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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Astrid Cooper

Quarter of Britons ‘would struggle to converse with deaf person’

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One-quarter of Britons would struggle to hold a conversation with someone who is deaf, a poll has claimed.

A survey of 1,000 adults revealed 20 per cent would feel uncomfortable trying to communicate with a deaf person and 27 per cent did not back themselves to manage a full conversation. Of the 1,000 respondents, some two-thirds had some hearing impairment themselves.

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