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UK

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Campaign to give deaf audiences greater access to the arts - Belfast Telegraph
CHAPLAIN'S BLOG: Deaf service proved we are all one under Christ - Worcester News
Starbucks opens first US sign language store in Washington DC - The Independent
Deaf boy horrified after being told everyone can hear him breaking wind - and has lots of questions - Mirror.co.uk
KT Tunstall's music career in doubt after she went 'totally deaf' in one ear during US concert - Scottish Daily Record
Deaf Rave allows people who can't hear to go out clubbing - Metro
Shrewsbury hearing loss support centre to shut but projects continue - shropshirestar.com

World

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Campaign to give deaf audiences greater access to the arts - Belfast Telegraph
Deaf CT Firefighter Living His Dream - Firehouse.com (press release) (blog)
Abbotswood Court care home forms new partnership with Hearing Dogs for Deaf People - Romsey Advertiser
KT Tunstall's music career in doubt after she went 'totally deaf' in one ear during US concert - Scottish Daily Record
Basketball coach uses sign language to communicate with hearing impaired players - KTRK-TV
Africa Code Week drives inclusive education for hearing-impaired ... - African Independent
Mother condemns attackers who ripped out deaf son's hearing aid - expressandstar.com

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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
Bicester charity Auditory Verbal UK gets Sara Cox TV appeal - Bicester Advertiser
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
Entertainment industry 'could do more' for deaf people - BBC News

World Sport

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Basketball coach uses sign language to communicate with hearing impaired players - KTRK-TV
England Deaf enjoying landmark year - England Rugby
Australia heading for Deaf World Cup with two translators - The Sydney Morning Herald
Hard work helps Pioneers' Nelson overcome being deaf - The Winchester Star
Alabama School for the Deaf football team pushes past limits while making school history - CBS42.com
Despite deafness in one ear, Redd finds place on Bobcats O-line - The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Deaf player making a noise in Sydney grade cricket - The Sydney Morning Herald

Technology

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Campaign to give deaf audiences greater access to the arts - Belfast Telegraph
Smart glasses for the hard of hearing are changing theater in London - CNN
Africa Code Week Drives Inclusive Education With Coding ... - Africa.com
Zappos wants the deaf and hard-of-hearing to listen to music -- here is the technology for it - CNBC
'Hearing-impaired students deserve the same quality of education as their peers' - The Scoop
Microsoft's chief accessibility officer: 'We're at the tip of the iceberg for what's possible with tech' - Evening Standard
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 for hearing-impaired ... - African Independent
'Hearing-impaired students deserve the same quality of education as their peers' - The Scoop
Deaf CT Firefighter Living His Dream - Firehouse.com (press release) (blog)
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 in area gather to celebrate Thanksgiving - Royse City Herald Banner
Coding Workshops for Hearing-impaired Children in Mozambique - Africa.com
Deaf children fall behind at school as staff caseloads soar - FE News

Business

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Break the Walls: Meet Hearing-Impaired Artist Amit Vardhan - The Citizen (press release)
Lawsuits targeting business websites over ADA violations are on the rise - Virginian-Pilot
Starbucks opens first US sign language store in Washington DC - The Independent
Minnesota's Threads Dance Project reaches out to deaf community with 'To Hear Like Me' - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Meet the new Google translator: An AI app that converts sign language into text, speech - Economic Times
Support needed for deaf children - Peterborough Telegraph - Peterborough Telegraph
eQHealth Solutions Names New Florida State Medical Director of ... - Business Wire (press release)

Health

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Get a hearing health check so surprises don't sneak up on you - Aberdeen Evening Express
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
KT Tunstall's music career in doubt after she went 'totally deaf' in one ear during US concert - Scottish Daily Record
Going deaf - a story of gradual hearing loss - Health24
eQHealth Solutions Names New Florida State Medical Director of Behavioral Health Services - Global Banking And Finance Review (press release)
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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Africa Code Week Drives Inclusive Education With Coding ... - Africa.com
Could deafness be reversed? Scientists re-grow damaged hair cells that have been killed off by age or noise inside ... - Daily Mail
Coding Workshops for Hearing-impaired Children in Mozambique - Africa.com
Hope of sound futurefor children born deaf - Santa Fe New Mexican
RIT/NTID earns National Science Foundation funding to explore augmented reality technology - RIT University News Services
Hearing-impaired children in Mozambique learn how to code - Intelligent CIO Africa (press release)
Deaf campaigner for Harrow is 'one of most influential disabled people in UK' - Harrow Times

Arts

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Campaign to give deaf audiences greater access to the arts - Belfast Telegraph
Break the Walls: Meet Hearing-Impaired Artist Amit Vardhan - The Citizen (press release)
Kitty O'Neil: Wonder Woman stuntwoman dies at 72 - BBC News - BBC News
Zappos wants the deaf and hard-of-hearing to listen to music -- here is the technology for it - CNBC
Deaf and hard-of-hearing customers in the US celebrate Starbucks' first 'Signing Store' - Mashable
New mural in East Idaho gets thumbs-down from deaf community - Idaho State Journal
Minnesota's Threads Dance Project reaches out to deaf community with 'To Hear Like Me' - Minneapolis Star Tribune

England

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England Deaf enjoying landmark year - England Rugby
Diocesan Disability Adviser and Chaplain amongst Deaf People - Church Times
Deaf children fall behind at school as staff caseloads soar - FE News
Support needed for deaf children - Peterborough Telegraph
Dad plagued by 'colds' for years is diagnosed with rare nose cancer - the signs you need to know - The Sun
Fundraising for dad-of-three devastated to learn hearing loss was a sign of rare nose cancer picks up pace - Gloucestershire Live
Huddersfield grooming: How the West Yorkshire gang operated - 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
New plan for sign language promotion - Buteman

Wales

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More than half a million people in Wales are deaf or have hearing loss - ITV News
England Deaf enjoying landmark year - England Rugby
Carer pilfered cash from deaf, senile 100 year old - WalesOnline
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
Lottery grants secured for community projects in Ammanford and Penygroes - South Wales Guardian

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