More than half of British adults don’t feel confident talking to deaf people

More than half of Britons don’t feel confident when talking to deaf people, new research has revealed and this is contributing to the isolation and loneliness that so many deaf children and young people experience throughout their lives. The figures, released by the National Deaf Children’s Society, also show that one in five people (20%) have felt nervous when talking to deaf people because they don’t know what to do, while one in ten (10%) have pretended to understand something a deaf person said instead of asking for clarification. Previous research shows that many deaf children already find themselves excluded, with 80%