsreader Lewis Vaughan Jones makes debut wearing hearing aid - BBC News

World Sport

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Deaf player making a noise in Sydney grade cricket - The Sydney Morning Herald
Parkland football player Alex Ocasio Jr. is deaf, but it hasn't stopped him - Allentown Morning Call
Vaimauga is dominant force despite deafness - Federal Way Mirror
Deaf community looks to bring their own Olympics to Japan after 2020 - The Japan Times
Aging Well: Captioned telephones help hard-of-hearing - KITV Honolulu
Nino Severino: Meet Reece Cattermole, the country's only deaf pro boxer - East Anglian Daily Times
El Paso man says he was discriminated against in a local sports bar - KFOX El Paso

Technology

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Mobile phones get digital hearing aid - The Times
National Theatre smart caption glasses could be "transformative" for deaf people - Evening Standard
Hearing Aids Market Set For Rapid Growth And Trend By 2025 - The Future Gadgets
How Silent Cafes Serve Deaf Culture to the Hearing - OZY
Unlocking the World of Sound for Deaf Children - New York Times
Shure mics in hybrid system for hard of hearing students - AV Magazine
FDA allows marketing of first self-fitting hearing aid controlled by the user - FDA.gov

Organisations

RAD - The Royal Association for Deaf people
RNID - The Royal National Institute for Deaf People
BDA - British Deaf Association
SIGNATURE (Formerly CACDP) Excellence in Communication with Deaf People
NDCS - The National Deaf Children's Society
FDP - World Federation of Deaf People
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People Training Centre
Hearing Link - wide charity for people with hearing loss, their families and friends
UKCOD - UK Council on Deafness
Type Talk - RNID BT Type Talk

Education

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Deaf children face education barriers - The Press, York
US businesses begin to increase services for deaf people - Yahoo News UK
There is only one sign language translator for every 3000 deaf people in Hong Kong. New course at Chinese ... - South China Morning Post
Sempe King Donates To House Of Grace School For Deaf - Modern Ghana (press release) (blog)
How Silent Cafes Serve Deaf Culture to the Hearing - OZY
Petition to make BSL first language for deaf children in Wales - BBC News
Windsor Park School head Catherine says fond farewell - Falkirk Herald

Business

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Rebecca Buchan: Expand your workforce to include the deaf - Indianapolis Business Journal
Creating a device to help millions of hearing impaired South Africans - Independent Online
Without captions, warnings about Hurricane Michael failed to reach disabled - Business Insider
Firm's charity partnership will help people with hearing loss find a job - Swindon Advertiser
How Silent Cafes Serve Deaf Culture to the Hearing - OZY
Support needed for deaf children - Peterborough Telegraph
Arkansas company at work on device to help deaf 'hear' without expensive surgery - Arkansas Online

Health

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Shrewsbury hearing loss support centre to shut but projects continue - shropshirestar.com
Could deafness be reversed? Scientists re-grow damaged hair cells that have been killed off by age or noise inside ... - Daily Mail
Deaf people in Wales 'being let down' says charity - BBC News
'Bullies will not win': ?1600 already raised for deaf 10-year-old beaten up in Walsall - expressandstar.com
Unlocking the World of Sound for Deaf Children - New York Times
?5000 raised for deaf schoolboy after Walsall attack - expressandstar.com
Purple bus Roadshow teaches Chester children important lessons on deafness - The Chester Standard

More Organisations

Defeating Deafness - The UK's only national medical research charity for hearing impaired people
Deafsign - The No1 resource for deafness and sign language
City Lit Deaf Centre- Training Centre and College for Deaf Tutors and Students
British Deaf History Society - Archives about Deaf History
deafPLUS - Breakthrough
Sense - UK Deafblind Charity
Shape- Disabled & Deaf people and the Arts
British Society for Mental Health & Deafness - promoting healthy deaf minds
Deaf Parenting UK
Sign Health - Improve healthcare and achieve equal access for deaf people

