What better way to end the old year than with this story about a born-deaf woman turning 100 years old? (From the Middletown Press, December 29, 2008). One funny thing ... Read More

What do you think was the most important issue faced by the deaf and hard of hearing community in 2008? Internet captioning? AG Bell-DBC? Problems with ordering fast food? Challenges ... Read More

The News Sun of Sebring, Florida just reported on a deaf woman who won a lawsuit over a hospital's failure to provide her with interpreters. She had to wait two ... Read More

Have you ever lost your hearing aid or speech processor in the snow? If so, were you able to revive your snow-covered hearing aid or speech processor? So far, I've ... Read More

On a whim, tonight I checked the Clerc Center publication World Around You. The December issue has a video of the teenage host, a senior at the Model Secondary School ... Read More

Greg on the forum says his boss is threatening to fire him because of his hearing loss: I have been SSD for 4 years with almost normal hearing in my good ... Read More

An About.com visitor had a question about training personal dogs so that they can serve as hearing dogs: My mom is deaf and has always had a dog with her to ... Read More

Just read this cute story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about a father and four-year-old daughter who received cochlear implants the same day and were turned on together. Newsletter|Twitter|Forum

"Deafened Student" on the forum, who recently lost the remainder of her hearing, is getting cochlear implants in January. However, she is studying to become a speech pathologist and wants ... Read More

An About.com reader just sent me this e-mail, which I thought I would share in its entirety (unedited) because of the valuable information: I read your articles from time to time. ... Read More

KSL.com has an article about a deaf girl in Utah who wants a second implant (bilateral) but the insurance company won't pay for it. According to the article, "Utah is ... Read More

Do you have a favorite sign in sign language? I have always liked the sign for "cool," which is one of the first signs I learned. I liked it because ... Read More

A Congressional staff report, "DECEPTION AND DISTRUST:THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION UNDER CHAIRMAN KEVIN J. MARTIN" that criticizes Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Kevin J. Martin states that the FCC ... Read More

Fortunately I have not had to deal with this when raising my own children, but in other families, deaf and hard of hearing children may be so frustrated with their ... Read More

It first hit the news more than a week ago, and I had blogged it then, but now the media is all over it: a deaf family, the Vardons, that ... Read More

Have you ever heard of a special, jacked up interest rate being charged to deaf people when they try to buy a car? I sure haven't! Philly.com has a report ... Read More

Recently I received an e-mail informing me about the startup of a new hearing dog program in San Francisco, California to meet the needs of California and Nevada residents. Interestingly, ... Read More

An aspiring hard of hearing cartoonist, Pete McEachen, has launched his "Living Impaired" comic strip on the About Deafness forum. In his introduction to the comic strip, Pete writes: I ... Read More

When the Kern Community College District cut interpreters' pay, interpreters not surprisingly quit in droves. The result? Deaf students failing courses or dropping out. Interpreters' pay was cut because of ... Read More

Every year, I usually get an e-mail or two from someone wanting to know how to sign "Merry Christmas" in American Sign Language. This year, there is a different request ... Read More