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UK

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Starbucks to launch sign language store in Washington DC for deaf customers - The Independent
Let your fingers do the talking - sign up for job that gives voice to deaf community - Belfast Telegraph
New drug may restore hearing by 'turning on' genes that keep vital hair cells in the inner ear alive - 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
Alim Jayda: Theatres must consider the Deaf community before using sign language - The Stage

World

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Starbucks announces first US 'Signing Store' for deaf and hard of hearing customers - Mashable
Light Beam Lets the Deaf (Gerbil) Hear - Scientific American
Alexa can now have a conversation with members of the deaf community - Digital Trends
Hearing the Light - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Optical cochlear implants restore hearing in deaf gerbils - physicsworld.com
Let your fingers do the talking - sign up for job that gives voice to deaf community - Belfast Telegraph
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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Wimbledon 2018: Deaf player Lee Duck-hee aiming to qualify - BBC Sport
Deaf Rutherglen bowlers form friendship through sport and claim second successive international trophy for Scotland - Scottish Daily Record
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
Galwayman is chief organiser of World Deaf Golf Championships - Connacht Tribune Group
Deaf Rutherglen bowlers form friendship through sport and claim second successive international trophy for Scotland - Scottish Daily Record
Starbucks to open sign language store - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
Dutch striker Memphis Depay pledges support for blind & deaf sports in Ghana - GhanaWeb
Woman defrauded deaf parents of $50000 - Warren Tribune Chronicle
Jamie McClintic finalist for national award - Alpena News

Technology

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From translating hearing aids to sign-language gloves, amazing assistive tech - Digital Trends
Hearing the Light - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Hearing Aid Market Outlook 2023: Sonova Holding AG, William Demant Holdings A/S, Sivantos, Starkey, Benson ... - thebusinesstactics.com
Deaf prisoners are trapped in frightening isolation - CNN
Light Beam Lets the Deaf (Gerbil) Hear - Scientific American
Light-emitting fibres overcome deafness - Cosmos
4 areas AI makes the world more accessible - Charity Digital News

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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Starbucks' First US 'Signing Store' Will Serve Deaf Customers - Fortune
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
The history behind RI School for the Deaf - Ricentral.com
Family to challenge lack of GCSE in sign language - TES News
Deaf professional boxer spars with Welwyn Garden City pupils - Welwyn Hatfield Times
A Toronto school where the kindergarten students speak 40 languages - Toronto Star

Business

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Starbucks to open its first US sign language store - The Business Times
Alexa can now have a conversation with members of the deaf community - Digital Trends
Starbucks to open first US store designed to service the deaf and hard of hearing - MarketWatch
WPD re-awarded customer charter for hearing impaired - Free Press Series
Order your latte in sign language at this Starbucks location - USA TODAY
VA orders machines to help deaf, blind veterans communicate - News & Observer
See hear says this branch of opticians - Kirkintilloch Herald

Health

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Health disparities put deaf community at risk - North Country Public Radio
Let your fingers do the talking - sign up for job that gives voice to deaf community - Belfast Telegraph
Deaf prisoners are trapped in frightening isolation - CNN
VA admits equipment for hearing-impaired vets sat unused until KETV investigation - KETV Omaha
Omaha VA adding teletype machines to talk with blind, deaf veterans - Omaha World-Herald
VA Orders Machines to Help Deaf, Blind Veterans Communicate - U.S. News & World Report
Light Beam Lets the Deaf (Gerbil) Hear - Scientific American

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
Hearing the Light - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
The Digest: Scientists Create New Cochlear Implants That Allow Gerbils to "Hear" Light - Futurism
Cool New Ear Implants Enable Deaf Gerbils To "Hear" Light - IFLScience
Novel drug therapy partially restores hearing in mice - Science Daily
Cost, coverage and more drive hearing aid inequality - EurekAlert (press release)
Bethany Colson Named Executive Director Of Center For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Education - WBIW.com

Arts

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Starbucks to open sign language store in Washington, D.C. | CNN ... - CNN
Review: Love makes a dizzying 'Arrival & Departure' in a play inspired by the film 'Brief Encounter' - Los Angeles Times
A brush with history on an art tour of Madrid - Telegraph.co.uk
Datebook: A new performance festival, art about sound and a museum's Friday night party - Los Angeles Times
Queer Eye host backs viewers on Netflix subtitle change - BBC News
Sign language interpreter slays at heavy metal concert - ABC News - ABC News
How a Legendary Octogenarian Artist Leveraged Her Passion With an App - Adweek

England

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Let your fingers do the talking - sign up for job that gives voice to deaf community - Belfast Telegraph
Howzat! Deaf cricketer Matthew sets sights on World Cup glory - Stoke-on-Trent Live
Deaf Rutherglen bowlers form friendship through sport and claim second successive international trophy for Scotland - Scottish Daily Record
Queer Eye host backs viewers on Netflix subtitle change - BBC News
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
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 graduates enter the spotlight - The Times
Deaf Rutherglen bowlers form friendship through sport and claim second successive international trophy for Scotland - Scottish Daily Record
Judge hears undercover police claims - BBC News
VIDEO: Moray Council becomes first in Scotland to broadcast meeting with sign language - Press and Journal
Claudia Rosencrantz on deafness and her new life with sound - The Times
Goodmovers 16 July 2018 - who has a new job? - Third Force News
Learning to sign - AOP

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 - The Llantwit Major GEM
Wales live breaking news plus traffic, weather and M4 updates (Wednesday, July 11) - WalesOnline
Drugs seized in Carmarthenshire pub raid - WalesOnline
Deaf Rutherglen bowlers form friendship through sport and claim second successive international trophy for Scotland - Scottish Daily Record
Judge hears undercover police claims - BBC News
Newbridge 'bubble boy' Rhys Harris wants to become a chef - BBC News

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
Video interview as Sunderland veteran urges others to seek help with their mental health - Sunderland Echo
Selwyn trio make NZ deaf lawn bowls team - Star Kiwi
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