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• Hearing Loss Isn’t Funny

  
  Face me, I read lips — Authority: 116
  I have posted over at the SayWhatClub Blog  about the hearing spin put on the sobering reality of hearing loss
  4 days ago

• Munch, Buy, Gift a Smile

  
  The UrbanWire — Authority: 128
  By Amanda Wang and Lim Zhee Yen It’s that time of the year again when the mercury constantly dips to the 25 to 28 degrees range, cheery Christmas tunes are pumped out of stereo speakers in shopping centres, carollers come out in full force, neon decorative lights line the streets of Orchard Road, and you’re ...
  5 days ago

• PaTH

  
  The UrbanWire — Authority: 128
  By Amanda Wang and Lim Zhee Yen “I lub you.” Most people would understand this refers to ‘I love you’ in a slightly babyish slang, and perhaps even heard it once or twice from the sickeningly sweet teenage couple beside you at the bus stop. If you don’t, however, you’re in the same league as the ...
  5 days ago

• Hotels and the ADA: Information for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Travelers

  
  SPEAK UP LIBRARIAN — Authority: 121
  If you are traveling this holiday season and will be staying in a hotel, you may want to be aware of what services a hotel is required to provide you by law. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, "Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), hotels and motels must provide effective means of communications ...
  6 days ago

• Ten Hearing Accessories on my Christmas List

  
  Face me, I read lips — Authority: 116
  There are many products on the market that could make my life easier.   These items would make great gifts (hint, hint) for anyone who wears hearing aids. 1)  Super Seals – Why I need them.  My doctor recently ordered water aerobics for arthritis.  When I take my hearing aids out, I hear nothing.  I would ...
  1 week ago

• Double Standard in DeafRead

  
  Face me, I read lips — Authority: 116
  Not that I mind being on the “extra page” at DeafRead, but once again I’m left wondering about editor bias.   Yesterday this was posted on the front page, while my post about holiday parties ended up in ‘extra’. My post here discussed why office parties that included a fun activity were better for ...
  1 week ago

• Copenhagen summit turns nightmare for oldest Everest climber

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Sudeshna SarkarKathmandu, Dec 18 (IANS) While there is a growing debate about the result of the UN summit of world leaders on climate changes, for one man, Everest hero Min Bahadur Sherchan, the Copenhagen meet is now indisputably a nightmare.The 78-year-old climber, who won worldwide media acclaim last month for ...
  1 week ago

• Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

  
  CommLawBlog — Authority: 420
  Closed captioning complaint process inches ahead From our “Hey, Whatever Happened To . . . ?” file, here’s an update on the new (well, at least it was new a year ago) complaint process relative to the closed captioning rules for video programming. That process was first announced in November, 2008, but has ...
  1 week ago

• Girl with impaired vision is ‘Miracle Worker’ understudy

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 136
  From the New York Times:Producers have cast a 10-year-old with a vision impairment as the understudy for the role of Helen Keller in the upcoming production of “The Miracle Worker” on Broadway. The production had drawn criticism last month for casting a non-disabled star actress, Abigail Breslin, in the role.In ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fresh 2 Deaf

  
  Old School Scholar Hip Hop Culture and Music — Authority: 123
  Do you love Hip Hop music, funky beats, and boomin rhythms that make your backbone slide? I personally love a dope track you can nod your head to non-stop, but what if you could not physically hear your favorite joints anymore? Would you still dance? Would you socially be afraid to interact with other heads? Here is a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Help Choosing a Home Blood Pressure Monitor

  
  Health Resources — Authority: 142
  There are several varieties and types of home blood pressure monitors (HBPM). Buying a blood pressure monitor is a good way to keep track of your blood pressure; then again, selecting one can be puzzling. The choice is individual and generally based on::Accuracy, Ease of use, Price, Type of cuff, Memory and printing ...
  3 weeks ago

• Intercultural Workshop Leaves Out Deaf Culture

  
  Face me, I read lips — Authority: 116
  Today I went to a workshop on intercultural communication.  It was an interesting program about how to communicate effectively with people who can’t speak/understand English well.  The first part was about misunderstanding due to cultural values and expectations, as well as difficulties learning to speak a new ...
  3 weeks ago

• High Performance Hearing Aides – The Ears Go Digital Too with Acoustic Algorithms

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 515
  This is for the hard of hearing empowered patients to empower their ears (grin).  It has a total of 10 programmable algorithms to adjust for telephone, general, etc.  You see something similar today on your pc where you can create your own environments, i.e. a bathroom, underwater, concert hall, etc. and the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Reminder: New Blog at http://tinyurl.com/d48ge4

  
  Real English is listening. — Authority:
  Reminder: New Blog at http://tinyurl.com/d48ge4 However this “old blog” has good archives about Real English and the Deaf , the Webheads (1) and (2), Real English Victiom of Extreme Plaigiarism and other items of interest to ESL EFL students & teachers, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Disney Claims "Up" DVD Missing Captions Were A Mistake [Pixar]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 775
  Many Consumerist readers wrote to Disney about the missing captions in rental editions of the Pixar movie "Up," either because they were personally affected or they found the omission offensive. In their response, Disney at least acknowledges the unique issue and promises to make up for the mistake of consumers ...
  4 weeks ago

• Saved by bureaucracy

  
  Andrea's Buzzing About: — Authority: 109
  ( A follow-up on my shaky employment status, as described in a previous post, The Catch.)So now I’ve twice seen the ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat doc, not tree-folk), to figure out if the vertigo, worsening tinnitus and hearing difficulties are related to Ménière’s, or “just” migraines.  At those visits I ...
  4 weeks ago

• Google to caption YouTube videos, improving accessibility

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 136
  From the San Francisco Chronicle (with video), New York Times, BBC:Google has announced a plan to use speech recognition technology to automatically bring text captions to millions of YouTube videos, making them accessible to people with hearing impairments and making them more searchable.Analysts expect the change to ...
  5 weeks ago

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