I didn’t expect my Grandad’s funeral to be the place where this realisation hit me. Funerals are meant to bring clarity aren’t they? They are supposed to be the end of a chapter.

SignHealth has been selected as a BBC Lifeline charity of the month. Watch in BSL below: The Lifeline episode announcing the charity’s selection aired on Sunday, 25 January, and focused on ...

When I agreed to have a cochlear implant, I was told: this could change your life. The consultant said if all went well I would have better access to sound, feel less isolated and eventually feel more ...

First and foremost, Hello and Happy New Year 2026 to everyone! I’m Paola, hearing mum to Everly, my gorgeous 4-year-old Deaf daughter. Everly was born profoundly deaf and her first language is BSL ...

To read the updated version of this article, with new illustrations and BSL translation, click here. Hearing people, eh? You can’t live with them, you can’t live without them. Of course, the term ...

I went to a great conference today. It was riveting and I was hooked on pretty much every word. And then I got home and collapsed on the sofa. I’m not just tired, I’m shattered. I’ve had to turn my ...

The UK Government is being taken to court tomorrow, in a landmark legal case with the potential to strengthen the rights of Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users. The judicial review hearing over ...

A damning new report released today by leading charities RNID and SignHealth has revealed serious and widespread healthcare failings affecting over 6 million adults in England who are deaf or have ...

Two weeks ago, I attended a roundtable in London organised by GN Hearing (who make hearing aids under the Resound, Danalogic and Beltone brands) discussing a new technology called Auracast, which is ...

The brand-new BBC revenge thriller Reunion, written by William Mager, is now available in full on BBC iPlayer. The first episode is a beautifully written, acted and directed piece of drama, ...

It’s December — the season of advent calendars, “Elf on the Shelf” cheekiness and the mad scramble to book Santa visits before Christmas. For many families, a trip to see Santa or to watch a festive ...

The second BUP festival took place at the end of April, this time held at the Historic Dockyard Chatham in Kent. The event was sign-language led with deaf children and adults attending from across the ...