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UK

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'Chat gadget' to help deaf people with speak-to-text conversation device - Evening Standard
Queer Eye host backs viewers on Netflix subtitle change - BBC News
Island failing to meet needs of hearing-impaired, charity says - Jersey Evening Post
Claudia Rosencrantz on deafness and her new life with sound - The Times
Pornhub just launched a new collection of videos for deaf people - Metro
Hearing impaired group celebrate 25th anniversary - Glamorgan Gem
Deaf Rutherglen bowlers form friendship through sport and claim second successive international trophy for Scotland - Scottish Daily Record

World

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Island failing to meet needs of hearing-impaired, charity says - Jersey Evening Post
Optical cochlear implants restore hearing in deaf gerbils - physicsworld.com
Home alert systems offer independence to deaf or hard of hearing ... - Canton Repository
Omaha VA adding teletype machines to talk with blind, deaf veterans - Omaha World-Herald
It's not just Queer Eye - bad subtitling is a daily problem for deaf viewers - The Guardian
Rock 'n' Roll Chicago Half Marathon runner hopes to inspire other deaf runners - WLS-TV
Ear implant lets deaf gerbils sense sound from light signals | New ... - New Scientist

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UK Sport

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Deaf Rutherglen bowlers form friendship through sport and claim second successive international trophy for Scotland - Scottish Daily Record
Wimbledon 2018: Deaf player Lee Duck-hee aiming to qualify - BBC Sport
Howzat! Deaf cricketer Matthew sets sights on World Cup glory - Stoke-on-Trent Live
Cocaine, the captain & the frozen mummies: Paolo Guerrero's World Cup journey - BBC Sport
Wales live breaking news plus traffic, weather and M4 updates (Wednesday, July 11) - WalesOnline
Deaf professional boxer spars with Welwyn Garden City pupils - Welwyn Hatfield Times
Reece Cattermole: UK's only deaf professional boxer on overcoming obstacles - BBC Sport

World Sport

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Dutch striker Memphis Depay pledges support for blind & deaf sports in Ghana - GhanaWeb
Deaf Rutherglen bowlers form friendship through sport and claim second successive international trophy for Scotland - Scottish Daily Record
Wimbledon 2018: Deaf player Lee Duck-hee aiming to qualify - BBC Sport
Lake Macquarie and Newcastle to host 2022 Australian Deaf Games - Lakes Mail
Helping Deaf Blind People Experience World Cup Joy - ten daily
Brazil fan who is deaf, blind follows World Cup with help - New Zealand Herald
Mr. Outdoors: Sounds of nature should be enough on the trail - Kitsap Sun

Technology

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From translating hearing aids to sign-language gloves, amazing assistive tech - Digital Trends
Light-emitting fibres overcome deafness - Cosmos
Beverly school embraces TAD Technology - Wicked Local
Tammany Times: Deaf Action Center advocates for hearing-impaired - The Advocate
I Didn't Identify As Deaf Until I Was 18. Then Everything Changed For Me. - HuffPost
The changing face of deafness - Tribune-Review
How Deaf Children in Nicaragua Created a New Language - Atlas Obscura

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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US Fulbright researcher shares story of Ghana's deaf education history - Myjoyonline.com
THE Europe Teaching Rankings 2018 digital edition - Times Higher Education (THE)
The history behind RI School for the Deaf - Ricentral.com
Board of education apologizes to deaf group refused lodging - The Japan News
Utah #1 in high school completion for deaf, hard of hearing students - KUTV 2News
How Deaf Children in Nicaragua Created a New Language - Atlas ... - Atlas Obscura
Family to challenge lack of GCSE in sign language - TES News

Business

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See hear says this branch of opticians - Kirkintilloch Herald
'Chat gadget' to help deaf people with speak-to-text conversation device - Evening Standard
Claudia Rosencrantz on deafness and her new life with sound - The Times
Lin-Manuel Miranda Backs Out of Starkey Hearing Gala - Twin Cities Business Magazine
Deaf activist Nyle DiMarco praises Pornhub for accessibility move - Fast Company
Tammany Times: Deaf Action Center advocates for hearing-impaired - The Advocate
Incredible video shows how friends help a deaf and blind Brazil fan enjoy the World Cup - Business Insider

