Update September 2, 2008: I have confirmed with several fellow alumni that they received the letter stating that their information was on the stolen laptop. The Democrat and Chronicle reports ... Read More

Once again, Bill Creswell has alerted us to something of importance regarding captioning. This time, it is the fact that the WB, the home of "Smallville," has relaunched as the ... Read More

For years, schools for the deaf nationwide watched their enrollment shrink, as parents who were often unaware of their existence, enrolled their children in local programs. Now, California has a ... Read More

Our eyes are very important to deaf people. We depend on them so much because for us, communication is so visual. So this morning, when I fell and hit my ... Read More

A few weeks ago, I blogged the question, "Is Learning Sign Language Too Hard?" Many people responded, and selected comments have been included in the new article, "Challenges of Learning ... Read More

At my work picnic, I asked an interpreter what was important for new interpreters to know. She immediately replied, "Socialize in the deaf community. Don't just come to work and ... Read More

This fall, the signing community will be discussing politics along with the rest of the nation. Naturally, we need a sign for "Obama," and another sign for "McCain." Already, discussion ... Read More

I understand the need for a cochlear implant for the deaf Honduran child mentioned in this article. What I do not understand, is the fact that he is not in ... Read More

Here's a tough challenge for interpreters: foreign language classes. Especially if the interpreter does not know the language! True2himall_ways is an interpreter on the forum who has to interpret four ... Read More

I thought I was the only one who did it, but this past week I read in a comment on a mommyblog about a child with a cochlear implant turning ... Read More

Tkane2000 is a volunteer at an orphanage in the Philippines where there is a deaf child. Take2000 states on the forum that he/she wants to help this child, who does ... Read More

Back when I was still considering a cochlear implant, well-meaning friends warned me that I would become a surgery patient for the rest of my life. Is that true? I ... Read More

I shouldn't blog twice in just a few minutes, but this article was too cute not to blog. The Lancashire Telegraph has a report about a two-month old baby communicating ... Read More

An About.com visitor wrote: I live in Indonesia, and there is a deaf boy in my neighborhood. I would guess he is around seven years old, he breaks my heart. ... Read More

The Detroit Free Press has a report on findings about the effectiveness of cheap drugstore or internet hearing aids. This report was published in the June issue of the American ... Read More

That is the question being asked by a frustrated, uninsured deaf woman unable to benefit from hearing aids, who wrote that when she asked her Vocational Rehabilitation counselor if ... Read More

Goldengineer posted on the forum that he/she is seeking Chinese pen pals to help with his/her learning of Chinese. Goldengineer is deaf, from Australia, and is learning Chinese. Newsletter|Twitter|Forum

The BBC has a captioned video and article about new, free downloadable software (Lumisonic) that allows a deaf person to see sound. Rings on a screen expand or contract depending ... Read More

With the Russia-Georgia war in the news and many in the media saying that Russia wants to go back to the Soviet Union superpower days, I decided to update a ... Read More

When the news reported that unemployment had hit a six-year high, I decided it was the right time to do this article. What if you are deaf and have recently ... Read More

In the United Kingdom, there is a row over a deaf baby who has been denied two (bilateral) cochlear implants. Several UK papers are reporting the case. At first, the ... Read More

Do you think it is difficult for hearing parents of deaf children to learn sign language? I am not referring to "pure ASL," but to basic sign language. Is it ... Read More

...Because they really have no excuse for not doing so. Today Bill Creswell brought to our attention the existence of yet another means of captioning YouTube video: What else but ... Read More

About.com's US Military Guide Rod Powers had an explanation to offer about why people with hearing loss can continue to serve in the military while at the same time they ... Read More

USAToday reports that one in four soldiers in combat may have hearing loss. Not only that, apparently soldiers who have known hearing losses are being redeployed in combat. If you read ... Read More

Diabetes is very common, and I'm sure you know a hearing person who has diabetes. Until today, I did not know that hearing people with diabetes were at increased risk ... Read More

AllAfrica.com has a nice article on a young man in Uganda who was deafened by the mumps. (The article does not say with certainty that it is Uganda). Not many ... Read More