Jen Dodds: The deaf issue of G2

Courtesy guardian.co.uk Technology  Thu, 10/09/2008 - 18:04

Driven by the younger generation, a new mood is taking hold of Britain's deaf culture: it was encapsulated at its most joyful at a recent gig by deaf comedian John Smith, when he bounded across the stage in a superhero's cape shouting, "Deaf power!" More than 8 million Britons are deaf: ranging from the 6 million older people who are mildly or moderately deaf, to the 700,000 whose deafness is more profound.

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