Two weeks ago, I attended a roundtable in London organised by GN Hearing (who make hearing aids under the Resound, Danalogic and Beltone brands) discussing a new technology called Auracast, which ...

The UK has some of the best deaf specialist mental health services in the world. Sadly, that is still not enough. Should we have to choose between specialist deaf mental health services or mental ...

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Hi everyone, I’m Kylie and I’m an Early Years Educator based in Cambridgeshire. I founded Badge Religion – a range of BSL badges – earlier this year. My connection to deafness is ...

Since 1989 I have worked in the NHS. At first, I told my clients and colleagues,  ‘I am a psychologist, I am hearing, I work with sign language users in the NHS’. Within my job, I have experienced ...

My name is Vincent, I am based in Bromley – South East London – and I am a strength and conditioning coach. I currently work as an online coach at ‘Sign Fit’ helping deaf ...

The UK Government is being taken to court tomorrow, in a landmark legal case with the potential to strengthen the rights of Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users. The judicial review hearing over ...

I went to a great conference today. It was riveting and I was hooked on pretty much every word. And then I got home and collapsed on the sofa. I’m not just tired, I’m shattered. I’ve had to turn my ...

For many UK-based Deaf viewers of the Nelson Mandela service today, something didn’t seem quite right about the sign language interpreter (scroll down for video) who stood to the side of the various ...

My name is Mariella Satow, I am 18 years old and I have British-American citizenship. I am hearing and have been studying American Sign Language (ASL) for two years. My interest in sign language began ...

We’ve all had them. Those annoying questions that well-meaning people seem to ask you again and again. And again. Although their query might be perfectly innocent, they’re usually followed by an ...

The 16 members of the UK Government’s British Sign Language (BSL) Advisory Board, which was set up following the passing of the BSL Act last year, have been announced at the British Deaf Association’s ...