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Association of Sign Language Interpreters in India
Jamie Berke (About.com) One of the biggest benefits of the modernization of India is that sign language interpreting is growing as a profession. It has grown to the point where there is now...
Language Culture Mon, Jul 07 2008 hide this blog

Some Things Never Change - CI or Not.
Jamie Berke (About.com) Laine, 14, has an implant and a hearing aid. She just posted a comment on an older blog post, "You Have to Be Deaf to Understand - Never Mind." In...
Tech Sun, Jul 06 2008 hide this blog

Deaf Couple on CNN.com's America's Money Series
Jamie Berke (About.com) The other day I was leisurely reading CNN.com's latest America's Money series, on gas prices. One of them featured a deaf couple, the Metsches from Vancouver, Washington. They talk about...
Media Sat, Jul 05 2008 hide this blog

Deafness Forum Posts of Interest
Jamie Berke (About.com) In the past few weeks, there have been several posts of interest on the forum: Doctors Test Totally Implantable Hearing Aid Digital Art Gallery - to include deaf themed films Sign Language Student...
Language Education Fri, Jul 04 2008 hide this blog

ASL Idioms
Jamie Berke (About.com) When I became part of the deaf community, one of my first experiences was being told "sorry, train gone." At the time, I did not know it was an American...
Language Culture Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Hire a Deaf Person? Nah, I'll Pay the Fine Instead.
Jamie Berke (About.com) Last week, the Washington Post reported that in Russia, employers are paying fines for not hiring disabled people instead of hiring them. Here is the fifth paragraph from the article,...
Media Audism Legal Tue, Jul 01 2008 hide this blog

NTID at RIT Turns 40
Jamie Berke (About.com) As I write this I am in line to enter the Panara theatre for the closing ceremonies of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)'s 40th anniversary reunion. (The Democrat...
Higher Education Sat, Jun 28 2008 hide this blog

A Captioning Bill That Has Got To Pass
Jamie Berke (About.com) Multiple bloggers are reporting on the introduction of a bill that will make internet video captioning (with some exceptions) required just as it is on regular television. About time, too....
Media Tech Legal Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

Deaf Lesbian Festival
Jamie Berke (About.com) This week the fifth annual deaf lesbian festival is being held in San Francisco, as reported by Deaf Queer News. In addition, the blog post includes an interview with Drago,...
Culture Thu, Jun 26 2008 hide this blog

Deafened Bahrain Teenager
Jamie Berke (About.com) A deafened teenager in Bahrain has literally withdrawn from life after losing his hearing. Hearing aids were tried, and failed. A cochlear implant is the only solution, but the family...
Tech Tue, Jun 24 2008 hide this blog

Is an Implant a Legitimate Reason Not to Deport?
Jamie Berke (About.com) The Guardian newspaper from the U.K. has a report on a deaf girl of African heritage whose family faces deportation because their application to stay was denied. The family is...
Media Tech Legal Culture Sun, Jun 22 2008 hide this blog

Smoking and Diabetes Both Linked to Hearing Loss
Jamie Berke (About.com) Two items of interest recently: First, a European study has found a link between smoking and hearing loss. This is not new, but this study found a "clear link." Next,...
Media Sat, Jun 21 2008 hide this blog

Rape of Deaf Four Times Higher?
Jamie Berke (About.com) A deaf woman was interviewed by an ABC affiliate about being raped twice. The article states, "Sexual assault against members of the deaf community is four times higher than it...
Media Legal Fri, Jun 20 2008 hide this blog

Fear of Crime Restricts Deaf Ability to Order at McDonalds
Jamie Berke (About.com) Emg4963 has posted on the forum about the frustration a deaf brother had in trying to order at a McDonald's drive-in window late at night. The brother tried to hand...
Media Audism Tech Legal Wed, Jun 18 2008 hide this blog

Another Deaf Teen Graduates High School
Jamie Berke (About.com) This article from the Progress-Index about Marcel Waters started off typically, but as I read further, it revealed something else. Waters had received a cochlear implant when he was a...
Media Education Tech Sun, Jun 15 2008 hide this blog

