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Guide Review of Moments of Truth: Robert R. Davila, The Story of a Deaf Leader Created: Thursday, June 11, 2009 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Review of the biography Moments of Truth: Robert R. Davila, The Story of a Deaf Leader.
Hearing Impaired - Why You Shouldn't Use Hearing Impaired Created: Saturday, January 29, 2011 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
What is the term hearing impaired, and why you shouldn't use it.
Speech Banana Created: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Definition of a speech banana.
Mother, Father Deaf Day Created: Saturday, December 20, 2003 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
About a day to honor deaf parents of hearing children.
Growing Up Deaf - Hearing School or Deaf School? Created: Sunday, November 06, 2005 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Part of growing up deaf meant having to choose between a deaf school and a hearing school.
Work and Being Deaf Created: Monday, July 05, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Articles on employment within the deaf and hard of hearing community.
Sign Language Interpreting for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Created: Monday, July 05, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Articles about interpreters and interpreting for the deaf.
Parenting Articles Created: Monday, July 05, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Articles on parenting deaf and hard of hearing children and teenagers.
Causes of Hearing Loss Created: Saturday, July 03, 2004 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Index of articles on causes of deafness and hearing loss.
Cause of Hearing Loss - Auditory Neuropathy Created: Friday, November 21, 2003 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Auditory neuropathy is a condition in which a person has normal organ function but can not hear sounds.
Reader Stories: Advocating for Your Needs and Rights as a Deaf Person or Deaf Family Created: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Sooner or later, deaf or hard of hearing people and their families realize they have to become advocates for their needs. Most of us have stories about advocacy to share. Typical advocacy stories i..
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advocacy - Advocating for Your Needs and Rights as a Deaf Person or Deaf Family Created: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Sooner or later, deaf or hard of hearing people and their families realize they have to become advocates for their needs. Most of us have stories about advocacy to share. Typical advocacy stories i..
Ototoxic Drugs - Hearing Loss Caused by Ototoxic Drugs Created: Thursday, November 25, 2010 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Many drugs are known for their ototoxic side effects. These are just a few of them.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Organizations - Nationwide and International Deaf and Hard of Hearing Organizations Created: Monday, July 05, 2004 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
National and international organizations for deaf and hard of hearing people.
Ear Wax - Ear Wax Treatment and Removal Created: Sunday, December 21, 2003 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Ear wax removal and treatment of deep wax are explained in this article.
Kids Who Do Not Want to Wear Hearing Aids Created: Thursday, January 26, 2012 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
About.com readers share their experiences with older children and teenagers who do not want to wear their hearing aids in school.
Occupational Hearing Loss - Losing Hearing Because of Your Job - Occupational Hearing Loss Created: Sunday, July 26, 2009 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Occupational hearing loss is a very common and expensive problem.
Ear Candling - Removing Ear Wax Through Ear Candling Created: Saturday, July 18, 2009 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Ear candling is said to be a means of removing ear wax.
Deaf Education - Classroom Accessibility for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Created: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Access for deaf and hard of hearing students in the classroom and other educational settings.
Hiding a Hearing Loss Created: Saturday, November 05, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
In this Readers Respond page, readers answer a question about hiding the fact they have a hearing loss.
Inexperienced or Unqualified Interpreters in School Created: Friday, October 21, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Readers share their experiences with unqualified or inexperienced interpreters and how they managed the situation.
Relationships Between Deaf and Hearing People Created: Saturday, September 24, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Relationships between deaf and hearing people can work, despite the challenges. About.com readers share advice on managing deaf and hearing relationships.
Interpreting Versus Communication Access Realtime Translation - Advantages and Disadvantages Created: Thursday, July 14, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
About.com readers discuss the advantages and disadvantages of interpreting versus communicatin access realtime translation (CART).
Feeling Left Out Because of Hearing Loss Created: Saturday, June 11, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Readers share strategies for coping with feelings of being left out because of hearing loss.
Audism - Reactions to Audism Created: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Readers describe experiences with audism, which is a superior attitude towards deafness, and explain how they responded.
Hearing Loss Denial - How to Help Someone Denying a Hearing Loss Created: Sunday, June 05, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Readers share how they would help someone who is in denial of a hearing loss.
Earmold Irritation - Coping with Earmold Irritation Created: Friday, June 03, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Readers describe how they have coped with earmold irritation, and share advice on how to manage irritation from earmolds.
Deaf Speech - Do You Have Deaf Speech? Created: Friday, April 22, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
About.com readers share whether they have been told that they have
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Organizations - Membership in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Organizations Created: Saturday, April 09, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
About.com readers share why they joined certain organizations of and for deaf and hard of hearing people, and the benefits they got from joining.
Babies Signing - The Benefits of Babies Signing Created: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Parents share how using baby sign language with their babies helped them, and their babies.
Video Relay Interpreting versus Community-Based Interpreting Created: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Interpreters explain why they chose to become either a video relay service interpreter or a community-based interpreter.
Deaf Education - Level of Satisfaction with Deaf Education Created: Thursday, March 24, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Readers share their perspectives on the quality of education they received in a school or program for the deaf.

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