Billy’s fight to hear as parents call for cochlear implants
Billy Cairns (4) currently cannot hear as he has undergone an operation to repair a faulty cochlear implant – his parents say he would not be experiencing this if he had been fitted with two.
View ArticleBritish couple jailed for rape and trafficking of deaf girl
The girl, who could not speak, was trafficked from Pakistan to work as a servant.
View ArticleTurn it down: Deafness charity warns of hearing risk from loud earphones
DeafHear.ie say that that early results of a new study show that three out of five young people are listening to earphones at unsafe levels.
View Article'Fake' deaf interpreter at Mandela memorial says he had 'schizophrenic episode'
“There was nothing I could do. I was alone in a very dangerous situation,” Thamasanqa Jantjie has told a South African newspaper.
View ArticleLittle girl signs her school concert as a surprise for her deaf parents
We want her to replace Jean O’Reilly.
View ArticleToddler has adorable reaction to hearing for the first time
and he CAN’T STOP LAUGHING.
View ArticleWoman hears music for the first time after 40 years
Her friend put together a very special mixtape for her.
View ArticleAdvocacy service for deaf people closes after funding cut, leaves '5,000 at...
The Irish Deaf Society said its members now face “further social exclusion”.
View Article'Left high and dry': TDs call for Deaf advocacy service to be re-opened
Some 5,000 people have been affected by the closure of the Irish Deaf Society’s National Advocacy Service.
View ArticleOpinion: The rights of the Deaf community have just been spectacularly...
Recent claims by the Government that it would support the development of key services through Irish Sign Language have been seriously undermined by the news that one national Deaf advocacy organisation...
View ArticleCalls for interpreters to be present when Deaf people attend the Dáil
The Irish Deaf Society has asked the Government to ensure that Irish Sign Language interpreters are present in the Dáil and Seanad this week.
View ArticleSenator claims 'discrimination' as row erupts over sign language interpreter...
A spokesperson for the Oireachtas has denied the claim.
View ArticleThis little boy is on a mission to get RTÉ using sign language on the Toy Show
Quaid Cleland is a nine-year-old hearing child who wants to get the whole country signing.
View ArticleScience Changes Lives: The day I finally heard the world in stereo
How a cochlear implant brought Caroline Carswell into a new world of sound: “like going from a song played on a flute, to one played by a full orchestra”.
View ArticleOpinion: Domestic violence victims who are disabled face multiple obstacles...
Often when we talk of services for women affected by domestic violence, we talk in terms of able-bodied, English speaking women – but that’s not the full picture.
View ArticleNine-year-old who's lobbying RTÉ to use sign language in Toy Show wins award
Quaid Cleland is on a mission to get the whole country using sign language so we can all communicate with one another.
View ArticleRemember this inspiring little boy? He'll be on the Toy Show tonight
We first told you about Quaid Cleland and his campaign to get Ireland using sign language back in August.
View ArticleShane's parents are Deaf - so he wrote the first Irish play for deaf and...
The actor stars in a one man show that uses sound, light and Irish Sign Language in a unique way.
View ArticleCollege lecturers accused of not doing enough to include students with...
A new report also found that less deaf students are now attending college in Ireland.
View ArticleAn entire town learned sign language to give their deaf neighbour a...
And it feeeeeeeeels like all the feels.
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