Blogs of Interest
Jamie Berke (About.com) Here are this week's blogs of interest. Most were published in the past week (June 8 to June 14), but some were published earlier. Interpreter with ALS - Karen tells us...
Language Tech Culture Sat, Jun 14 2008 hide this blog

Heat, Humidity, and Hearing Aids
Jamie Berke (About.com) In the summertime, heat and humidity are the enemies of hearing aids (and cochlear implants, as I have discovered). In fact, during the recent heat wave that we had, a...
Tech Fri, Jun 13 2008 hide this blog

No One is Perfect - Not Even Marlee Matlin
Jamie Berke (About.com) According to this press release, Marlee Matlin will release her own autobiography (referred to as a memoir) in 2009. The book is expected to include her "confession" about her...
Media Art and Storytelling Thu, Jun 12 2008 hide this blog

Handling Discrimination on the Job
Jamie Berke (About.com) As regular readers of this blog know, I frequently receive emails from deaf and hard of hearing people sharing their tales of discrimination because of their hearing loss, on the...
Legal Wed, Jun 11 2008 hide this blog

Deaf British Athletes Lose Funding
Jamie Berke (About.com) As if the problem of deaf athletes struggling to get funding wasn't bad enough... now the government of the UK has diverted funds from deaf British Deaflympians to the regular...
Media Audism Culture Mon, Jun 09 2008 hide this blog

Deaf Parents with Unruly Hearing Children
Jamie Berke (About.com) Lisac747 is a teacher with a challenging issue, posted on the forum: one of her students and his brother are being difficult and taking advantage of the fact their parents...
Audism Education Sat, Jun 07 2008 hide this blog

Hear See Hope
Jamie Berke (About.com) I just learned about the existence of this nonprofit organization working to fund research into a cure for Usher Syndrome, which causes both deafness and blindness: HearSeeHope. The organization was...
Sat, Jun 07 2008 hide this blog

Blogs of Interest
Jamie Berke (About.com) These are the blogs of interest for June 1 to June 8. Law Enforcement and the Deaf - Eddie reveals he is the deaf son of a cop, and gives good...
Media Culture Sat, Jun 07 2008 hide this blog

Problems with Job Coaches?
Jamie Berke (About.com) Rosiea2008 has shared her work story on the forum. It is a bit long, but what is intriguing is what she has to say about her experience (and others') with...
Audism Culture Thu, Jun 05 2008 hide this blog

Two Deaf Artists: A Child and an Adult
Jamie Berke (About.com) Two good articles in the news today, about a deaf child and a deaf adult. The one about a deaf child is about Vivienne Crews, a talented artist who attends...
Media Art and Storytelling Culture Mon, Jun 02 2008 hide this blog

Sara Collins, 2008 Gallaudet Valedictorian
Jamie Berke (About.com) The Green Bay Press-Gazette has a profile of Sara Collins, who was valedictorian at the 2008 Gallaudet University graduation. The writing is a bit condescending and includes the usual "fourth...
Media Higher Education Sun, Jun 01 2008 hide this blog

Blogs of Interest
Jamie Berke (About.com) Here are the blogs of interest for the week of May 25 to May 31. The weekend isn't over yet, so I will be updating later today or tomorrow to...
Sat, May 31 2008 hide this blog

Being Sued, Difficulty Getting CART Services
Jamie Berke (About.com) Kbfromlb has posted on the forum about his/her difficulty in obtaining CART services to assist in a court case. At the same time, kbfromlb was warned by a mediator that...
Legal Thu, May 29 2008 hide this blog

Deaf Characters in Fictional Literature
Jamie Berke (About.com) During the lazy days of summer, you may want to read a novel or a short story with deaf characters. Here are sources of information on novels and short stories...
Wed, May 28 2008 hide this blog

New Sign Language Video Tool in Development
Jamie Berke (About.com) Boston University is developing an interactive video tool that is similar to, but not, a dictionary. With this tool, people will be able to "enter" a sign that they...
Tech Tue, May 27 2008 hide this blog

Blogs of Interest
Jamie Berke (About.com) Here are the blogs of interest for the week of May 18 to May 24. Deaf Models - Candy writes a long blog posting on deaf models, including a tale...
Media Sat, May 24 2008 hide this blog

