A health trust has apologised to a deaf couple after hospital staff did not know what a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter was. Colleen Agnew's husband was taken to hospital recently after an ...

A deaf man mistakenly believed he had tested positive for HIV because he couldn't get access to an interpreter in hospital. Richard MacQueen, a father-of-three from Dundee, was being treated in A&E ...

Deaf people say a shortage of interpreters working with the NHS has left them feeling misunderstood, frustrated and facing delays to treatment. Millie Neadley, 22, from Hull, said she had a ...

A deaf man who spent 24 hours in hospital without the support of an interpreter said staff were shouting out his name despite being told he could not hear. Terry Murray, from Rugby, is among a group ...

easyJet has partnered with interpreting service SignLive enabling deaf and hard of hearing customers to communicate using British Sign Language (BSL). The new free-to-use service will help remove ...

People who use British Sign Language (BSL) have better reaction times in their peripheral vision, a new study from the University of Sheffield has found. The findings, revealed by scientists from the ...

Deaf and hard of hearing residents in Medway will soon have access to a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter when contacting the council. Anyone using a smartphone , tablet, laptop or PC for a ...