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Statement from the IFHoH and WFD

The World Federtion for the Deaf (WFD) and the International Federation of Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH) have issued a Joint Statement: Automatic Speech Recognition in Telephone Relay Services and in Captioning Services “The field of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has progressed significantly with the advancement of artificial intelligence technology. As a result, more applications […]

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Deaf Awareness Week

Our last day of Deaf Awareness Week and DEX are supporting politics #DAWrolemodels2019 DEX is a  deaf user-led organisation which believes is the only deaf led organisation that supports all deaf children with all levels of deafness and fully understands the needs of deaf children in mainstream schools. This is because of our personal experiences and […]

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Deaf Awareness Week

Today Signlive are supporting Deaf Awareness Week. SignLive is a first-class provider of online BSL interpreting. Our fantastic on demand system allows you to communicate with anyone, at any time, from your own device, by using our app which connects you to a qualified British Sign Language Interpreter. The app is easy to use and […]

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Deaf Awareness Week

SignVideo Celebrates Deaf Awareness Week Launching The UK’s First BSL Business Directory! SignVideo has launched the UK’s first Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) Business Directory on their app in time for Deaf Awareness Week 2019, with a key difference. The directory offers Deaf BSL entrepreneurs – free of charge – the opportunity to attract more […]

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Deaf Awareness Week Role Models

  Today SignHealth celebrates their role model, Sarah Powell Sarah’s Story My name is Sarah Powell and I am a clinical psychologist.  Since I was a teenager, I have always been interested in mental health and the impact it has on people.  However, in ‘them days’ there was no deaf clinical psychologist.  This did not stop […]

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Deaf Direct are supporting Deaf Awareness Week

Today Deaf Direct are supporting role models in Family/Youth during Deaf Awareness Week. Deaf Direct is a local charitable company that has worked with and for deaf and hard of hearing people since 1927. We provide a wide range of services to deaf and hard of hearing people, family members and carers, and professionals and […]

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Deaf Awareness Week

Today Let’s Sign is supporting Deaf Awareness Week. Communication is at the heart of Family life and yet for some children this cannot be taken for granted. Language and culture are usually passed down from one generation to the next but most children  who are born deaf are born to hearing parents who may have […]

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Deaf Awareness Week Role Models

Deaf Umbrella Celebrates their role model today, Mr Peter Brown. Today we champion our Deaf Role Model Mr Peter Brown. Peter has worked with Deaf Umbrella for nearly 20 years.  As a freelance member of the team he has provided support for our interview process by skills testing all our applicants.  Each applicant will go […]

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Deaf Awareness Week Role Models

SignHealth celebrates their role model today, Marie Vickers. The Marie Vickers Story Marie Vickers and the DeafHope Team The Domestic Abuse team is a mixture of service manager, senior IDVA (Independent Domestic Violence Adviser), 3 IDVAs, outreach workers, 3 prevention officers, children and family’s workers and admin coordinators. We’re such a diverse group, we are a […]

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Deaf Awareness Week

National Association of Deafened People are supporting Deaf Awareness Week 2019. Hearing loss should not prevent anyone from getting out and about. Fortunately access for people who have a hearing loss is improving. Traveling, attending talks or enjoying the theatre is now much easier and stress free than before. NADP are holding their Conference on 22nd […]

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