CODA Football Player
Jamie Berke (About.com) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article about a football player, Jamaal Anderson, whose father is deaf. In other words, he is a CODA - a child of a deaf adult....
Media Culture Thu, May 22 2008 hide this blog

Possible Effect of Congenital Rubella Syndrome?
Jamie Berke (About.com) Sherry Wallis has posted a new response to the earlier post, "Desperately Seeking..Rubella Babies." Wallis, in comment #10, says she is experiencing a very unusual symptom as follows (I did...
Tue, May 20 2008 hide this blog

Insurance Coverage After the CI: Auditory Training
Jamie Berke (About.com) Does your insurance cover auditory training for you or your child, after receiving a cochlear implant? My insurance does not cover it. I have talked to several people and they...
Language Tech Legal Mon, May 19 2008 hide this blog

Sign Language Dictionary Subscription Online
Jamie Berke (About.com) The National Technical Institute for the Deaf has made its sign language dictionary, the American Sign Language Video Dictionary and Inflection Guide, available online for an annual subscription fee. ...
Language Mon, May 19 2008 hide this blog

A Deaf Senior Prom
Jamie Berke (About.com) The San Diego Union-Tribune has an article about a senior prom for deaf students, by deaf students. Apparently this is a trend, because the article mentions another deaf prom in...
Language Education Culture Sun, May 18 2008 hide this blog

Blogs of Interest
Jamie Berke (About.com) By reader request, here are the blogs that I found to be interesting, entertaining, or informative this past week (May 11 to May 17), in chronological order. There were many...
Sat, May 17 2008 hide this blog

Two Months Later - a Cochlear Implant (CI) Update
Jamie Berke (About.com) It is now two months since I got the cochlear implant. What has changed? What is still the same? What is still the same: I'm still deaf in many ways. If...
Tech Sat, May 17 2008 hide this blog

Tinnitus Causes Hard of Hearing Man to Lose Job
Jamie Berke (About.com) An About.com visitor wrote: I was born with a hearing defect but over the last few years it has become worse. In 2001 I started to get tinnitus in both my...
Audism Legal Thu, May 15 2008 hide this blog

Loud Shirts for Dollars for Deaf Children
Jamie Berke (About.com) Some students at a public school in Australia are trying a creative method of raising funds for a deaf educational organization, the Shepherd Centre: "loud shirt" day. This is one...
Art and Storytelling Culture Thu, May 15 2008 hide this blog

So Many Good Blogs. What to Do?
Jamie Berke (About.com) Like you, I am starved for time. Then I look at DeafRead.com, and I am overwhelmed. So many good blogs and I can't read them all. Neither can you. Awhile...
Media Wed, May 14 2008 hide this blog

Are You Treated Differently in the Workplace?
Jamie Berke (About.com) That is the question asked by a poll posted on the forum by LRHamke. The poll question is: "Do you feel that you're being treated differently by others in your...
Culture Sun, May 11 2008 hide this blog

Update on Chad and His Parents - You're Not Going to Like...
Jamie Berke (About.com) Remember Chad and his parents? Chad was the deaf youth whose parents battled ASDB contending his education was inadequate. His parents have now posted an update to the original...
Education Legal Fri, May 09 2008 hide this blog

Odyssey on Deaf Children with Autism
Jamie Berke (About.com) 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...
Education Thu, May 08 2008 hide this blog

Solar-Powered Hearing Aids
Jamie Berke (About.com) 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...
Tech Tue, May 06 2008 hide this blog

Bangladesh Deaf High School Struggling
Jamie Berke (About.com) 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...
Mon, May 05 2008 hide this blog

Trix Bruce at NVCC
Jamie Berke (About.com) 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)...
Language Art and Storytelling Culture Sat, May 03 2008 hide this blog

Is the Phrase "Falls On Deaf Ears" Respectful or...
Jamie Berke (About.com) 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...
Media Language Sat, May 03 2008 hide this blog

Farewell to InSight Cinema
Jamie Berke (About.com) 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...
Media Tech Wed, Apr 30 2008 hide this blog

Hard of Hearing Stepdaughter
Jamie Berke (About.com) 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...
Tue, Apr 29 2008 hide this blog