Survey: Only 1 in 20 with hearing loss can complete tasks over phone A new survey, commissioned by BT in partnership with the UK Council on Deafness, has revealed that only 1 in 20 people who are deaf or have a hearing loss can complete tasks over the phone. The impact of this results in 70% asking friends and family members asking for help with basic calls. Although […]
BT rebrands Next Generation Text Service as Relay UK The Next Generation Text Service, provided by BT, will now be known as Relay UK. BT launched its new service today (25th November 2019) with a new and improved app of the same name, which is free to use and available to UK mobile customer. The development of Relay UK has been led by BT […]
Beneficiaries share their experiences of hearing loss Hearing Link volunteers and staff in Northern Ireland have been sharing their emotional hearing loss journeys in a new video. A number of programme beneficiaries, volunteers and staff members were interviewed for the production, sharing the impact that our support has had on their lives. Interviewees were asked about their feelings, before receiving our specialist support, and […]
Captioning Awareness Week: 11th-17th November This week, marks Captioning Awareness Week (11th-17th November) run by the arts charity Stagetext. Captioning Awareness Week is an opportunity to celebrate arts access for d/Deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing audiences. A series of events are taking place across the country at theatres, museums, and galleries to show what’s on offer, how access is […]
Participants wanted for Roger devices creative project – London Culture Clinic is to host a creative research session as part of its Roger devices *for work* study. Designers have taken feedback and learning from the first stage of the research study and have come up with exciting design solutions. Now, Culture Clinic is inviting current Roger Pen users to attend a 2.5 hour small […]
Blog: The loneliness of a busy restaurant Sitting at the bar in a busy Mexican restaurant in Madrid, I realised just how lonely I was feeling. Madrid is a great place to live and is a city full of people who enjoy eating out in the evenings. It can be difficult to get a table in a restaurant without making a booking, […]
Blog: 5 Steps to Avoid Music-Induced Hearing Loss Life would not be the same without music. It’s can make us dance, fill us with joy, and bring us closer to the people around us. Unfortunately, it can also make our ears ring continuously and cause us to become deaf. Music-induced hearing damage can set in at a very early age (teens and 20s) […]
