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UK

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Starbucks to launch sign language store in Washington DC for deaf customers - The Independent
Sign-language hack lets Amazon Alexa respond to gestures - BBC News
Edwina Currie reveals she now wears a hearing aid after she became so deaf she resorted to LIP READING to keep up ... - Daily Mail
Lewis Vaughan Jones feared for his career after losing his hearing. - BBC News
Queer Eye host backs viewers on Netflix subtitle change - BBC News
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

World

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Starbucks to boost deaf employment with its first signing store in US - The Drum
The lonely world between the hearing and the Deaf - Washington Post
Sign-language hack lets Amazon Alexa respond to gestures - BBC News
Light Beam Lets the Deaf (Gerbil) Hear - Scientific American
Edwina Currie reveals she now wears a hearing aid after she became so deaf she resorted to LIP READING to keep up ... - Daily Mail
Tyberg works to break down barriers for deaf community - Altoona Mirror
Deaf dog bonds with students who are hearing impaired - 6abc.com

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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
Deaf professional boxer spars with Welwyn Garden City pupils - Welwyn Hatfield Times
Reece Cattermole: UK's only deaf professional boxer on overcoming obstacles - BBC Sport
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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Tyberg works to break down barriers for deaf community - Altoona Mirror
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
Starbucks To Open First 'Signing Store' In The U.S. To Serve Deaf ... - NPR
DiverseCity and basketball bring the deaf and the hearing communities together - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Galwayman is chief organiser of World Deaf Golf Championships - Connacht Tribune Group
Helping Deaf Blind People Experience World Cup Joy - ten daily

Technology

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From translating hearing aids to sign-language gloves, amazing assistive tech - Digital Trends
The lonely world between the hearing and the Deaf - Washington Post
Sign-language hack lets Amazon Alexa respond to gestures - BBC News
Tyberg works to break down barriers for deaf community - Altoona Mirror
Lexington School for The Deaf uses technology to help students communicate - TimesLedger
Hearing the Light - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Light Beam Lets the Deaf (Gerbil) Hear - Scientific American

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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Tyberg works to break down barriers for deaf community - Altoona Mirror
Lexington School for The Deaf uses technology to help students communicate - TimesLedger
Starbucks Is Opening A Signing Store For Deaf Customers Later This Year - Elite Daily
Minister visits deaf children at Red Oaks in Swindon - Swindon Advertiser
Let your fingers do the talking - sign up for job that gives voice to deaf community - Belfast Telegraph
The history behind RI School for the Deaf - Ricentral.com
Deaf professional boxer spars with Welwyn Garden City pupils - Welwyn Hatfield Times

Business

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Starbucks is opening its first 'signing store' -- and people think it's a big step toward inclusivity for the company - Business Insider
Starbucks opening sign language-friendly store - WTHR
Alexa can now have a conversation with members of the deaf community - Digital Trends
Minor girl, hearing-and-speech impaired, raped in MP village - Business Standard
WPD re-awarded customer charter for hearing impaired - Free Press Series
PWDs in Bawku West register for Planting for Food and Jobs - GhanaWeb
Disability confidence for business sustainability - The Punch

Health

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Edwina Currie reveals she now wears a hearing aid after she became so deaf she resorted to LIP READING to keep up ... - Daily Mail
Lewis Vaughan Jones feared for his career after losing his hearing. - BBC News
Health disparities put deaf community at risk - North Country Public Radio
New drug may restore hearing by 'turning on' genes that keep vital hair cells in the inner ear alive - Daily Mail
Tyberg works to break down barriers for deaf community - Altoona Mirror
Let your fingers do the talking - sign up for job that gives voice to deaf community - Belfast Telegraph
Novel drug therapy partially restores hearing in mice - National Institutes of Health (press release)

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 Gerbils to "Hear" Light - Futurism
Novel drug therapy partially restores hearing in mice - Science Daily
Cool New Ear Implants Enable Deaf Gerbils To "Hear" Light - IFLScience
Hearing the Light - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
From translating hearing aids to sign-language gloves, amazing assistive tech - Digital Trends
Groundbreaking cochlear implant lets gerbils 'hear' light in study that could offer new hope for the deaf - Daily Mail

Arts

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Starbucks to open sign language store - CNN
Deaf couple immersed in art tie the knot - The Star Online
Queer Eye host backs viewers on Netflix subtitle change - BBC News
Starbucks Is Opening A Sign Language Store - Bloomington Pantagraph
Tyberg works to break down barriers for deaf community - Altoona Mirror
A brush with history on an art tour of Madrid - Telegraph.co.uk
Review: Love makes a dizzying 'Arrival & Departure' in a play inspired by the film 'Brief Encounter' - Los Angeles Times

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
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
40 MPs join protest over looming ?4m in cuts to funding for deaf pupils - Schools Week
A deaf trucker had a CDL and a FMCSA exemption. EEOC says Werner should have hired him - FreightWaves
Judge hears undercover police claims - 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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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
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
Judge hears undercover police claims - BBC News
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
It's not just Queer Eye - bad subtitling is a daily problem for deaf viewers - The Guardian
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
ASL interpreter helping bring improv to new audiences - KATU

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
Sunderland veteran who hit "rock bottom" urges others to seek help with their mental health - Sunderland Echo
Sunderland veteran who hit 'rock bottom' 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

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