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• Sudden Silence - Gimme one reason

  I?m working on a long post about my CI evaluation (in short: good news, I qualify!) but in the meantime...if anyone has any insights, good or bad, to share about the CI company they went with, factors they wish they had considered or what has turned out to be the most important thing to [...]

• Inside Gallaudet - Interpretation Department?s first student-run conferenc...

  Three senior interpreting students took on the task of organizing the day-long conference Signed Language Interpreting Research and Practice.

• submit by: jb8256 - iPod Shuffle commercial with Sign Language

  Ipod Shuffle commercial with American Sign Language (ASL), demonstrating hands free operation. (Imagine iPod Shuffle attached to beltloop).

• Amy Cohen Efron - Statements of Matt Hamill and Eben Kostbar

  In response to the cancellation of auditions hosted by two major Universities (Gallaudet University and NTID/RIT), Matt Hamill recently made a statement, and it is on his website. Excerpts of his statement - See the complete statement on his website: www.matthamill.com It has recently come to my attention that there is a bit of controversy surrounding [...]

• Amy Cohen Efron - NEWS FLASH! NTID/RIT cancels HAMILL (movie) auditions!

  News Flash! It just in... National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York cancels hosting auditions with K?Dee Miller Productions, LCC for HAMILL: The Movie on May 14th, 2008. This was confirmed by the NTID?s public relations department today. Amy Cohen Efron here: KUDOS to NTID/RIT for [...]

• Sam Dunn - RANT: Videophone display on HDTV in wrong way

  Some deaf set videophone with HDTV, my thought, it?s pointless. Both Sorenson VP series and other videophone equipment are support only use in composite video (yellow cable) that go at 480i while HDTV display the resolution pixel: 480p, 720p or 1080p. While plug videophone to HDTV, the display looks blur compare to standard television. I [...]

• The Rogue?s blog - International Deaf Awareness

  Do you know why I brought up the International Deaf Awareness? I really wanted to end the ?Audism? toward any kind of deaf culture such as CI, PSE, ASL, Cued and Oral. I am huge America History buff. Look at the past America history - I noticed America Indians had their own culture and language such [...]

• What is Normal? - Communication in relationships

  So I recently dated a deaf guy. He was the first deaf person I had dated in a few years; the previous people I had gone out with had been hearing. Let?s call him Recent-Dater #1. Recent-Dater #2 was a hearing interpreting student who signed fluently. Recent-Dater#3 was a hearing graduate deaf ed student who signed pretty well. So now that you have some semblance of ...

• submit by: DeafThat! - New Blackberry Curve 8330 and future of mobile videopho...

  Discussing Sprint?s brand new Blackberry Curve 8330?s 30x internet speed increase over the T-Mobile Sidekick. The future of mobile video conferencing is within reach!

• CD?s Ear Blog - Oh it?s horrible!

  The music, it sounds so horrible with the Naida hearing aid at this time. I had the iPod playing, and good grief. Everything sounds so different, ick. Makes me wonder if there?s too much bass on the hearing aid. I have never liked bass when listening to music, and I don?t like it when there?s too much bass on the hearing aid. I have been taking notes, keeping track of...

About Deafness

• Odyssey on Deaf Children with Autism

  Tonight I came across the new Spring/Summer 2008 issue of Odyssey, published by the Clerc Center. The cover story is on autism in deaf children. There are six articles on...

• Solar-Powered Hearing Aids

  Newsweek reports that a solar-powered hearing aid has been developed. The batteries it uses are rechargeable solar batteries. I have not finished reading the article yet so I can't...

• Bangladesh Deaf High School Struggling

  The Daily Star, a Bangladesh newspaper, reports that the only deaf high school in the country, Dhaka Bodhir High School, is struggling to survive. Not only is the school in...

• Trix Bruce at NVCC

  Here is another glimpse into my deaf life: tonight we went to a show by Trix Bruce at Northern Virginia Community College. She told a series of vignettes (short stories)...

• Is the Phrase "Falls On Deaf Ears" Respectful or Disrespectful of Deafness?

  Everyone knows that journalists should avoid the term "deaf and dumb" as much as possible. What about the phrase "falls on deaf ears?" Does it convey a positive or negative...

• Farewell to InSight Cinema

  Today, InSight Cinema, the nonprofit organization that had worked to promote open captioned films and carried listings of open captioned film showings around the country, said goodbye. In a letter...

• Hard of Hearing Stepdaughter

  An About.com visitor wrote: "My stepdaughter has been in the US for the past two years. She has an 85% hearing impairment. Basically, she relies on reading lips. The...

• Have You Seen "Wrong Game?"

  Only a couple of weeks ago, we had gone to an ASL film festival. Saturday afternoon found us back at Gallaudet University, this time to see the ASL film "Wrong...

• Website with Printable Signs?

  Lettitia asks on the forum if there is any website that she can print the signs for words off of. She needs this to help her communicate with a deaf...

• Welcome, Las Vegas Charter School of the Deaf

  This fall, a new charter school for the deaf opens in Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Sun. It is a bilingual school, as reported: The new school for...