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UK

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'Tell them to stop listening to my farts!': Teacher for the deaf explains to first graders that people can hear ... - Daily Mail
'Moral imperative' to make arts accessible to deaf, campaigners say - Belfast Telegraph
London band catering for deaf people at their concerts - London Live
Deaf boy horrified after being told everyone can hear him breaking wind - and has lots of questions - Mirror.co.uk
Subtitles at the theatre? I'm deaf, but I wouldn't want to inflict them on everyone else - Telegraph.co.uk
Disability History Month 2018: what's going on - WhatsOnStage.com
Deaf people face barriers all the time. I'm determined to make sure we can enjoy music too - Metro

World

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Aiding the deaf and hearing-impaired - Washington Times
'Tell them to stop listening to my farts!': Teacher for the deaf explains to first graders that people can hear ... - Daily Mail
'Moral imperative' to make arts accessible to deaf, campaigners say - Belfast Telegraph
'Wait, they can hear all farts?!': Teacher explains farts to deaf students - Stuff.co.nz
This teacher had to tell her deaf students that people can hear farts. Their reaction was hilarious. - GOOD Magazine
Mother condemns attackers who ripped out deaf son's hearing aid - expressandstar.com
Going deaf - a story of gradual hearing loss - Health24

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UK Sport

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Bicester charity Auditory Verbal UK gets Sara Cox TV appeal - Bicester Advertiser
Microsoft's chief accessibility officer: 'We're at the tip of the iceberg for what's possible with tech' - Evening Standard
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
Entertainment industry 'could do more' for deaf people - BBC News
Newsreader Lewis Vaughan Jones makes debut wearing hearing aid - BBC News
Portsmouth deaf club helps isolated children - BBC News

World Sport

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Model Nyle DiMarco Claps Back at Dane Cook's Insensitive Joke about the Deaf Community - PEOPLE.com
England Deaf enjoying landmark year - England Rugby
Basketball coach uses sign language to communicate with hearing impaired players - KTRK-TV
Australia heading for Deaf World Cup with two translators - The Sydney Morning Herald
Alabama School for the Deaf football team pushes past limits while making school history - CBS42.com
Man's video of teacher coaching hearing impaired basketball team in Mississippi goes viral - fox8.com
Hard work helps Pioneers' Nelson overcome being deaf - The Winchester Star

Technology

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An Inverkip mum has gone the extra mile in aid of a lifeline service which supports her son - Greenock Telegraph
There's already a blueprint for a more accessible internet. If only designers would learn it - Quartz
Zappos wants the deaf and hard-of-hearing to listen to music -- here is the technology for it - CNBC
Nonprofit delivers 3-D-printed hearing aids to kids in the Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Texas School for the Deaf Students Educate Math Teachers at Conference - Dallasweekly
Campaign to give deaf audiences greater access to the arts - The Irish News
Get a hearing health check so surprises don't sneak up on you - Aberdeen Evening Express

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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Texas School for the Deaf Students Educate Math Teachers at Conference - Dallasweekly
Africa Code Week Drives Inclusive Education With Coding Workshops For Hearing-impaired Children In Mozambique - Africa.com
Aiding the deaf and hearing-impaired - Washington Times
China's Only Sign Language Lawyer - Sixth Tone
Don't silence sign language: call for dying medium to be revived and used as teaching tool for deaf in Hong Kong - South China Morning Post
'Hearing-impaired students deserve the same quality of education as their peers' - The Scoop
Local mother leads fight to improve learning accommodations for deaf students - WOAI

Business

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Sign language experts on the nonverbal cues you're missing in meetings - Fast Company
There's already a blueprint for a more accessible internet. If only designers would learn it - Quartz
Africa Code Week drives inclusive education with coding workshops for hearing-impaired children in Mozambique - CNBCAfrica.com
Starbucks opens first US sign language store -- with murals, tech pads and fingerspelling - Washington Post
The Texas Board of Education just voted to reinstate Hillary Clinton and Hellen Keller into state curriculum, after ... - Business Insider
Break the Walls: Meet Hearing-Impaired Artist Amit Vardhan - The Citizen (press release)
Minnesota's Threads Dance Project reaches out to deaf community with 'To Hear Like Me' - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Health

