How to Annoy a Lipreader (from the SCOD Newsletter issue 29)

You can find the answer in the Scottish Council On Deafness latest Newsletter, issue 29 (March 2014).  Follow this link to the online version.

SCOD homepage - http://www.scod.org.uk/

Do You Love Films? LOVEFiLM Subtitle Petition for Hearing-Impaired Film-Lovers

If you can't hear a film, and you don't know what they're saying - what's the point?

 

There is a petition asking LOVEFiLM, the major on-demand and DVD rental company, to include subtitles on all their new releases.  You'll find it at Change.org/lovefilmsubtitles - let's hope it encourages LOVEFiLM to consider the 10m people in the UK with hearing loss, and make it clear, at the outset, whether content is subtitled or not. 

If you are interested in services for hearing-impaired people, why not also save www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk to you favourites?

Become an Activist! Sign a Petition for Deaf People to have Regulated Communication Support

The majority of us have the good fortune to have good or adequate hearing. Not everyone does, though.

We have been sent an email asking for your support by signing the petition for the right for Deaf people to have regulated communication support. Click on the link below if you wish to register:-

"Signature support the British Deaf Association’s call on the government to lead an initiative to ensure that all public bodies and agencies, whether national or local, are required by law to provide a deaf person with a registered communication professional

"Regulated communication support is vital for deaf people. We urge you to sign the petition, if you haven’t done so already, by supporting the campaign you will be ensuring full access for everyone.

Find out more and sign the petition"

A survey for music lovers/performers with hearing aids

Help a research study at the University of Cambridge - if you wear hearing aids, could you spend 5 minutes answering this questionnaire, please?

Listening to Music Through Hearing Aids