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UK

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Teacher for the deaf had to explain to first graders that people can ... - Daily Mail
'Moral imperative' to make arts accessible to deaf, campaigners say - Belfast Telegraph
Candid choreographer Arlene Phillips talks to Gabrielle Fagan about wearing hearing aids, ageing and the 'curse' of ... - Belfast Telegraph
Deaf boy horrified after being told everyone can hear him breaking wind - and has lots of questions - Mirror.co.uk
When rugby's toughest fight is in the mind - The Times
Dane Cook is shamed by activist and model Nyle DiMarco after posting offensive tweet mocking deaf people - Daily Mail
London band catering for deaf people at their concerts - London Live

World

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Teacher for the deaf had to explain to first graders that people can ... - Daily Mail
Aiding the deaf and hearing-impaired - Washington Times
Mother condemns attackers who ripped out deaf son's hearing aid - expressandstar.com
Going deaf - a story of gradual hearing loss - Health24
Smart glasses for the hard of hearing are changing theater in London - CNN
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is captioning her Instagram stories for the deaf community - The indy100
Deaf boy horrified after being told everyone can hear him breaking wind - and has lots of questions - Mirror.co.uk

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UK Sport

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When rugby's toughest fight is in the mind - The Times
Bicester charity Auditory Verbal UK gets Sara Cox TV appeal - Oxford Mail
Every club must back Rangers against Willie Collum - Hotline - Scottish Daily Record
Microsoft's chief accessibility officer: 'We're at the tip of the iceberg for what's possible with tech' - Evening Standard
Sao Paulo football star Daniel Correa Freitas' killer acted after he found midfielder 'trying to rape his wife' - The Sun
Reece Cattermole: UK's only deaf professional boxer on overcoming obstacles - BBC Sport
The human stories that are changing how we see the Middle East - The Guardian

World Sport

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When rugby's toughest fight is in the mind - The Times
England Deaf enjoying landmark year - England Rugby
Alabama School for the Deaf football team pushes past limits while making school history - CBS42.com
Australia heading for Deaf World Cup with two translators - The Sydney Morning Herald
Basketball coach uses sign language to communicate with hearing impaired players - KTRK-TV
Deaf player making a noise in Sydney grade cricket - The Sydney Morning Herald
Hard work helps Pioneers' Nelson overcome being deaf - The Winchester Star

Technology

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Smart glasses for the hard of hearing are changing theater in London - CNN
Zappos wants the deaf and hard-of-hearing to listen to music -- here is the technology for it - CNBC
Custom earbuds could save your hearing. Why haven't they taken off? - Fast Company
An Inverkip mum has gone the extra mile in aid of a lifeline service which supports her son - Greenock Telegraph
Campaign to give deaf audiences greater access to the arts - Belfast Telegraph
How Silent Cafes Serve Deaf Culture to the Hearing - OZY
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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Africa Code Week Drives Inclusive Education With Coding Workshops For Hearing-impaired Children In Mozambique - Africa.com
Deaf Student Finds Out That Farts Are Audible In The Most Amazing 'Teaching Moment' - TheThings (blog)
Texas School for the Deaf Students Educate Math Teachers at Conference - Dallasweekly
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
Learning to weld in augmented reality: Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind gets $25K grant - Twin Falls Times-News
Local mother leads fight to improve learning accommodations for deaf students - WOAI
'Hearing-impaired students deserve the same quality of education as their peers' - The Scoop

Business

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Sign language experts on the nonverbal cues you're missing in meetings - Fast Company
Starbucks opens first US sign language store -- with murals, tech pads and fingerspelling - Washington Post
Wounded veteran rebuilds life starting a fudge business - Fox Business
Minnesota's Threads Dance Project reaches out to deaf community with 'To Hear Like Me' - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Africa Code Week drives inclusive education with coding workshops for hearing-impaired children in Mozambique - CNBCAfrica.com
Meet the new Google translator: An AI app that converts sign language into text, speech - Economic Times
Break the Walls: Meet Hearing-Impaired Artist Amit Vardhan - The Citizen (press release)

Health

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Get a hearing health check so surprises don't sneak up on you - Aberdeen Evening Express
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
What does tinnitus sound like and could I have it? - Eastern Daily Press
Deaf people face barriers all the time. I'm determined to make sure we can enjoy music too - Metro
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

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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Deaf Student Finds Out That Farts Are Audible In The Most Amazing 'Teaching Moment' - TheThings (blog)
Africa Code Week Drives Inclusive Education With 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
Temple Interpreters connect the deaf and hearing worlds through language - Temple News
Deaf campaigner for Harrow is 'one of most influential disabled people in UK' - Harrow Times
Africa Code Week 2018 Helps Hearing-impaired Children in Mozambique - www.sagoodnews.co.za
Learning to weld in augmented reality: Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind gets $25K grant - Twin Falls Times-News

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
Building community is the theme of latest NTID Dyer Arts Center exhibits - RIT University News Services
Disability History Month 2018: what's going on - WhatsOnStage.com
Art Hounds: Dancing the experience of deafness - Minnesota Public Radio News
Zappos wants the deaf and hard-of-hearing to listen to music -- here is the technology for it - CNBC
Break the Walls: Meet Hearing-Impaired Artist Amit Vardhan - The Citizen (press release)

England

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England Deaf enjoying landmark year - England Rugby
When rugby's toughest fight is in the mind - The Times
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
NI charity befriending project to end due to lack of funding - Belfast Live
Ernie Whalley: Grazie for the gutsy venison ragu with gnocchi - 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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KT Tunstall's music career in doubt after she went 'totally deaf' in one ear during US concert - Scottish Daily Record
When rugby's toughest fight is in the mind - The Times
Scottish regulator launches British Sign Language plan - Inside Housing
New service to help with hearing loss - Cumnock Chronicle
deaf comedy first - The Southern Reporter
Every club must back Rangers against Willie Collum - Hotline - Scottish Daily Record
The Dairy: Privates on parade - HeraldScotland

Wales

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Wales live breaking news plus traffic, weather and M4 updates (Thursday, November 15) - WalesOnline
Carer pilfered cash from deaf, senile 100 year old - WalesOnline
England Deaf enjoying landmark year - England Rugby
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
Disability History Month 2018: what's going on - WhatsOnStage.com

N. Ireland

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NI charity befriending project to end due to lack of funding - Belfast Live
RVH car parking provision for disabled users is an absolute disgrace, says campaigner - Belfast Telegraph
Key House Democrat promises hearings on GOP tax package - Yahoo News UK
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