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Get a hearing health check so surprises don't sneak up on you - Aberdeen Evening Express
Aiding the deaf and hearing-impaired - Washington Times
What does tinnitus sound like and could I have it? - Eastern Daily Press
Could deafness be reversed? Scientists re-grow damaged hair cells that have been killed off by age or noise inside ... - Daily Mail
Going deaf - a story of gradual hearing loss - Health24
KT Tunstall's music career in doubt after she went 'totally deaf' in one ear during US concert - Scottish Daily Record
Farm near Carlisle fined ?100000 for health and safety breaches after deaf worker killed in tractor accident - News & Star

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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Texas School for the Deaf Students Educate Math Teachers at Conference - Dallasweekly
Africa Code Week Drives Inclusive Education With Coding Workshops For Hearing-impaired Children In Mozambique - Africa.com
There's already a blueprint for a more accessible internet. If only designers would learn it - Quartz
Coding Workshops for Hearing-impaired Children in Mozambique - Africa.com
RIT/NTID earns National Science Foundation funding to explore augmented reality technology - RIT University News Services
Africa Code Week 2018 Helps Hearing-impaired Children in Mozambique - www.sagoodnews.co.za
Deaf campaigner for Harrow is 'one of most influential disabled people in UK' - Harrow Times

Arts

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'Moral imperative' to make arts accessible to deaf, campaigners say - BT.com
Campaign to give deaf audiences greater access to the arts - Evening Times
Art Hounds: Dancing the experience of deafness - Minnesota Public Radio News
Disability History Month 2018: what's going on - WhatsOnStage.com
Break the Walls: Meet Hearing-Impaired Artist Amit Vardhan - The Citizen (press release)
Zappos wants the deaf and hard-of-hearing to listen to music -- here is the technology for it - CNBC
Kitty O'Neil: Wonder Woman stuntwoman dies at 72 - BBC News

England

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England Deaf enjoying landmark year - England Rugby
Microsoft's chief accessibility officer: 'We're at the tip of the iceberg for what's possible with tech' - Evening Standard
Huddersfield grooming: How the West Yorkshire gang operated - BBC News
Deaf children fall behind at school as staff caseloads soar - FE News
Meet the filmmakers: The 2018 BIFA Best British Short Film nominees - HeyUGuys
Starbucks' Signing Store In Washington, DC, Has Opened & Here's What It's Like Inside - Bustle
Entertainment industry 'could do more' for deaf people - 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

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KT Tunstall's music career in doubt after she went 'totally deaf' in one ear during US concert - Scottish Daily Record
Scottish regulator launches British Sign Language plan - Inside Housing
New service to help with hearing loss - Cumnock Chronicle
deaf comedy first - The Southern Reporter
The Dairy: Privates on parade - HeraldScotland
Steep fall in number of teachers for deaf children in Scotland - STV News
Deaf Scottish author forced to give up career as air hostess after tragic illness hopes her stories will inspire ... - The Scottish Sun

Wales

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England Deaf enjoying landmark year - England Rugby
Carer pilfered cash from deaf, senile 100 year old - WalesOnline
Disability History Month 2018: what's going on - WhatsOnStage.com
The Last Five Years - Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff - The Reviews Hub
Police confirm 'hoax' bomb left on Welsh housing estate was blown up in controlled explosion - WalesOnline
World War One: Whitchurch Hospital provided solace from shell shock - BBC News
Jason Robert Brown's THE LAST FIVE YEARS To Receive Professional Premiere In Wales, Staged With Integrated ... - Broadway World

N. Ireland

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NI charity befriending project to end due to lack of funding - Belfast Live
Key House Democrat promises hearings on GOP tax package - Daily Mail
RVH car parking provision for disabled users is an absolute disgrace, says campaigner - Belfast Telegraph
Hearing loss: 'I had no confidence in myself' - BBC News
Cecil Frances Alexander: A pioneer of deaf education - BBC News
Fall in specialist teachers as number of deaf children in Northern Ireland increases - Belfast Telegraph
Hearing loss 'a barrier to employment', says charity - 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