I had already seen the news release about the Signing Time! videos appearing on Nick Jr. I hope you will enjoy reading this Examiner interview with the star and founder Rachel Coleman as much as I did. It tells the story behind Signing Time! in a moving way, and shows what a difference sign language can make in the lives of young deaf and hearing children.

A reporter for the Palm Beach Post just got a hearing test, and wrote about the experience. She is fearful, but passes the hearing test. Just the same, she is concerned about hearing aids until the audiologist shows her today's modern, extremely fashionable and high tech hearing aids.

A deaf man in New York wants to start a small bookkeeping business. His concern is that hearing small business owners may not trust him due to his deafness. He wants to know how to deal with that, plus he wants to know how to locate small business owners that could be potential customers. Reply to Jareu on the forum if you have experience or advice to offer.

A deaf woman on the forum has two challenges when looking for a job, and the bigger challenge is daycare. First, she is trying to find an administrative job, but says the jobs require use of the phone. Nothing new. But her bigger problem is daycare. She can not get help finding employment until she puts her young son into daycare; but she needs a job to pay for the daycare in the first place. If you have any ideas around either or both of these problems, reply to Victoria on the forum.