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UK

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Let your fingers do the talking - sign up for job that gives voice to deaf community - Belfast Telegraph
'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
Hear Kitty, hear kitty! Lost cat Lara returns home 12 years after vanishing... and she's been gone so long she's now DEAF - Daily Mail
Pornhub just launched a new collection of videos for deaf people - Metro
Teams in Bromley urging people to care for their senses this Deafblind Awareness Week - Bromley Times
Claudia Rosencrantz on deafness and her new life with sound - The Times

World

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Light Beam Lets the Deaf (Gerbil) Hear - Scientific American
Let your fingers do the talking - sign up for job that gives voice to deaf community - Belfast Telegraph
Optical cochlear implants restore hearing in deaf gerbils - Physics ... - physicsworld.com
Jeffrey Baker brings the magic of dance to deaf children - The Globe and Mail
Island failing to meet needs of hearing-impaired, charity says - Jersey Evening Post
Sign language interpreter slays at heavy metal concert - ABC News
It's not just Queer Eye - bad subtitling is a daily problem for deaf viewers - The Guardian

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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
Reece Cattermole: UK's only deaf professional boxer on overcoming obstacles - BBC Sport
Deaf professional boxer spars with Welwyn Garden City pupils - Welwyn Hatfield Times
Incredible video shows how friends help a deaf and blind Brazil fan enjoy the World Cup - Yahoo Finance UK
Deaf mum sues Little Mix promoter in sign language row - BBC News

World Sport

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Wimbledon 2018: Deaf player Lee Duck-hee aiming to qualify - BBC Sport
Woman defrauded deaf parents of $50000 - Warren Tribune Chronicle
Deaf Rutherglen bowlers form friendship through sport and claim second successive international trophy for Scotland - Scottish Daily Record
Young Gold Coast rugby player Cruz Lemming overcomes deafness to be a state champion - Gold Coast Bulletin
Dutch striker Memphis Depay pledges support for blind & deaf sports in Ghana - GhanaWeb
[BC-MCT-SPORTS-BJT] - Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
Eldest of 11 children, former TCU safety Tejay Johnson has found calling as teacher, coach - Virginian-Pilot

Technology

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From translating hearing aids to sign-language gloves, amazing assistive tech - Digital Trends
Light Beam Lets the Deaf (Gerbil) Hear - Scientific American
4 areas AI makes the world more accessible - Charity Digital News
Deaf prisoners are trapped in frightening isolation - CNN
Light-emitting fibres overcome deafness - Cosmos
Groundbreaking cochlear implant lets deaf gerbils hear light | Daily ... - Daily Mail
Omaha VA adding teletype machines to talk with blind, deaf veterans - Omaha World-Herald

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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Let your fingers do the talking - sign up for job that gives voice to deaf community - Belfast Telegraph
US Fulbright researcher shares story of Ghana's deaf education history - Ghana News Agency
Utah #1 in high school completion for deaf, hard of hearing students - KUTV 2News
Eldest of 11 children, former TCU safety Tejay Johnson has found calling as teacher, coach - Virginian-Pilot
The history behind RI School for the Deaf - Ricentral.com
Board of education apologizes to deaf group refused lodging - The Japan News
Annette Reichman: School leader relearns to listen - Arizona Capitol Times

Business

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WPD re-awarded customer charter for hearing impaired - Free Press Series
SBA offers disaster assistance to Caddo businesses and residents affected by severe storms, tornadoes and straight ... - KTBS
SBA offering disaster assistance to businesses and residents impacted by April severe storms - KTAL
VA orders machines to help deaf, blind veterans communicate - News & Observer
US Fulbright researcher shares story of Ghana's deaf education history - Ghana Business News
'Chat gadget' to help deaf people with speak-to-text conversation device - Evening Standard
WATCH: Social enterprise expanding coffee outlets with deaf baristas - Independent Online

Health

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Let your fingers do the talking - sign up for job that gives voice to deaf community - Belfast Telegraph
Deaf dating: Do not keep them unheard - TheHealthSite
VA orders machines to help deaf, blind veterans communicate - Kearney Hub
Omaha VA adding teletype machines to talk with blind, deaf veterans - Omaha World-Herald
VA admits equipment for hearing-impaired vets sat unused until KETV investigation - KETV Omaha
Island failing to meet needs of hearing-impaired, charity says - Jersey Evening Post
Deaf prisoners are trapped in frightening isolation - CNN

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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Light Beam Lets the Deaf (Gerbil) Hear - Scientific American
The Digest: Scientists Create New Cochlear Implants That Allow ... - Futurism
Cool New Ear Implants Enable Deaf Gerbils To "Hear" Light ... - IFLScience
Deaf dating: Do not keep them unheard - TheHealthSite
Novel drug therapy partially restores hearing in mice | EurekAlert ... - EurekAlert (press release)
Groundbreaking cochlear implant lets deaf gerbils hear light | Daily ... - Daily Mail
Cost, coverage and more drive hearing aid inequality - EurekAlert (press release)

Arts

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Jeffrey Baker brings the magic of dance to deaf children - The Globe and Mail
Hearing activists, artists advocate deaf rights - Jakarta Post
Sign language interpreter slays at heavy metal concert - ABC News
Queer Eye host backs viewers on Netflix subtitle change - BBC News
'Chat gadget' to help deaf people with speak-to-text conversation device - Evening Standard
How a Legendary Octogenarian Artist Leveraged Her Passion With an App - Adweek
One story, two languages: sign and spoken language share the theatre stage - The Conversation AU

England

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Let your fingers do the talking - sign up for job that gives voice to deaf community - Belfast Telegraph
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
Wimbledon 2018: Deaf player Lee Duck-hee aiming to qualify - BBC Sport
40 MPs join protest over looming ?4m in cuts to funding for deaf pupils - Schools Week
Howzat! Deaf cricketer Matthew sets sights on World Cup glory - Stoke-on-Trent Live
Ordinations: Disabled but enabled? - Church 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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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
Learning to sign - AOP
VIDEO: Moray Council becomes first in Scotland to broadcast meeting with sign language - Press and Journal
Goodmovers 16 July 2018 - who has a new job? - Third Force News
Claudia Rosencrantz on deafness and her new life with sound - The Times
African boy born with no ears denied life-changing surgery at Monklands hospital - Scottish Daily Record

Wales

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Hear Kitty, hear kitty! Lost cat Lara returns home 12 years after vanishing... and she's been gone so long she's now DEAF - Daily Mail
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
Newbridge 'bubble boy' Rhys Harris wants to become a chef - BBC News
A is for 'ah well', F is for fish and chips: show delivers AZ of Englishness - The Guardian

N. Ireland

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Let your fingers do the talking - sign up for job that gives voice to deaf community - Belfast Telegraph
Deaf Rutherglen bowlers form friendship through sport and claim second successive international trophy for Scotland - Scottish Daily Record
Maureen is a 'People's champ' - Ballymena Times
Selwyn trio make NZ deaf lawn bowls team - Star Kiwi
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