News and stories

Hearing and dementia research: the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership launches their second survey

24 June 2024 Hearing research, Social research

The PSP wants to learn about your priorities for future studies about hearing and dementia in their second survey.

What we want to see from the next government: Hearing health

20 June 2024 Campaigns

At RNID, we’ve long campaigned for equal access to high quality NHS audiology services and hearing aids. This general election is an opportunity to get this message across to politicians.

What we want to see from the next government: work with the Deaf Community to transform their life chances

18 June 2024 Campaigns

We're telling the Government that the Deaf community must be given a voice in directing policy that impacts their lives.

Not 12 million, but 18 million: why the number of people classed as having hearing loss in the UK has increased

10 June 2024 About us, Deaf awareness

This week, our statistic of 12 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss and tinnitus changes to 18 million. Here's why.

Our open letter to Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer: BSL Interpretation of the Prime Minister’s address to the nation on 5 July

7 June 2024 Campaigns

We are campaigning for the 87,000 deaf people in the UK who did not have equal access to important information at the same time as everyone else this general election.

“It’s the immediacy of transforming someone’s life that appeals to me.”

31 May 2024 Volunteering, Your stories

Tom has volunteered at RNID Near You in Northern Ireland for 2 years, supporting people with hearing aid maintenance. Here's his story.

Media Bill passes and becomes the Media Act 2024!

24 May 2024 Campaigns

Along with the tireless dedication of our campaigners, RNID is elated to see that the Media Bill (now called the Media Act 2024) has finally been passed with binding quotas for the provision of access services including subtitles and signed content set out in legislation. We are one step closer to deaf people and people with hearing loss having equal access to on-demand programming. Without subtitles and signing on TV programmes, deaf people are excluded from watching television on demand...