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UK

Volunteers needed for vital Bucks charity - Mix 96
Urgent plea to find deaf girl's hearing aid lost in Gloucester shopping centre - Gloucestershire Live
Deaf man Dean Reid repeatedly stabbed his girlfriend in unprovoked attack - Belfast Telegraph
Betty wins worldwide contest to help deaf people - Gary Skentelbery
Deaf children fall behind at school, says charity - BBC News
New report shows more specialist support needed for deaf children - The Irish News
New service for deaf and hard of hearing to contact police - Lancashire Telegraph
Schoolboy to feature on Countryfile to talk about his assistance dog | Huntingdon and St Neots News - The Hunts Post - Hunts Post

World

General Assembly updates legal language regarding 'persons who are deaf or hard of hearing' - Staunton News Leader
Urgent plea to find deaf girl's hearing aid lost in Gloucester shopping centre - Gloucestershire Live
Volunteers needed for vital Bucks charity - Mix 96
New service for deaf and hard of hearing to contact police - Lancashire Telegraph
New report shows more specialist support needed for deaf children - The Irish News
Being deaf hasn't stopped this Loveland boy from hearing, talking and playing the piano - WCPO
Award-winning celebrities with hearing loss - Healthy Hearing
Google Live Transcribe could be helpful for the deaf or hard of hearing - The Verge

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UK Sport

Reece Cattermole: UK's only deaf professional boxer on overcoming obstacles - BBC Sport
Western Mail letters: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - Wales Online
Entertainment industry 'could do more' for deaf people - BBC News
NHS to offer hundreds more deaf people life-changing cochlear implant - The Independent
Nino Severino: England Deaf Rugby squad visit Ipswich | Ipswich Town FC and Suffolk & Essex Sport - East Anglian Daily Times
Hearing loss 'a barrier to employment', says charity - BBC News
Wimbledon 2018: Deaf player Lee Duck-hee aiming to qualify - BBC Sport
Deaf people "often give up watching the news" - Radio Exe

World Sport

US Deaf National teams to hold camps in Frisco February 21st to 26th - Dallas News
Pupils take part in Panathlon National Deaf Swimming Finals - The Home of Swimming | Swimming.org
Wooster swimmer Molly Likins hopes to inspire others by overcoming hearing impairment - WKYC.com
Deaf basketball tournament a unique opportunity for student-athletes to compete on equal playing field - The Boston Globe
Indian move likely to fall on deaf ears - The News International
OAS hosts event for young adults who are deaf, hard of hearing - KTVZ
Born with a cleft palate and legally deaf, she is one of the best basketball players in Texas - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Caught On Video: Doughnut Shop Customer Stabbed - CBS Los Angeles

Technology

New report shows more specialist support needed for deaf children - The Irish News
Air travel tips for people with hearing loss - Healthy Hearing
Google is launching two new apps for Android phones that will help deaf people - MIT Technology Review
Center for Hearing and Speech and Texas Children's to collaborate on pediatric hearing services hub - TMC News - Texas Medical Center News
Google's Live Transcribe and Sound Amplifier to Make Communications Easier for Deaf and Hard of Hearing | - Medgadget
Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Reversing Congenital Deafness - Technology Networks
Cornell Tech Aims to Assist the Visually and Hearing Impaired with Augmented Reality Software - Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
Deaf DJ showing disability is no barrier - Metro Newspaper UK

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

New report shows more specialist support needed for deaf children - The Irish News
Deaf children fall behind at school, says charity - BBC News
As the mother of a deaf child, I'm troubled by recent education stats - Metro.co.uk
Center for Hearing and Speech and Texas Children's to collaborate on pediatric hearing services hub - TMC News - Texas Medical Center News
'Not a safe environment for any child.' Bed bugs, safety concerns at School for the Deaf. - Lexington Herald Leader
Cutbacks could harm deaf children's education in Hampshire - Eagle Radio
A 'Lost Generation' Of Deaf Children Are Falling Behind Classmates At School, Charity Warns - HuffPost UK
The high school graduate who built a school for the deaf in East Africa - Aleteia EN

Business

People Inc. is shifting the focus at affordable housing projects - Buffalo Business First - Buffalo Business First
Deaf woman claims she will become a MILLIONAIRE by teaching sign language from her home - Daily Mail
SBA offers loans to aid Alabama recovery from January tornado - AL.com
Hearing-impaired community seeks equal access at movies - Bonner County Daily Bee
Caf? in Nicaragua Staffed by the Hearing Impaired Reinvents Itself - Havana Times
Specialist communications business sees signs of growth - The Business Desk
Portsmouth hotel staff show their caring side with fundraising for deaf children - The News
Google releases two new apps for the hearing impaired - Considerable

