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Deafness no barrier

Customers of Porana Carpet Overlocking on Auckland’s North Shore are in for a treat in May. It is New Zealand Sign Language Week early in the month and Porana Overlocking’s owner manager, Tim Lewin, plans to offer his customers free lessons in sign language when they visit his business.

Tim and his wife Sam, a co-owner in the business, are both profoundly deaf and that brings with it a set of challenges different to what most business owners have to address.

And the couple are not alone. The National Foundation

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