I received an e-mail from a frustrated mother of a deaf college student with a challenging major. The student wants Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services but the college is ... Read More

The British Computer Society reports that ITV Signpost is working on developing a website that will present hundreds of children's stories in British sign language, with animation and text. This ... Read More

I received this e-mail from a British lady with an unusual hearing aid problem. She is having a problem with suspected acid from hearing aid batteries burning her ears. She ... Read More

Not exactly, but it seemed like an appropriate title. I enjoyed reading this Forbes.com article about the experience a group of Pennsylvania School for the Deaf students had in trying ... Read More

FatiSurraiya's son has just received a cochlear implant, but she is worried about the ongoing costs associated with the new cochlear implant (hearing aids have ongoing costs too). She asked ... Read More

Dung, a hard of hearing Vietnamese tour guide, has posted on the forum promoting the tours for deaf and hard of hearing in Vietnam. Dung also shares about her frustrations ... Read More

Been rather busy in my personal life lately, but my mother alerted me to this article about a "hearing-impaired" woman who filed a lawsuit against McDonald's over their refusal to ... Read More

Pradip, a dental student has posted on the forum about what happened after he had surgery to try to fix a problem with otosclerosis. Instead, he became deaf in his ... Read More

Yesterday I got this e-mail from this gentleman who lost his job due to his hearing loss, but the employer claims it was "slowness." When he tried to take appropriate ... Read More

How do you define success with a cochlear implant? My understanding is that it is a very individual thing. For myself, I define success as being able to understand speech ... Read More

As soon as I read the Los Angeles Times story "That's not a Bluetooth headset" I wondered how much of a problem this is nationally? This story tells about a ... Read More

A deaf man in New Zealand has to put his plans to obtain a mechanics certificate on hold, because the college doesn't have interpreters for him. Part of the problem ... Read More

In April 2008, Japan got a new school for the deaf thanks to the efforts of a deaf man who was upset by not being permitted to use sign language ... Read More

These days, one of my favorite pleasures is to watch YouTube videos of the Little Rascals (Our Gang). Using the cochlear implant, I am able to pick up at least ... Read More

Multiple sources are reporting that on Sunday, July 20, at 1 pm EST, the MTV program True Life: I'm Deaf will air. The episode description: On this episode of True ... Read More

One of the biggest benefits of the modernization of India is that sign language interpreting is growing as a profession. It has grown to the point where there is now ... Read More

Laine, 14, has an implant and a hearing aid. She just posted a comment on an older blog post, "You Have to Be Deaf to Understand - Never Mind." In ... Read More

The other day I was leisurely reading CNN.com's latest America's Money series, on gas prices. One of them featured a deaf couple, the Metsches from Vancouver, Washington. They talk about ... Read More

In the past few weeks, there have been several posts of interest on the forum: Doctors Test Totally Implantable Hearing Aid Digital Art Gallery - to include deaf themed films Sign Language Student ... Read More

When I became part of the deaf community, one of my first experiences was being told "sorry, train gone." At the time, I did not know it was an American ... Read More

Last week, the Washington Post reported that in Russia, employers are paying fines for not hiring disabled people instead of hiring them. Here is the fifth paragraph from the article, ... Read More