News
Read on for the latest news from NDCS relating to deafness, for parents and professionals.
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Please protest against cuts to benefits for deaf young people
Despite fierce opposition from disability charities including NDCS, many deaf young people over 16 are set to lose their Disability Living Allowance (DLA) when it is abolished and replaced by a new benefit called Personal Independence Payment (PIP) under the UK Government’s welfare reforms. -
Get involved in developing local services
Are you the parent of a deaf child? Do you want to make a difference? -
Family sign language video goes viral
A video created by a NDCS supporter in support of NDCS’s family sign language campaign has gone viral on the youtube website, being viewed over a million times. -
Dr Ivan Tucker OBE retires from Mary Hare School
Mary Hare School has issued a press release reporting the retirement of its principal. -
New guide seeks to ease deaf teenagers’ move to adult services
A new guide for professionals, aimed at smoothing the challenging transition deaf children face from children’s to adult audiology services, has been published by NDCS. -
NDCS and Bloom Hearing Specialists partnership
bloom™ Hearing Specialists partnered with NDCS throughout December and generously donated £10 of every hearing aid sold over the festive period. -
NDCS Signed Songs concert success
A big thank you to all who came along to support us at our Signed Songs concert in central London last month - we raised a fantastic £668.62! -
Primary school results make ‘stark’ reading for deaf children
Government statistics show that almost two thirds of deaf children (64 per cent) are leaving primary school without grasping simple sums and sentences.





