State budget cuts in virginia (and possibly other states too) are affecting the ability of deaf and hoh to find gainful employment. When a deaf friend was recently laid off, ... Read More

In an earlier discussion, it was mentioned that hormones might have an effect on hearing loss. My own hearing loss started at age 40 and seems to be accelerating ... Read More

Why isn't there a worldwide movement to have one sign language? It seems like a logical answer to the world's communication problem. If everyone used one sign language as their ... Read More

Just published, new e-mail information course on deaf culture. The articles featured in this course are just a sampling of deaf culture on About Deafness/HOH. Newsletter|Twitter|Forum

If this has felt like the summer that would never end, it IS ending. The Back to School for Deaf/HOH Students article has been updated. Newsletter|Twitter|Forum

My daughter (2,5 years) is suffering the mondini syndrome and the doctors here cannot tell us if an implant would work or not. Seh is not speaking and the audiologist ... Read More

I got tired of hearing about the high unemployment/underemployment rate in the deaf community and decided to publish this latest offering: Information on Deafness for Employers. In this article, employers ... Read More

Russian sign language is but one of the many sign languages of the world. Whether you are Russian or not, there are resources for learning Russian sign language. Newsletter|Twitter|Forum

Ever since someone mentioned about a deaf person wearing two cochlear implants at the same time, I've been thinking whether its a good idea or not to get an another ... Read More

I am a parent of a hearing impaired child who just started kingergarten this school year. My child is 5 and will be 6 the end of September. My child ... Read More

Can Sudden hearing loss in one ear be caused by pregnancy, child birth, or breast feeding? How common is it that it would happen to the same person again? ... Read More

Earlier tonight I had an interesting discussion with a cyberfriend who works in a parent infant program for deaf children. We were discussing whether deafness was easier for fathers or ... Read More

My daughter is considering getting a cochlear implant. I called our insurance company to see if they cover the operation and I was told they needed an insurance ... Read More

Tonight I was on the website of SHHH and discovered an announcement that Rocky Stone, the founder of SHHH passed away August 13. I met Rocky Stone only once in ... Read More

Is it possible to be hard of hearing and still be extremely sensitive to noise? Yes, it certainly is, as Janice Ashby makes clear in her guest article on hearing ... Read More

A mother on the forum was told by her child's doctor that the more her child wears his hearing aids, the more the ear wax will build up. Is this ... Read More

Even in Australia, hearing people who just happen to know sign language are often pressed into service as interpreters. Listenswithheart writes on the forum: I am a hearing girl from Australia ... Read More

With school starting soon (and for some kids in year-round schools, it has already started), a new guide to deafness for hearing kids in elementary school (and their parents and ... Read More

About's guide to Headaches has just published the following article which may be of interest to deaf people: SSDI or SSI? What are the differences and basics? The Social Security Disability ... Read More

Meniere's Disease, which includes hearing loss among its symptoms, is not a fun thing to live with, but there is no shortage of people to turn to for support. Newsletter|Twitter|Forum

If you are in a family with hereditary hearing loss, or have a deaf child and don't know what caused it, it could very well be due to the Connexin ... Read More

Curtis Pride, a deaf ballplayer, has been called up to the majors (again), this time by the Anaheim Angels. One of the news items states he might get to play ... Read More

Dolby is going to be introducing to the United States soon (if they haven't already done so) the Dolby Screen Talk system for providing captions in movies. It is conceptually ... Read More