New centre for deafness research

'A new centre is to open in London in the new year, bringing together the previously disparate fields of research into deafness and communication.

The Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) will be based at University College London and will be funded by a 4.5m grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), it was announced yesterday.

The aim of the centre is to create "a world-class hub of excellence" that will connect research into neuroscience and linguistics to issues affecting deaf individuals in their communities. It will also seek to challenge the perceptions of deafness and study sign language and communication techniques. All the centre's researchers will be expected to become fluent in British Sign Language.'

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