Science

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Hope of sound futurefor children born deaf - Santa Fe New Mexican
Unlocking the World of Sound for Deaf Children - New York Times
Panther Profile: Scott Cohen, Science Education Advocate For The Deaf Community - Georgia State University News (press release)
Nino Severino: Meet Reece Cattermole, the country's only deaf pro boxer - East Anglian Daily Times
S'porean pianist has doctorate in music, cut own classical album, & has lost 85% of his hearing - Mothership.sg
The Impact of Deafness on Hallucinations and Delusions - Psychiatry Advisor
RIT/NTID honors researchers with Sponsored Programs awards - RIT University News Services

Arts

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Smart captioning glasses help deaf theatregoers follow the action - BBC News
October 11 Vallejo A&E Source: Coal Shed artist overcomes hearing challenge - Vallejo Times Herald
Deaf pop artist Ann Silver speaks at annual Disability Awareness Day - Tacoma Daily News (blog)
Google's latest Gboard stickers celebrate American Sign Language - Engadget
National Theatre smart caption glasses could be "transformative" for deaf people - Evening Standard
Miracle in Florida: One of the Greatest Artists in the World Regains Hearing after 50 Years of Deafness! - PR Newswire (press release)
Mustafa Alabssi's incredible journey: Netflix debut the latest feat for deaf Syrian refugee - Regina Leader-Post

England

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Diocesan Disability Adviser and Chaplain amongst Deaf People - Church Times
Huddersfield grooming: How the West Yorkshire gang operated - BBC News
Support needed for deaf children - Peterborough Telegraph
Proud day for deaf Burnham rugby player as he scores for England side - Burnham-On-Sea
Deaf children face education barriers - The Press, York
Sign language should be treated as deaf children's first language, says report - South Wales Argus
Mobile phones get digital hearing aid - The Times

Discussion Groups

Defeating Deafness - The UK's only national medical research charity for hearing impaired people
Deaf-Uk
DeafMail
Action on Hearing Loss - Forum
Deaf Forum
Hearing Aids are Cool
Deaf Chat

Scotland

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'Before my first voyage I had no clue' - BBC News
MP says 'don't wait a decade to check your hearing' - Falkirk Herald
Visual and physical storytelling embraced in Solar Bear's The Arrival in Dundee - The Courier
Windsor Park School head Catherine says fond farewell - Falkirk Herald
Bo'ness cinema reaches out to the deaf with new screenings - Linlithgow Journal & Gazette
MP backs hearing loss charity's service reaching out to Paisley and Renfrewshire's community groups - Renfrewshire 24 News
St Roch's students help bring timely tale to life in Glasgow - Evening Times

Wales

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Deaf people in Wales 'being let down' says charity - BBC News
More than half a million people in Wales are deaf or have hearing loss - ITV News
Petition to make BSL first language for deaf children in Wales - BBC News
British Sign Language 'should be first language of deaf children in Wales' - ITV News
Are our workplaces welcoming enough to people with hearing loss? - ITV News
Sign language should be treated as deaf children's first language, says report - South Wales Argus
Deaf people in Wales not getting the care they are entitled to, charity says - Care Appointments

N. Ireland

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Hearing loss: 'I had no confidence in myself' - BBC News
Action on Hearing urge Belfast students to volunteer - Belfast Live
Hearing loss 'a barrier to employment', says charity - BBC News
Lisburn mum's joy as son who couldn't walk puts best foot forward - Belfast Live
How speech and language therapists are changing children's lives - Belfast Telegraph
Cecil Frances Alexander: A pioneer of deaf education - BBC News
Sign language act: Should it be a 'bigger priority' than Irish language? - BBC News

Theatres / Subtitles

Defeating Deafness - The UK's only national medical research charity for hearing impaired people
DVD Subtitles
StageText
Shapearts Signed Theatre
National Theatre
Drill Hall Theatre
Marlow Theatre
Definitely Theatre
National Theatre of Deaf
3D Derby Deaf Drama
Mime Festival