Health

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Island failing to meet needs of hearing-impaired, charity says - Jersey Evening Post
Cool New Ear Implants Enable Deaf Gerbils To "Hear" Light - IFLScience
Omaha VA adding teletype machines to talk with blind, deaf veterans - Omaha World-Herald
Rock 'n' Roll Chicago Half Marathon runner hopes to inspire other deaf runners - WLS-TV
Toxic treatments: Choosing between deafness and death - CNN
Novel drug therapy partially restores hearing in mice - National Institutes of Health (press release)
Claudia Rosencrantz on deafness and her new life with sound - The Times

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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Cool New Ear Implants Enable Deaf Gerbils To "Hear" Light - IFLScience
The Digest: Scientists Create New Cochlear Implants That Allow ... - Futurism
A festival celebrating deaf culture is coming to Norwich - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Novel drug therapy partially restores hearing in mice - EurekAlert (press release)
From translating hearing aids to sign-language gloves, amazing ... - Digital Trends
Cost, coverage and more drive hearing aid inequality - EurekAlert (press release)
Bethany Colson Named Executive Director Of Center For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Education - WBIW.com

Arts

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Hearing activists, artists advocate deaf rights - Jakarta Post
Queer Eye host backs viewers on Netflix subtitle change - BBC News
How a Legendary Octogenarian Artist Leveraged Her Passion With an App - Adweek
'Chat gadget' to help deaf people with speak-to-text conversation device - Evening Standard
One story, two languages: sign and spoken language share the theatre stage - The Conversation AU
RIT/NTID exhibits highlight 50 years of deaf art and history - RIT University News Services
More Than Words - Salt Lake City Weekly

England

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Queer Eye host backs viewers on Netflix subtitle change - BBC News
Deaf Rutherglen bowlers form friendship through sport and claim second successive international trophy for Scotland - Scottish Daily Record
40 MPs join protest over looming ?4m in cuts to funding for deaf pupils - Schools Week
Wimbledon 2018: Deaf player Lee Duck-hee aiming to qualify - BBC Sport
Howzat! Deaf cricketer Matthew sets sights on World Cup glory - Stoke-on-Trent Live
Educational support for deaf children in England 'in complete disarray' - The Guardian
Deaf children losing out as English councils cut support, charity warns - The Guardian

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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Deaf Rutherglen bowlers form friendship through sport and claim second successive international trophy for Scotland - Scottish Daily Record
Deaf graduates enter the spotlight - The Times
VIDEO: Moray Council becomes first in Scotland to broadcast meeting with sign language - Press and Journal
Claudia Rosencrantz on deafness and her new life with sound - The Times
Heartless officials refuse to let boy born with no ears in to Scotland for life-changing op - Scottish Daily Record
Selwyn trio make NZ deaf lawn bowls team - Star Kiwi
African boy born with no ears denied life-changing surgery at Monklands hospital - Scottish Daily Record

Wales

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Hearing impaired group celebrate 25th anniversary - Glamorgan Gem
Wales live breaking news plus traffic, weather and M4 updates (Wednesday, July 11) - WalesOnline
Deaf Rutherglen bowlers form friendship through sport and claim second successive international trophy for Scotland - Scottish Daily Record
Drugs seized in Carmarthenshire pub raid - WalesOnline
A is for 'ah well', F is for fish and chips: show delivers AZ of Englishness - The Guardian
Newbridge 'bubble boy' Rhys Harris wants to become a chef - BBC News
Selwyn trio make NZ deaf lawn bowls team - Star Kiwi

N. Ireland

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Deaf Rutherglen bowlers form friendship through sport and claim second successive international trophy for Scotland - Scottish Daily Record
Selwyn trio make NZ deaf lawn bowls team - Star Kiwi
Maureen is a 'People's champ' - Ballymena Times
Charity to give out free earplugs at Belsonic, Custom House Square and Belfast Vital gigs - Belfast Live
Songs for the deaf - The London Economic
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