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How to support someone with hearing aids, as Rose Ayling-Ellis unveils groundbreaking Barbie doll

Strictly Come Dacing reigning champion Rose Ayling-Ellis has unveiled the world’s first Barbie doll with behind-the-ear hearing aids. Part of the Mattel’s Rose, Barbie and Friends campaign – which also features the first Ken doll with vitiligo, one ...

16 Aug 2022 at 12:35

Football

Emma Brown excited for future of England disability football

England Deaf Women winger Emma Brown says football has taken her on an “amazing” journey so far and is excited about what lies ahead – and for those who will follow in her footsteps. The 29-year-old had her first contact with the England set-up ...

24 Mar 2022 at 15:25

Majority of teachers lack training to support deaf pupils – report

Nearly 9 in 10 teachers say they have received inadequate training to support pupils who are deaf, a new study shows. In total, 86% of teachers in a poll of 5,332 primary and secondary school teachers by the National Deaf Children’s Society ...

18 Mar 2022 at 01:55

Movies

CODA cast members praise SAG for ‘validating’ deaf culture and actors

Cast members of the film CODA praised the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) for “validating” deaf culture and actors, as the film scooped the top prize at the 28th annual ceremony. The film, featuring an ensemble cast of deaf actors, won SAG’s ...

28 Feb 2022 at 06:55

‘Shocking disparities’ in support for deaf pupils revealed

Research has revealed “shocking” disparities in support for deaf pupils across England, with 40 out of 150 councils now having no specialist teaching units for deaf children. The research showed that nearly one in 10 units – 9% – had ...

24 Feb 2022 at 02:25

Movies

Troy Kotsur jokes about designing a special ‘fanny pack’ for all his awards

Troy Kotsur has joked that he needs to design a special “fanny pack” that will allow him to hold his multiple awards while continuing to sign. The Coda star, who is deaf and uses American Sign Language (ASL), said he had been ...

19 Mar 2022 at 04:55

Health

Remarkable mum and businesswoman who is registered blind and partly deaf says it took 20 years for her two rare diseases to be diagnosed

A remarkable mum who runs a windscreen business despite being registered blind and partially deaf is desperate to raise awareness of two rare diseases after taking nearly 20 years to be diagnosed. Just 13 when she first ...

07 Mar 2022 at 08:25

Rose Ayling-Ellis to sign CBeebies bedtime story

Actress and Strictly Come Dancing champion Rose Ayling-Ellis is to become the first celebrity to sign a CBeebies bedtime story. Ayling-Ellis, 27, who has been deaf since birth, found fame starring as Frankie Lewis in ...

06 May 2022 at 01:25

New episode of The Simpsons to feature the show’s first deaf voice actor

A new episode of long-running US cartoon The Simpsons is set to feature a deaf actor for the first time in its 33-year history. The episode, titled The Sound Of Bleeding Gums, will see Lisa Simpson discover that the ...

08 Apr 2022 at 19:55

‘Enough is enough’ – Campaigners say deaf people must no longer face exclusion

Deaf people have “had enough” of being excluded from public life, campaigners have told MPs. Protesters and school children gathered in Parliament Square on Friday to call for British Sign Language (BLS) to become ...

28 Jan 2022 at 17:25

Channel 4 facing Ofcom probe over subtitles outage

Ofcom is to investigate Channel 4 after an extended outage of its subtitle services last year. The broadcaster experienced a number of major problems from September, caused by issues at the centre which handles ...

28 Jan 2022 at 11:55

Deaf children still being failed by education system, says charity

Deaf children are being failed by an education system that has seen them achieve an entire grade less at GCSE for five years in a row, a charity has warned. Young people with hearing difficulties are not being ...

24 Aug 2022 at 01:01

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