Deafness Blog with Jamie Berke April 2004 Archive

You can't be in the deaf community for long before you come across the term, "deaf of deaf," or "deaf dynasty." What are the advantages of being DOD? (Updated with ... Read More

If you are deaf and female, there may be something for you in this article on Deaf Women.

TTY or Internet Relay? - I am wondering if internet relay has replaced TTY use for calling hearing people through relay services. I've already cast my vote.

I am a new student of sign language and am confused about sentence structure. Are the sentences put together object* verb* subject or object* subject* verb? Are both used and ... Read More

Today at a deaf funfest in downtown Washington, DC, I picked up a copy of the book Black and Deaf in America. The seller, Pamela Baldwin (I think that's the ... Read More

Have you made an internet relay call recently or received one? By now you may be aware of a growing problem - the use of internet relay by scam artists ... Read More

Do you have a surgically implantable hearing aid, like the Vibrant Soundbridge? Why did you choose an implantable hearing aid over a cochlear implant, if you had to choose between ... Read More

Today's (April 20) Dear Abby column has a letter from a deaf man married to a hearing woman. He describes how he feels at "hearing" parties where he is the ... Read More

After reading about the case of the language-less Mexican deaf woman who had a baby and was charged with trying to kill her baby, About forum member LeAnn posted the ... Read More

Interpreters not qualified - I have recently learned that a person was interpreting for my son, in a high school class, that had only taken 1 ASL class. My ... Read More

Did you know that long, long, long ago some Native Americans had their own form of sign language? And that it is still possible to learn that Indian sign language ... Read More

Last night I saw a captioned play at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC for the first time. The set up was simple: a large-size LCD display that showed the ... Read More

Have you experienced the DTS Cinema Subtitling System? Have you experienced BOTH DTS Cinema Subtitling System and Rear Window Captioning (RWC)? Which do you prefer? Obviously theaters prefer RWC because ... Read More

HOH 3 Month Old, What Next? - I have a 3 month old daughter, who was diagnosed at birth. She is currently wearing aids. We are grateful that we were ... Read More

Do you want to teach sign language to others? You can become a sign language teacher.

I just read a news article that cited the unbelievable figure of $80,000 as the cost of a deaf teen's cochlear implant. And that does not even include the cost ... Read More

Some homeschooling parents are teaching sign language to their children.

Hi, I am a Speech Language Pathology major at Lamar University and I am currently enrolled in a Deaf Studies class. This class has opened my eyes and helped me ... Read More

Today's (Saturday April 3) Washington Post Metro section has an article on the recent proposed settlement for movie theaters. Bottom line is, rear window captioning has won...all of the theaters ... Read More

I just got a hearing dog. By law she is entitled to go everywhere with me. I was recently hospitalized with a kidney stone and had no problems with her ... Read More