Can Deaf People Hear AND Still Have a Deaf Culture?
Saturday January 31, 2009
We all know that people with cochlear implants are still deaf. However, the future could very possibly bring us real cures and bona fide deafness could become a thing of ... Read More
Another School for the Deaf May Close - in Pennsylvania
Wednesday January 28, 2009
Janice has posted on the forum about her fears that the Scranton State School for the Deaf in Pennsylvania may be closing due to state budget cuts. Interestingly, she notes ... Read More
From Army Life to College Life
Tuesday January 27, 2009
The Rochester Institute of Technology/National Technical Institute for the Deaf, recognizing the need for help for veterans who acquire hearing losses as a result of their combat experience, has launched ... Read More
Small Businesses Can Make Themselves Accessible to Deaf - Affordably
Monday January 26, 2009
Small businesses can make themselves accessible to deaf and hard of hearing people by taking advantage of a Federal tax credit. In doing the research for this article, I also ... Read More
Newly Diagnosed Deaf Toddler - How to Make Sign Fun?
Sunday January 25, 2009
Melissa wrote on the forum:
My son was just diagnosed deaf and he is two, so that means the stage where toddlers do not care about anything but what they want. ... Read More
New Fiction Book About Family With Hearing Loss - But It is Only Online
Saturday January 24, 2009
A woman who has lost her hearing has written a book about a young teen trying to understand the hearing loss within her family. The fictional family resembles her own ... Read More
Economic Hard Times Lead to Deaf School Closings
Thursday January 22, 2009
The latest victim is the South Dakota School for the Deaf. The governor of South Dakota is proposing to close that school. The closing is based on the fact that ... Read More
Does Hardening of Ear Drum Cause Hearing Loss?
Monday January 19, 2009
Denise posted on the forum that she is worried about her three year old son because his ear drum is hardening (and apparently they can't do anything about it?). Plus, ... Read More
Is Rear Window Captioning a Failure?
Sunday January 18, 2009
I don't know a single deaf person who prefers rear window captioning of movies (reading captions through a piece of plexiglass held by a flexible pipe) to open captioning of ... Read More
Does It Make Sense for Poor in Developing Countries to Get Implants?
Friday January 16, 2009
After I read this article from a Sri Lankan newspaper about a poor family in Sri Lanka whose child received a cochlear implant, yet the family can not afford the ... Read More
Senior Citizen Experiences Sudden Deafness
Thursday January 15, 2009
Seniorsaint wrote on the forum:
I woke up on Thanksgiving Day with loss of all hearing in my left ear. No previous problems that i am aware of. I have had ... Read More
AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, MD Adds Open Captions
Thursday January 15, 2009
I love it when I get e-mails like this one I got today:
I'm an intern with AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring. I saw your about.com page and blog ... Read More
Need a Laugh? Read "Battle of the Hearing Aid"
Wednesday January 14, 2009
This column from the Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News made me laugh. In it, the author humorously describes her despair at trying to get her mother to buy a second hearing aid. ... Read More
Video Relay Services Consumer Association
Tuesday January 13, 2009
Have you ever heard of the Video Relay Services Consumer Association (VRSCA)? I hadn't until I came across their information table at a recent asl expo. I thought this kind ... Read More
Potty Training and Baby Sign Language
Sunday January 11, 2009
The folks behind the Baby Signs program are promoting the use of baby sign language to encourage earlier potty training, which both saves money for parents and reduces the risks ... Read More
Sign Language Translator
Friday January 9, 2009
Krown Manufacturing unveiled its new sign language translator (NOT a sign language interpreter) at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. It is a hand-held device that you type words into, ... Read More
New Video: How to Sign the Alphabet in ASL
Thursday January 8, 2009
Just published, the first of more sign language videos to come. In this one, Jasmine Garcia of Gallaudet University demonstrates how to sign the manual alphabet. Voice over narration, plus ... Read More
About.com Golf Guide: Playing Golf May Cause Hearing Loss
Wednesday January 7, 2009
Brent Kelley, About.com's guide to Golf, has an article, "Golf Drivers and Hearing Loss," about a study that shows thin-faced, titanium golf drivers may cause hearing loss in golfers who ... Read More
Deaf in California? Don't Be a Serial ADA Litigant
Monday January 5, 2009
The Los Angeles Times has an interesting article about a disabled man who has made a career out of suing small businesses for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities ... Read More
Update: Insurers in New Jersey Required to Cover Kids' Hearing Aids
Sunday January 4, 2009
As of March 30, 2009, insurance companies and state plans are required to pay at least part of the cost of hearing aids for youngsters 15 and under. This is ... Read More
How Many More Deafened Mustafas?
Friday January 2, 2009
The San Francisco media is all over the story of the deaf three year old Iraqi boy who was deafened by bombing, who has been brought here for a cochlear ... Read More
Mainstreamed Deaf Students in the U.K.
Thursday January 1, 2009
Laura posted on the forum saying she would like to hear about the experiences of mainstreamed deaf students in the United Kingdom. She also welcomes comments about mainstreaming from deaf ... Read More