Tinnitus Week in 2020 kicks off today until the 9th February. Run by the British Tinnitus Association (BTA) the theme for this year is tinnitus research which will showcase the research that is currently taking place across the UK, what research the BTA is involved in and what future research could be. Without research, we won’t […]
The British Tinnitus Association (BTA) has extended its text based support services to help more of the 7.5 million people living with the condition in the UK. Complementing the existing freephone helpline and email support, they have launched two new text-based services – SMS chat and web chat which will provide free, accurate and personalised […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I wonder when we will witness a Hollywood blockbuster with actors either putting in earplugs before they start shooting or ‘acting deaf’ after they have used their gun?
Hearing implant company MED-EL is offering the chance for hearing implant users to learn to play a musical instrument or to take up singing lessons. The annual music grant will provide two lucky MED-EL hearing implant users the chance to own and learn to play a musical instrument of their choice or take up singing […]