Health

Award-winning celebrities with hearing loss - Healthy Hearing
Deaf Together: New project unites hearing-impaired people in Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, and Havering - Ilford Recorder
Google unveils two new apps support communication for deaf and hard of hearing people - MobiHealthNews
Quick DNA test that could save newborns from deafness - Daily Mail
Deaf children fall behind at school, says charity - BBC News
Deaf woman claims she will become a MILLIONAIRE by teaching sign language from her home - Daily Mail
World Health Organisation wants to limit noise levels in NIGHTCLUBS to stop millennials going deaf - Daily Mail
New service launched for South Cheshire residents with vision and hearing loss - Nantwich News

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

Hearing and deaf infants process information differently - Science Daily
Deaf Students Feel the Universe's Vibrations in New Workshop - The Wire
Feb. 22 Research Roundup: Hearing Restoration, Depression, Marrow Transplants and Aging and MS - BioSpace
Deaf moth evolves sound-production as a warning to outwit its predator - Science Daily
Space cowgirl - UMN News
Android Apps for the Deaf: Live Transcribe and Sound Amplifier - WIRED
"We don't have the power to stop our extinction" says Paola Antonelli - Dezeen
Cepeda: Magic has power to enlighten - The Columbian

Arts

Edmonton's deaf arts festival makes some noise - CBC News
A town where most speak sign language - BBC News
Week in Review: Art Basel Backer Fined $4.2B for Tax Fraud, Art Schools Hit with ADA Lawsuit - Hyperallergic
Reimagining Shakespeare: NAC production has female Hamlet, deaf Horatio - Ottawa Citizen
A Spate of Lawsuits Is Targeting Art Schools for Failing to Comply With Disability Act Standards - artnet News
Action on Hearing Loss plans to sell state-of-the-art HQ for ?9m - Civil Society Media
Deaf Spotlight partnering with ACTLab for new short play festival - Dailyuw
Cultural Deaf Artist Master, Mattise Binauli Promoted by Local Business - SitNews

England

England Deaf aim for historic win in Wales - England Rugby
As the mother of a deaf child, I'm troubled by recent education stats - Metro.co.uk
Serial offending Belfast 'deaf mute' jailed over stolen camcorder - Belfast Telegraph
NDCS: 'Government starving local councils of funding' as deaf children fall behind classmates - Charity Today News
Mathilda and the Orange Balloon - ArtsHub UK
Landmark case could overturn Northern Ireland abortion ban - The Guardian
Indian move likely to fall on deaf ears - The News International
The boy who is hearing Christmas for the first time - BBC News

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

New report shows more specialist support needed for deaf children - The Irish News
Deaf African boy thanks Advertiser readers for highlighting his plight - Daily Record
As KT Tunstall reveals she has gone deaf, we look at other stars including Rod Stewart and Def Leppard - The Scottish Sun
'I am a DJ who just happens to be deaf' - BBC News
Scottish charity wins battle to bring Gambian boy to the UK for treatment - Scottish Catholic Observer
Lanarkshire charity bringing African school boy to Scotland for surgery - Daily Record
Boy without ears to have life-changing surgery in Scotland - STV News
Scots win long fight to get African boy born without ears gift of hearing after operation - HeraldScotland

Wales

England Deaf aim for historic win in Wales - England Rugby
South Wales Echo letters: Thursday, February 14, 2019 - Wales Online
Rhyl businesses wanted for deaf-friendly awards - Rhyl Journal
Venue Cymru launches new service to help the deaf and hard of hearing - North Wales Pioneer
Young parents will have to pay ?6000 to learn how to communicate with deaf daughter - South Wales Argus
AMs debate regional economic inequality - BBC News
Wales live breaking news plus traffic, weather and travel updates (Sunday, February 10) - WalesOnline
Woman in her 20s killed and five others seriously injured in two-car crash - Wales Online

N. Ireland

New report shows more specialist support needed for deaf children - The Irish News
Deaf man Dean Reid repeatedly stabbed his girlfriend in unprovoked attack - Belfast Telegraph
Serial offending Belfast 'deaf mute' jailed over stolen camcorder - Belfast Telegraph
Landmark case could overturn Northern Ireland abortion ban - The Guardian
Hearing loss 'a barrier to employment', says charity - BBC News
The Co Down woman who believes more than 30 of her job applications were binned because she's deaf - Belfast Telegraph
JBG Smith, Gallaudet, deaf advocates discuss 'DeafSpace' design in NoMa - Curbed DC
Fall in specialist teachers as number of deaf children in Northern Ireland increases - Belfast Telegraph

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