Please note: This event has now taken place Join the International Federation of Hard of Hearing Young People (IFHOHYP) for a webinar this week as part of its World Hearing Day activities. “Remembering, Reimagining, Rebuilding: Life after late deafness” will take place via Zoom on Saturday 6th March. Speakers from across the globe, will share […]
A new video resource is now available to support managers, staff and volunteers who are using phone and video calls to deliver health, care and befriender services to older people, a high proportion of whom have hearing loss. The video by Ideas for Ears is highly practical and looks at problems caused for those not easily […]
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 […]
Hearing Link volunteer John Newton writes about subtitles at his local cinema in Buxton.
Starting from this autumn, the National Theatre in London will be offering D/deaf audience members the chance to book a pair of augmented reality glasses (or Smart Caption Glasses) which project subtitles onto the lenses. Initially the glasses will be on offer for Hadestown and War Horse, but the National plans to roll the glasses out for […]
Hearing Link volunteer John Newton writes about subtitles at his local cinema in Buxton.