Captioned Movies on iTunes
Thursday February 28, 2008
An About.com visitor alerted me that the Apple TV Source website has a listing of captioned movies available on iTunes. There is also a shorter listing of educational podcasts with ... Read More
Should Insurance Companies Pay for Two Cochlear Implants?
Thursday February 28, 2008
This is a sensitive question. It is known that two implants work better than one, but cochlear implants are also expensive (total cost said to be about $100,000 for one). ... Read More
Hearing Aid Coverage for Kids: A No-Brainer?
Thursday February 28, 2008
Parents in Wisconsin are fighting for insurance coverage for hearing aids for their children. (A similar battle has been going on, without success, in my own state). TMJ4 in Milwaukee, ... Read More
Want to Teach Sign Language. Certification, Where?
Wednesday February 27, 2008
An About.com visitor asked: Looking into get a certification to teach Basic I ASL Class.
Many hearing people have contacted me for help. They want to learn basic signs to communicate ... Read More
More from Jack Jason on Marlee Matlin
Tuesday February 26, 2008
Jack Jason posted another comment that he requested be shared with About.com readers:
A couple more things as your blog goes everywhere! Could you pass along to your readers that “Sweet ... Read More
Interpreting Without Certification? Go Directly to Jail.
Monday February 25, 2008
I don't know if this is true, but Mela08 just posted something of interest to the deaf and interpreter community on the About Deafness forum:
Just wondering if anyone knows ... Read More
Got Hearing Aids, Kid? You're Fired.
Sunday February 24, 2008
Wearing hearing aids, kid? You're fired. That's what happened when a teenager with a hearing loss got a job at a Burger King in New Jersey. The Burger King franchise's ... Read More
Love Is Never Silent Out on DVD Soon
Saturday February 23, 2008
Thanks to Jack Jason, Marlee Matlin's business partner, for providing this bit of good news in his comment on the "Marlee Matlin Back in the Spotlight" blog post:
Hey it's Jack ... Read More
Legal for Individual to Sell Used Hearing Aids?
Friday February 22, 2008
An About.com visitor asked:
Mom just passed away and this past August we purchased new hearing aids for her. They are Siemens and they are made for inside the ear. ... Read More
Marlee Matlin Back in the Spotlight
Thursday February 21, 2008
This week everyone is talking about Marlee Matlin's return to the spotlight.
Marlee Matlin at 80th Academy Awards© Frazer Harrison / Getty Images
Matlin is going to be part of the ... Read More
Update on Progress in CI Recovery
Wednesday February 20, 2008
I returned to work yesterday (11 days after surgery. It would have been 10, but Monday was a holiday) - after a week in the house, I had cabin fever. ... Read More
Deaf Greeting Card Business Owner
Tuesday February 19, 2008
About.com's guide to Collectibles alerted me to this interview with a deaf, gay greeting card business owner. His company is called Smart Alex, and the greeting cards they make are ... Read More
Any Hearing Aid Assistance in Illinois?
Monday February 18, 2008
Homade80 has moved from Texas, where he/she was able to get free hearing aids to help with working, through the Texas Department of Human Resources. Now that Homade80 lives in ... Read More
Relay Scams Stopped But Jobs Lost
Sunday February 17, 2008
Recently in the news has been word that when GoAmerica, an internet relay service operator, blocked foreign calls, total call volume dropped so much that the company announced layoffs. A ... Read More
Deaf Football Team in Iraq
Friday February 15, 2008
Reuters UK has an interesting illustrated article about a deaf football team in Iraq, "Iraq's deaf football team braves violence to play." As the title states, they play at great ... Read More
Profile: Gary Malkowski
Thursday February 14, 2008
With all the election politics in the news, what better time to do a profile of a deaf man who was elected to public office, Gary Malkowski?
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Starting a New Phase of Life
Wednesday February 13, 2008
As many of you already know, I received a cochlear implant last Friday, February 8. From time to time, I will blog here about my experiences as I start this ... Read More
Valentine Signs
Monday February 11, 2008
Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Here are the sources for the signs for words commonly associated with Valentine's Day.
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American School for the Deaf Adjusts Well to Reality
Sunday February 10, 2008
The Hartford Courant has an excellent article, "A Study of Adaptation," examining how the American School for the Deaf has adapted to the new realities of deafness. Many of their ... Read More
Economy Not Only Thing in Trouble. ADA Restoration Act Is, Too.
Saturday February 9, 2008
When you have some time, check out Andrea's latest update on what is happening with the effort to get the ADA Restoration Act passed. The news is not good...more key ... Read More
Hearing Aid Companies
Friday February 8, 2008
How many hearing aid companies are there around the world? As far as I know, there are 24. I learned so much about today's hearing aids doing the research for ... Read More
National Association of the Deaf Reacts to AG Bell Letter
Thursday February 7, 2008
Today the National Association of the Deaf reacted publicly to the AG Bell letter to Pepsi. The president of the NAD wrote a letter to the AG Bell president, and ... Read More
Another Russian Deaf Child Deprived of Language
Wednesday February 6, 2008
There has been another article about a deaf Russian child in need of a cochlear implant. The source is Kommersant, Russia's daily online. Just as with a previously blogged article, ... Read More
White Gloves and Black Background Lights for Signing a Song?
Tuesday February 5, 2008
An About.com visitor asked:
"I have had conflicting information from different people about the use of sign language for church programs. I have seen several programs where sign language has ... Read More
Need Proof of AG Bell Letter? Download It.
Sunday February 3, 2008
One commenter responding to my earlier post, "Is AG Bell Afraid of Something?" asked to see proof. Proof is available, thanks to MishkaZena, who posted the download link for the ... Read More
Can Implanted Children Be Tested for CAPD?
Saturday February 2, 2008
Truckdadbilly asked on the forum if it is possible to test a bilaterally implanted child for central auditory processing disorder (CAPD). Is it?
Related on About.com: Bilateral Cochlear Implants
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