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Defying deafness through music

Did you know that Beethoven’s profession meant he was ashamed to admit to being deaf? Find out how similar prejudices persist today and how our writer is helping to break them down.

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Giving shape to sound

Fascinated by language and how music feels, Deaf rapper Signkid creates tracks that give shape to sound. He discusses inspiration, access and performing for all audiences, D/deaf and hearing alike.

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The shifting shape of language

Author Jessica Andrews explores how her brother’s deafness has influenced her relationship with words and the world.

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Making sense of senses lost

In rapid succession, Steve Barker suddenly lost sight and hearing on his left side. The effect on how he perceives the world has been profound.

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  • Bulletin. No. 25, Deafness / Clinical Department of The Vibrator Instrument Company.
  • Bulletin. No. 25, Deafness / Clinical Department of The Vibrator Instrument Company.
  • Breathing into the ear to relieve deafness
  • A stockbroker feigning deafness to avoid paying the man who claims to have restored his hearing. Coloured etching, 1786.
  • A stockbroker feigning deafness to avoid paying the man who claims to have restored his hearing. Coloured etching, 1786.
  • Catherine Bigot, a deaf-mute woman whose deafness was so complete that she was unaware of a gun being fired above her head. Engraving.
  • Price and instructions for the use of Lambiers cure for Toothe-ache, Rheum in the gums or scurvy, deafness and head-ache's
  • The anatomy of the human ear, illustrated by a series of engravings, of the natural size with a treatise on the diseases of that organ. The causes of deafness, and their proper treatment / By the late John Cunningham Saunders.
  • Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Glasgow.
  • Four deaf men signing the message 'Stop AIDS. Use Condoms. Don't share needles'; a safe sex advertisement for the deaf by the Moomba Deaf Association and Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations.Colour lithograph by Paul Drakeford.
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D/deaf and Disabled artists on making work now

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Performance by Michael Vincent

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Part of Smoke and Mirrors Live Performances

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Performance by Michael Vincent

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Part of Smoke and Mirrors Live Performances

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