EastEnders worked with the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS), disability charity Sense and other experts to portray Frankie and Ben's story accurately. EASTENDERS fans saw the Carter family just starting to patch things up after a very difficult year just as the soap went off the air. But Frankie’s arrival will help Ben cope with his hearing loss and turn a new corner. Read more: Ben Mitchell… Rosie Eggleston, the leader of the NDCS' work with young people, hoped that Frankie and Ben's story would help more young deaf people be visible and understood. In a first for the soap, Frankie and Ben are going to communicate using sign language.
And in the wake of boat crash disaster, the.Frankie, played by soap newcomer Rose Ayling-Ellis, will be introduced to Walford after being put in touch with Ben via his boyfriend Callum Highway (Tony Clay).Sad: EastEnders' explosive 35th anniversary episodes ended in a crushing blow for Ben Mitchell after he suffered additional hearing loss following a head injury which left him unable to communicate.Last week's boat crash scenes were some of the soap's dramatic yet and saw young Dennis Rickman die, while his mum Sharon Watts gave birth to a baby boy.While Ben, who was already partially deaf from childhood due to meningitis, was seen looking disorientated after emerging from the water and struggling to hear after he had banged his head against the boat.But his hearing loss has since been confirmed, with a source telling,'The storyline will highlight some of the challenges deaf people go through. Sen dubbed Isaac "the 'other man' in Sheree's life".Following the introduction of her children in 2019, it is revealed that Suki is terminally ill and wants to reunite with Ash, who left the family following Suki's disapproval of her sexuality and abortion.As a deaf person himself, Swinbourne was proud to create the soap's first deaf character.
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