Just published, a profile of Claudia Gordon, the first deaf, African American, female lawyer in the United States. Gordon's profile is being published at a reader's request. As always, ... Read More

Recently, some people in the deaf community have been expressing their concern about cochlear implants and outright worries for the future of the deaf community. Well, after reading about this ... Read More

This week's hot topic in the deaf blogosphere seems to be the recently aired House program that featured cochlear implants. Hot TopicPhoto © Victor Jesus, stock.xchng The overall consensus seems to be ... Read More

"Red Knee" on the forum has always had bilateral hearing loss, but has now lost more hearing PLUS has multiple other symptoms. Here is the question "Red Knee" posted on ... Read More

Right now the deaf and hard of hearing community is celebrating the passage - and likely signing - of the new law in Wisconsin that will require private insurance companies ... Read More

What cooperative organization are both the National Association of the Deaf and the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing members of? As members of ... Read More

Marlee Matlin has written an article for About.com and she was also interviewed by About.com. Marlee MatlinPhoto © Marlee Matlin In the article, Matlin writes about growing up deaf. In the interview, ... Read More

Mishka Zena has a new blog post, about segregation of deaf students. Signing deaf students are not permitted to interact with oral deaf students -- in the SAME school. In ... Read More

My review of Marlee Matlin's autobiography I'll Scream Later is an honest review. If you don't have high expectations, it is worth the read. I'll Scream LaterPhoto Courtesy of PriceGrabber Although she ... Read More

Sometimes, parents and siblings may try to keep bad things from deaf kids. Even grandparents may try to hide the truth. That is what happened to me when I was ... Read More

I have never had the opportunity to experience TypeWell, but for deaf and hard of hearing people who want an alternative to word-for-word transcription, TypeWell is a viable option. I ... Read More

Kudos to the deaf students who won the middle school team level at the Rochester Institute of Technology National Science Fair for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students. They won by proving ... Read More

I have written before about people denying their hearing losses. How do you convince someone who is denying their hearing loss, to go ahead and get a hearing test or ... Read More

A mother who admits to having been overprotective of her now adult deaf son, is asking for help on the forum. Her son is in his mid-30s, works at a ... Read More

Just published, a new list of the largest deaf-related groups on Facebook. In putting this list together, I made the cutoff point approximately 500 members. I considered making the cutoff ... Read More

Facebook is known to be a forum for special interests besides being a social networking site. The Deaf and Hard of Hearing community has many groups on Facebook. I would ... Read More

I once coined a term, "Jonah Syndrome" to refer to incidents when something was about deafness, but the needs of deaf people were ignored. For example, when there is an ... Read More

The Arizona Daily Star reports on how the Adult Loss of Hearing Association (ALOHA) is still going strong after 25 years. For 25 years, they have helped adults who lose ... Read More

It is just a short article in the Aurora Sentinel, but the subject grabbed my attention. A deaf pet groomer's clients were "stolen" from her by supervisors and coworkers who ... Read More

Just in time for the two-hour premiere of Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye on Animal Planet tonight at 8 pm EST, I have published an interview with Deanne Bray-Kotsur (also known as ... Read More

I thought that flying could only cause temporary discomfort in the ears. Does it also cause temporary hearing loss? Kyle's father asks on the forum why is it that when ... Read More

Suppose you are a teacher, and you have just been told that a deaf child that uses a cochlear implant will be joining your class next year. Now what? How ... Read More

A new Readers Respond has just been posted: how have you dealt with earwax problems? Be the first to post your experience, and if I think your experience has something ... Read More

Tonight I came across a headline: Classic Kids: Meet Sabrina. I thought it was going to be a profile of a regular deaf teen, but when I read it I ... Read More