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By Carys Betteley
image captionWill Moseley-Roberts is studying medicine and shared his story during Deaf Awareness Week
A man with hearing loss said it has not stopped him from following his dream career to become a doctor.
Will Moseley-Roberts, from Cardiff, has shared his story during Deaf Awareness Week.
The19-year-old said he found it difficult at first to accept he was disabled.
He has progressive bilateral hearing loss (PBHL), and said his declining performance in hearing tests made him feel like a constant failure .
Mr Moseley-Roberts started to experience symptoms when he was five years old, and had to move schools to get access to more support.
Published:
4:00 PM May 8, 2021
Children at Rushmere Primary School all took part in Deaf Awareness Week by wearing green
- Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown
An Ipswich school, which teaches the greatest number of deaf children in Suffolk, is taking steps to ensure all their pupils grow up with deaf role models and a positive outlook.
Rushmere Hall Primary School teaches 13 pupils who are deaf and has specially trained teachers of the deaf (ToD) as a specialist resource base, as well as British Sign Language (BSL) clubs and classes.
Children showing us the word love in sign language
- Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown
Published:
4:00 PM May 8, 2021
Children at Rushmere Primary School all took part in Deaf Awareness Week by wearing green
- Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown
An Ipswich school, which teaches the greatest number of deaf children in Suffolk, is taking steps to ensure all their pupils grow up with deaf role models and a positive outlook.
Rushmere Hall Primary School teaches 13 pupils who are deaf and has specially trained teachers of the deaf (ToD) as a specialist resource base, as well as British Sign Language (BSL) clubs and classes.
Children showing us the word love in sign language
- Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown
North Somerset Council.
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North Somerset Council has set up a dedicated page on its website to mark Deaf Awareness Week this week.
The theme of the week is Coming Through It Together, to highlight the effect the Covid-19 pandemic has had on everyone.
Executive member for adult services, health and housing, Cllr Mike Bell, said: For the past seven years we’ve celebrated Deaf Awareness Week in North Somerset with the deaf community and a wide range of organisations, voluntary groups and local schools.
Mike Bell.
- Credit: Sub Unfortunately, for the second year running we re unable to hold face-to-face events because of the ongoing coronavirus restrictions, but we still want to mark this important event.
HEREFORD & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service reached out to those who are deaf or who have a hearing impairment during Deaf Awareness Week to ensure they have effective smoke alarms. As part of Deaf Awareness Week, the fire and rescue service is reminding Herefordshire and Worcestershire’s residents to make sure they fit and test the right smoke alarms for those with hearing loss in their homes. A whole range of alarms has been designed specifically for those with a hearing impairment, with features ranging from strobe lighting and vibrating alarms to small wearable radio linked pagers. These specialist alarms can save lives, alerting people to a fire in their home even if they remove their hearing aid at night.