Category Archives: International

A regular event for deaf people, held in South Oxhey, is celebrating after a successful first year. The “Deaf Pub”, a night out for people with a hearing disability, takes place every two months in the Ox Pub. The event … Continue reading →

One of my earliest memories is sitting on a floor playing with a toy and a woman asking if I could hear her clapping as she walked around the room. I was five years old and it was frightening because … Continue reading →

One person has been arrested for the gang-rape of a woman under the Buhana police station in Jhunjhunu district on Monday. Police said they have arrested one Vikram, while search for the other accused Anil is on. The medical examination … Continue reading →

A Somali man who had lost his ability to hear and speak after a bomb explosion in his conflict-battered African country regained his hearing sense while on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday. The man, identified … Continue reading →

Ellie, a Jack Russell, was brought into the Godmanchester Shelter while still pregnant, and later gave birth to six puppies in a foster home. Following testing it has been found that two of the puppies have normal hearing, three are … Continue reading →

Society as a whole has difficulty coping with the deaf. Only two years ago, Andriy Pyshnyy, right-hand man to Arseniy Yatsenyuk, was gearing up for his boss’ then-promising presidential election campaign. But as winter set in, Pyshnyy began to lose … Continue reading →

A profoundly deaf mum today spoke of her terror after a mugger grabbed her from behind and covered her mouth – then used primitive sign language to demand her cash. The attack happened at 5.30pm on Monday as 47-year-old Rosemary, … Continue reading →

THE DEAF Association has put out a warning after it was discovered scammers were using the charity’s name to con people out of money. A woman from the Dursley area contacted the Gloucestershire Deaf Association after she received a phone … Continue reading →

How do you take an order for a weak, skinny, decaffeinated soy latte with two sugars if you are deaf? It’s not as difficult as it might sound, as year 11 and 12 students at the Victorian College for the … Continue reading →