Deaf Advice @ Norris Consultancy

Is it possible that, at last, a radio with captions to enable people with a hearing loss to ‘see’ the programmes is now realistic? The US firm Harris Broadcast is apparently developing this with a number of partners and are hopeful that they will be able launch it later in 2008.

Article from the RNID’s One in Seven magazine “Young people who regularly plug in to MP3 players are facing premature hearing damage” according to new research revealed today (Friday 7 September 2007) by charity RNID, which shows that more than two thirds of 18-30 year olds listen to their devices at dangerously high volumes. The [...]

Deafview provides short up-to-date news stories and is brought to you courtesy of Teletext. You can also find Deafview on page 157 of Channel 4′s Teletext service. If you have any news stories, information or events you want included in Deafview, please contact the Editor, Tim Russell, on (telephone) 0207 296 8145, (textphone) 0207 296 [...]

Even more captioned plays and musicals will be shown this autumn in Dublin, Belfast, Keswick, Ipswich and Newcastle. A few of the productions so far will include the following: Romeo & Juliet, King Lear and The Long Road. More information about captioned performances in your area visit www.stagetext.org

Virtual interpreter turns speech into sign language IBM has developed a computer program that can translate the spoken word into sign language and then sign it out using an animated digital figure, or avatar. The system, unveiled on Wednesday, could pave the way for commercial technology that allows presenters or educators to give lectures that [...]

On the 6th April the Noise at Work regulations came into force for the entertainment and music industry. This means pubs, bars, clubs and theatres will have to be accountable and will have to put in place measures to protect people in their employment from over exposure to loud noises.

As reported from PR-Inside.com Less than £2 per capita funding for deafness research Research published today by the AMRC (Association of Medical Research Charities shows a worrying lack of awareness of the work of medical research charities.  A survey carried out of more than 2,000 British adults has revealed vast gaps in knowledge about medical [...]

Article from the RNID’s One in Seven magazine Imagine being admitted to hospital in France and having someone with GCSE French translate for you – it would be distressing and confusing. A chronic shortage of sign language interpreters which means less than one qualified interpreter is available for every 100 British Sign Language users (1) [...]

If you come under the following you qualify for a discount on travel by train or coach; Do you use a hearing aid Are you registered as deaf Do you receive Attendance Allowance Do you receive Disability Living Allowance ( at either the higher or lower rate for getting about, or the higher or middle [...]