Deafness Blog with Jamie Berke November 2006 Archive

An About visitor wrote: I am so happy I found your website. I have been interested in sign language for quite some time. I have taken sign language classes ... Read More

Suppose there is a crime and the police officer comes upon a deaf person. Obviously no interpreter is around at the moment. How can the police officer communicate with the ... Read More

HjH13 posted on the forum about a new online television program with sign language intepretation for young children, Salsa. I checked it out and found it exciting - tales like ... Read More

We know that sign language will survive (it is too popular to die out completely) but I am wondering how well it will survive as more deaf babies receive cochlear ... Read More

Pattydhight asks on the forum:Need a little help to help my daughter in law. She is in her early 30s , has worn hearing aids for a couple of ... Read More

Mishkazena has posted a deaf point of view regarding the current issue of Muslim veils that do not show the face. Related content on About: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Muslims

Apparently even Ridor can't escape job search discrimination. He recently had a job interview with a deaf-related organization, and was asked how he would handle the challenge of voice mails. ... Read More

Want to know how to sign "Turkey," or "Pilgrim?" Here is a short guide to sources of signs for words associated with thanksgiving. How do you sign "Sweet Potato" or ... Read More

WandaPadgette expresses frustration with her loud voice that she can not hear due to her recently becoming deafened, on the forum.

MidnightMusic writes an interesting description on the forum about what it is like to live as a hard of hearing person in France.

The Bibliomarket blog has posted a news article about a new technology, Apreso Classroom, that captures live lectures and re-posts them on the web, complete with closed captioning for deaf ... Read More

If you have taken a deaf history class, you may be familiar with the name of Laura C. Redden Searing. Her name certainly is familiar to students of journalism and ... Read More

The media has reported that the prosecutors in the case of the murder of Darlene VanderGiesen have filed intent to seek the death penalty. The trial starts in January, and ... Read More

The 2006 Combined Federal Campaign is currently underway. The following deaf-related organizations are participating: Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - 0261 American ... Read More

Captioning is mandatory on television, with few exemptions. One of the exemptions is "undue burden." On November 7, the Federal Communications Commission released a long, 37-page list of organizations that ... Read More

A press release reports on a fight by mothers to get New Jersey insurance companies to cover hearing aids for children. The article mentions GracesLaw.com, a website that keeps people ... Read More

On your 2007 calendar, put a circle around Wednesday, March 21. That's the date that PBS is going to air "Through Deaf Eyes," a two-hour documentary on deafness in the ... Read More

I have heard complaints before that deaf schools were becoming "dumping grounds" for multiply disabled deaf students. An itinerant teacher I met tonight told me that a school for the ... Read More

An About visitor asked: "A friend is willing to give her deceased husband's hearing aids to my Dad. How do we find out if these will work for him?" My ... Read More

Today (Nov 9) is the sixteenth anniversary of the death of Carl Dupree, who was a student at Gallaudet University. Dupree died in part because campus security police were not ... Read More

It is time to plan your "deaf" activities for the weekend/week/month/quarter/year. Where are deaf event calendars to aid social and professional planning?

Sonny James has reported on a survey to determine the severity of the interpreter shortage in the United States. The survey is being conducted by the National Interpreter Education Center ... Read More

In this About Deafness classic, deaf and hard of hearing people and their families state what they are thankful for. This year, I think I will be giving thanks that ... Read More

Some travel agents are not aware that options are available for deaf people who want to travel. A typical e-mail from a travel agent: My client would like to ... Read More

EmilyStein writes on the forum: Films of Record are carrying out initial research for a film about CODAS (children of deaf parents). We are known for making thoughtful, sensitive and ... Read More

A nonprofit organization, LINES, is looking for Philippine Deaf Communities in remote areas in the Philippines, to register indigenous signs. If you know any village, where elderly Deaf people live ... Read More

An About visitor wrote: I have a type of Systemic Lupus (C.R.E.S.T.) which first symptoms were manifested through sudden hearing loss. I've done tons of chemo & steroids, ... Read More

The San Mateo County Times reports that the Jean Weingarten Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf in Redwood City, CA is struggling financially. One reason for the struggle is because ... Read More

November is National Adoption Awareness Month, so I am spotlighting some waiting deaf/hearing teenage siblings in the United States who need families. All of these teens, and others, are ... Read More