A deaf student in Australia, struggling with her courses, is suing Australia's LaTrobe University over what she claims are lack of interpreters/inadequate interpreters and poor quality notetakers. According to the ... Read More

A new school employee is frustrated and bewildered by the behavior of a deaf five year old boy. While the parents speak Spanish at home, the child is being taught ... Read More

Kathy Gulinello posted on a forum thread about cochlear implants, asking for deaf people to contact her. I did some research, and found she is associated with a medical program, ... Read More

Today was a nice fall day, so we went to Clemyjontri Park to check out the playground. This is a park designed to be accessible to children with all types ... Read More

I just finished reading this eight-page article, "Deaf School Abuse," in the The Advocate, a Louisiana publication. The article raises the following points: Deaf students, especially those with multiple disabilities, are ... Read More

In response to an article in the Concord, New Hampshire Union Leader about a hospital settlement over deaf and hard of hearing people's complaints about communication access, a hearing person ... Read More

A multi-year project in Canada is working on documenting the native Inuit sign language, along with the development of a DVD. As reported by the Nunatsiaq News, this project is ... Read More

When an interpreter training program closes, it has a painful impact on a local community that relies on it as a source of interpreters. Just such an impact is happening ... Read More

Stargazer_Lily in a detailed message on the forum, wants to know what people think of the "policy of “two hour minimum” required by some of the interpreting agencies." Stargazer_Lily objects ... Read More

Today I had another cochlear implant mapping appointment, but this one came with a bit of a surprise. After having me do the usual listening to sounds as part of ... Read More

Sarah Palin is in the news so much now, along with her state of Alaska. So naturally, About.com Deafness just had to do a writeup on the deaf community of ... Read More

Now and then I get a comment on the blog that is so unbelievable I have to contact the people who post, to get more information. That was the case ... Read More

As we know, Hulu.com has some captioned programming, including current episodes of "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader." But, none of the advertisements are captioned! Are the companies paying ... Read More

This story in the Joplin Globe caught my attention because it is about two people going to an International Deaf Christian Workers Conference. This October 1-5 conference is the fourth ... Read More

Today I received an e-mail from someone saying they wanted to become an "interrupter." I referred the person to the Interpreting articles at About.com Deafness. The e-mail made me laugh..."interrupter" ... Read More

What book on deafness would you give a hearing child today to help them learn about deafness? For my generation, it was the old book, "Lisa and Her Soundless World," ... Read More

Recently in the Metro Washington, DC area, a deaf man had a life-threatening emergency. Naturally, he went to the emergency room. The E.R. transferred him to another hospital. That hospital ... Read More

The Abiliene Reflector-Chronicle has an article about a deaf teenager who is now able to interact with hearing students on her school bus, because one of those hearing students made ... Read More

Scholarships for future interpreters seem to be scarce. I know about a few, but are there any more out there that I don't know about? For example, are there any ... Read More

An About.com visitor wrote: I am from another country living in the United States. I am deaf and I am married to a hearing woman. My marriage was arranged in the ... Read More

A television station in Mississippi reports that after they aired an interview with an interpreter who said his job was important because of how prevalent the fourth grade reading level ... Read More

Recognizing a need for an organization for young deaf teenagers and pre-teens, one sixteen year old deaf girl has started a new organization, Deaf Youth of America. At this time, ... Read More

ILuvEire, a new signer, posted on the forum that when he uses gestures and facial expressions, he often gets asked if he is gay. Now that is a side effect ... Read More

Do deaf people get denied health insurance for having a hearing loss? This topic was blogged two years ago in "Denied Health Insurance for Having Deafness." Now there is a ... Read More

Phonak is doing some creative marketing on YouTube, posting a video series that follows a deaf 20 year old as she tries out the Naida hearing aid. According to the ... Read More

We have all heard the warning, "Don't put that cotton swab deep into the ear." The warning is for a good reason: if you damage your eardrum, you can lose ... Read More

Readers, Something happened two days ago that I need to share with a wider audience because of its importance and significance. We received a letter from Capital One regarding the opening ... Read More

Are deaf people with limited English more likely to think of themselves as disabled, compared to deaf people with "good" English? Below is an example of an e-mail received from ... Read More

I've heard of tennis balls being used to reduce background noise on chairs before, but this picture in the Daily News is the first time I have seen a picture ... Read More

10Walt posted on the forum: I am HOH and wear hearing aids. When watching TV I turn closed captions on with the thought that they would help catch the words I ... Read More