Expert Resources: deaf


These are the items that relate to deaf found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.

  • 9 Useful apps for people who are D/deaf or have hearing loss

    Claudia.Cahalane | 09 Apr 2025
    There are multiple communication options used by people who are D/deaf or who have hearing loss. And, in the last five years, advances in automatic speech recognition (ASR) have opened further options. In this blog, we explore some of the latest tech options for communication, leisure and education...

  • 7 tech ideas to help people who are D/deaf or have hearing loss

    Annie Mannion | 24 Apr 2024
    Deaf Awareness Week is coming up in May. This selection of digital solutions can make a difference to people who are d/Deaf or have hearing loss or hearing impairments.

  • How the right tech can make the NHS accessible to all

    Annie Mannion | 02 Feb 2023
    In this webinar, learn from AbilityNet, NHS Wales, and SignHealth, to discover how to make the most of tech within and for the NHS.

  • SignHealth, Thoughtworks and AbilityNet share tips for d/Deaf people

    Annie Mannion | 29 Nov 2022
    In AbilityNet's free webinar on Tuesday 6 December, we discovered how tech can help d/Deaf people and those who have experienced hearing loss.

  • Top tips for how tech can help with hearing loss

    Annie Mannion | 20 Oct 2022
    In this webinar, learn from AbilityNet, Thoughtworks and SignHealth, to discover how tech can help d/Deaf people and those who have experienced hearing loss.

  • New hearing aid feature unmuffles voices of masked speakers

    Robin Christopherson | 18 Feb 2022
    The new EarGo 6 uses smart technology to improve understanding when someone’s voice is muffled by a mask.

  • Compensation for lack of BSL at Covid briefing

    Sarah Botterill | 28 Jul 2021
    A deaf woman has won a high court ruling against the UK government over the lack of British Sign Language interpreting at official Coronavirus briefings in England.

  • Hearing Assistive Technology

    Sarah Botterill | 26 Jul 2021
    This FREE webinar took place on 08 September at 1 pm BSTHow can technology help make the world more accessible to people who are Deaf or hard of hearing? We heard from a panel of experts, including speakers from Lloyds Bank, Signly, Microsoft and the RNID (National Hearing Loss Charity). The...

  • Zoom now offers automatic subtitles, on request, for free accounts

    Robin Christopherson | 21 Apr 2021
    The hugely popular video conferencing and calling platform, Zoom, will be providing automatic 'closed captioning' (subtitling) for all free accounts in the autumn - but individuals can request early access by filling out a simple form.

  • Music: Not Impossible for the hard of hearing

    Adam Tweed | 25 Feb 2020
    When Mick Ebeling of Not Impossible Labs considered the way D/deaf and hard of hearing people experience music; the monotonous thump of the subwoofer, he thought it was absurd. Working with jazz musician and songwriter Mandy Harvey who lost her hearing at University, Not Impossible Labs created...