Heard mentality: how technology is helping deaf people communicate

Advances in assistive technology and a supportive workplace culture have made it easier for deaf people to work in the tech industry. Lucy Jolin reportsWhen Hamish Drewry began his career in IT back in the late 1980s, being a deaf person in tech required a huge amount of effort and organisation. “There was no email and no SMS,” he remembers. “Everything was done verbally and by telephone. Communicating in meetings was really difficult. I had a sign language interpreter engaged