Pippa Middleton showed she’s very much in the festive spirit, donning a Christmas jumper to hand out awards for festive card designs. Kate Middleton’s sister, 31, who is an ambassador for Mary Hare School in Newbury, a school for deaf children, donned red knitwear to give out awards to the school’s pupils. In a snap … Read more
ASK TONY: I paid off Vodafone’s debt collectors but they didn’t restore my service – now they’re demanding another £1,123 By Tony Hazell for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 1 December 2020 | Updated: 23:25 GMT, 1 December 2020 My Vodafone service was cut off after I missed a payment at the beginning of … Read more
ASK TONY: I paid off Vodafone’s debt collectors but they didn’t restore my service – now they’re demanding another £1,123 By Tony Hazell for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 1 December 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 1 December 2020 My Vodafone service was cut off after I missed a payment at the beginning of … Read more
Deaf couple are ‘refused service’ and told to ‘move on’ at Supermac’s drive-thru as they try to order by writing on a piece of paper – as the Irish restaurant apologises Couple say they have visited drive-thru many times and ordered without issue The employee made no effort to communicate and spoke through a face … Read more
Deaf couple are ‘refused service’ and told to ‘move on’ at Supermac’s drive-thru as they try to order by writing on a piece of paper – as the Irish restaurant apologises Couple say they have visited drive-thru many times and ordered without issue The employee made no effort to communicate and spoke through a face … Read more
A 45-year-old man suddenly lost his hearing because of his Covid-19, doctors have claimed in the first British case of its kind. The unidentified patient, who suffered from asthma but was otherwise ‘fit and well’, needed intensive care treatment after catching the disease. After a long stint in hospital, he complained about losing hearing in … Read more
Google introduces new feature for deaf users that notifies them about fire alarms and dogs barking by vibrating their smartphone or flashing the camera light Sound Notifications alert users to 10 different ‘critical’ sounds Using machine learning, it recognizes door knocks, sirens and microwave bells Users can get a vibration, push notification or flash from … Read more
Google introduces new feature for deaf users that notifies them about fire alarms and dogs barking by vibrating their smartphone or flashing the camera light Sound Notifications alert users to 10 different ‘critical’ sounds Using machine learning, it recognizes door knocks, sirens and microwave bells Users can get a vibration, push notification or flash from … Read more
YouTube has been criticized by members of the deaf community for deactivating a feature that allowed channels to crowdsource captions and subtitles. The ‘Community Contributions’ feature was deactivated September 28, one day after the end of International Week of the Deaf. The Google-owned platform said it was pulling the plug because the feature is ‘rarely … Read more
Heartwarming moment 11-week-old baby who was born deaf hears the voices of his parents for the first time after having hearing aids fitted Tiffany Wroe, 29, shared the video of her 11-week-old son Saul on Facebook She lives with husband John, 44, in Nairobi, Kenya, but is from Manchester Young Saul was born with moderate … Read more