Deafness Blog with Jamie Berke December 2007 Archive

ForMother writes on the forum: I am looking for advice on behalf of my 85 year old mother who has been wearing hearing aids for about 20 years and whose hearing ... Read More

A few weeks ago, I blogged the question, "Any Deaf People Affected by Foreclosures/ARMS?" William S just posted this comment, reproduced here verbatim with minimal editing: I just googled deafness and ... Read More

The Guardian has an interview with an adult child of deaf parents - a coda - in its Saturday, December 29, 2007 edition. It is a cute tale, filled with ... Read More

Previously, I had blogged about a lawsuit against a school district in Glendora, California fighting to not have to provide communication access realtime translation services (CART) to a deaf high ... Read More

The parents of Chad, the deaf teenager who graduated with a low reading level, have posted a long response to the earlier blog post, "Did ASDB Fail This Deaf Teen?" ... Read More

Today I came across this article on a new trend in social networking lending. Of particular note is Kiva.org, a website that allows ordinary citizens to lend amounts as ... Read More

Two good news stories about deafness today: First, there is a story about a little girl who had no thumb. Surgery gave her a thumb so that she can communicate in ... Read More

The Colorado Springs Gazette (December 22, 2007) reports that Tony Gonzalez, a traffic signal technician, has come up with a tactile, vibrating buzzer system to help deafblind people cross the ... Read More

KVOA in Tuscon, Arizona reported today that a recent deaf graduate of the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind graduated unprepared for college - even though he was the ... Read More

Charlieswinbourne, from the UK, has posted on the forum about the availability of two deaf british films he was involved with, on YouTube. Although these films are in British Sign ... Read More

Australians are outraged after learning that a judge said that a deaf 13 year old boy had "consented" (HeraldSun, December 18, 2007) to being sexually abused by a deaf 24 ... Read More

As 2007 draws to a close, here are the most-commented on blog posts done in 2007 at About.com Deafness: You Have to be Deaf to Understand: Never Mind (25 comments) Deaf Man ... Read More

In a perfect world, there would be no violence and deaf children would all live in nations where their needs were met. Unfortunately,this can not be said of the deaf ... Read More

The deaf blogosphere was buzzing this week about the latest good captioning news: CNET TV (http://www.cnettv.com/) announced it would caption all of their online video. That's right, ALL. To see ... Read More

The Helena Independent Record (December 14, 2007) reports that sign language has enabled a hearing, autistic nine year old boy to start communicating. According to the article, the child had ... Read More

If you have a young deaf or hard of hearing child, this mini-guide will help you quickly locate the signs to explain the most basic concepts of Christmas.

An About.com visitor asked "I am trying to figure out what steps do I take next to accomplish being someone who is certified or able to cousel parents and children ... Read More

Around this time of year, one of the most frequently asked questions is "how do I sign this Christmas song?" The article on Christmas Songs and Carols in Sign Language ... Read More

JoeRisha asks on the forum about having hyperacusis and a cochlear implant. He specifically wants to know if there are any cochlear implantees out there who had hyperacusis prior to ... Read More

I am fortunate to have a fixed-rate mortgage, but wonder if there are any deaf people out there who find themselves in danger of foreclosure or struggling to meet the ... Read More

This morning eating breakfast, I spotted a small article in the Washington Post business section about an upcoming Supreme Court case that, while it is not about deafness, has implications ... Read More

Just in time for Chanukah, here is a fictional story by Marc L. Brown about a deaf twelve year old girl who has lost her mother, and her hearing father. ... Read More

Currently, I am hooked on The Deaf Edge blog's current serial about her mother's battle for qualified interpreters for her daughter when her daughter was a child. When I was ... Read More

Education Week has a long article, "Schools for Deaf Confront Other Disabilities" (December 5, 2007) that focuses on California School for the Deaf, Fremont which will soon start a class ... Read More

Every year, the media has these news articles about signing santas and deaf children, sometimes including cute photos. Some of this year's signing santa stories: Hearing Impaired Children Sign Their Wishes ... Read More

Sidj on the forum has Meniere's disease and wants to get an implant but is worried about how it may impact vertigo. Sidj would like to know if there ... Read More

Tonight at the Northern Virginia Association of the Deaf Christmas party it was announced that Janet Bailey would receive this year's Reuben I. Alitzer award. Bailey is a founder of ... Read More