How deaf people can teach us about effective communication

Learning how to communicate more like a deaf person could improve your listening skills and make yourself heard better at work, according to international business consultant and coach Dr Bruno Kahne. Dr Kahne, who works as a senior consultant with the AirBusiness Academy, a training and research consultancy in France owned by Airbus, has spent…

Poor reading ‘points to UK schools’ neglect of deaf’

Britain’s deaf children are being “failed by the education system”, a new study suggests. Researchers say more than half the deaf children they assessed had reading difficulties as severe as the problems faced by hearing dyslexic children. The team found there are no specific interventions routinely offered to deaf children to support reading. The Department…

Innocent man beaten and tasered by California police for signaling he is deaf

A California man was allegedly beaten and tasered multiple times by four police officers while attempting to signal that he was deaf. Now, he’s suing local law enforcement. The suit was filed on behalf of Jonathan Meister by the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, and claims police used excessive force and violated Meister’s civil…

Two local deaf swimmers in bid to cross Channel – Meath Chronicle

Two Meath women are among a group of seven deaf swimmers who will cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais in July to raise funds for the Irish Deaf Women’s Group (IDWG). Lisa Finn-Carroll, originally from Dublin, has been living in Beaufort Place, Navan, for the past 11 years and has already been training…

A deaf-defying performance: ‘I sing with my hands’

Deaf performer Caroline Parker signs to popular songs in her one-woman show A diva singing in a funeral parlour: now there’s an arresting subject for a play. Signs of a Diva, a one-woman show by Caroline Parker, will be touring various venues around the country later this month. What makes it even more intriguing is…