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A new way to hear for Grayson: Brain stem implant.. At The Rim Imagine being born profoundly deaf, missing the vital nerve needed for you to hear. Without it, you had no options, until now. Born without the nerve that carries sound to the brain, 3-year-old Grayson Clamp became one of the first children in the United States to receive an auditory brain stem implant (ABI) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "The day... Tue, Mar 11 2014 · 3 hours ago USA deaf-mute allowed to cook to death... At The Rim No folks, this isn't the 3rd world ! Earl Vernon has been fighting for years over a lawsuit for damages to seek justice for his brother David Vernon, who he said died in the care of an Aacres Landing assisted living house. (Captioned news item). "I was given assurances, guarantees and promises that they would provide for his health and safety," said Vernon. ... Tue, Mar 11 2014 · 3 hours ago Notetaker found, panic over..... At The Rim Minutes before Mojo Mathers was due to give a speech last week, she began to worry. The note-takers for the profoundly deaf Green MP were not available in the House and she was unable to follow the previous speeches on the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill. Realising the problem, National Party whip Louise Upston scrambled to swap Ms Mathers' spe... Tue, Mar 11 2014 · 14 hours ago CREATING AND USING VIDEO CV's.... At The Rim Yosser, intent on getting a job, maybe not the perfect vid CV but.... can't fault his desire to work ! Below the sanitised way of doing it, but, would an employer take a second look at a signed video CV ? The one-minute video résumés used in this research were created by a video production companyspecializing in both TV advertisements and professional video résum... Tue, Mar 11 2014 · 14 hours ago Verizon: Services for deaf and HI... At The Rim This short video describes Verizon's services for the deaf and hearing-impaired with a twist -- it's in American Sign Language, and is captioned for the hearing. Tue, Mar 11 2014 · 15 hours ago ZERO HOURS SCAMS... At The Rim A deaf poster has asked, can I refuse to accept a job offer if I am unemployed, and if zero hours is part of the contract? Basically YES you can refuse a job offered you that contains zero hours.You cannot be forced to accept zero hours or have allowances removed IF the conditions below are part of the offer...(1) If Employment is less than 24 hours a week.1. If... Mon, Mar 10 2014 Hearing loss causes depression.... At The Rim They had to RESEARCH that ? Where has this researcher been living ? Hearing impairment is associated with depression among U.S. adults of all ages, especially women and adults age 70 and younger, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Chuan-Ming Li of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, part of the National Institutes of Health in Bethe... Mon, Mar 10 2014 Deaf Germans get access... At The Rim The Federal Employment Agency (BA) will start on Monday a new service for deaf and hearing impaired. As of Monday, the deaf have the opportunity to speak directly with a sign language interpreter service with the service centers of the BA. "So far, the deaf telephone access to our services closed. With the new service, we have cleared this hurdle aside, "said Raimu... Mon, Mar 10 2014 To be a Deaf Actor, or not to be ? At The Rim Whether 'tis noble and all that stuff is besides the point mainly. Consider "Glee", a TV show unmistakably self-satisfied with its inclusiveness. LINK Its makers would never have considered having Rachel, the female lead, played by a man in drag. They would not have considered having Mercedes, the most prominent black character, played by a white actress in bla... Mon, Mar 10 2014 My Deaf Mother.... At The Rim Conversations with my deaf mother, by ANDRÉ ACIMAN I always knew my mother couldn’t hear, but I can’t remember when it dawned on me that she’d always be deaf. If I was told, I didn’t believe it. It was no different when I learned about sex. Someone may have sat me down for the facts of life, and although I wasn’t really shocked and probably already kne... Mon, Mar 10 2014 Democracy or Prudence ? At The Rim Regular readers of ATR noticed two recent polls were posted to determine if they wanted a comment or response option on the ATR blog and, if such an option should ensure anonymous posters would be actively prevented from offering response. ATR recognises many 'e-addy's' and nom-de-plumes used at deaf read and elsewhere and would not offer censorship as such on... Sun, Mar 09 2014 Kinect and sign language translation At The Rim Catch on you think ? Microsoft research vblog. Sun, Mar 09 2014 A new reason why deaf cannot read.... At The Rim Could it not be that ASL is misaligned to English, as is the case in the UK with BSL ? who teach sign via a different grammar too, isn't SIGNED ENGLISH the answer ? Not just blaming educationalists for not signing more ? All this and ignoring that in the UK e.g. there is regional sign differences that can vary by up to 43% ? Still they oppose any norm. Poor ... Sun, Mar 09 2014 How to lobby your MP.... At The Rim If you are a BSL user that is...... not if you are a deaf person that doesn't sign. I suppose that means when they DO learn how to lobby they will just be lobbying about BSL and nothing else, which does no-one else any favours. These people have no other cause to talk about and rarely understand the issues of others or care. Here is the Idiots guide to lobbying ... Fri, Mar 07 2014 Hearing Aid of the future ? At The Rim The VGHA (visually guided hearing aid ), can approximate or even surpass the normal human ear’s ability to choose what to tune into and what to ignore. It does this by making two preexisting technologies—an eye-tracker and an acoustic beam–forming microphone array—work together to counter some of the problems in typical hearing aids. Right now, the VGHA is a... Fri, Mar 07 2014 Blind clash with Deaf over Access Program... At The Rim Equality for some, not for others.......Deaf not playing fair ? Advocates for the blind and deaf clashed Thursday over a proposal to update a technology program for hearing-impaired people. Gov. Dennis Daugaard proposed what seemed like an innocuous measure: Amend a 1989 law to let the state provide modern smartphones and tablets to the hearing-impaired, instead ... Fri, Mar 07 2014 The End of the Deaf World... At The Rim 1950s throw backs. Might have got over better with a few UFO's included. Let us hope it is an end to crap like this.... CI's are a norm, where you been ? Fri, Mar 07 2014 Sign Talk: Deaf Jewish excluded. At The Rim In the UK they have exclusive deaf clubs and meets for jews only, should we be supporting secular groups ? regardless if deaf or not ? Most think integration is the devil's tool ! Following on the heels of the global sign language interpreter fiasco at the Nelson Mandela Memorial service, SignTalk Foundation recently learned that another higher profile event was ... Fri, Mar 07 2014 The Ears 'Biological Clock'... At The Rim Researchers have identified a 'biological clock' in the ear that controls how well hearing damage may heal, a finding that may help develop new treatments for people with hearing disabilities. The study may also explain why we have different levels of noise sensitivity during different times of the day. Important body functions, such as sleep, the immune sys... Thu, Mar 06 2014 CODA: My deaf parents inspired me... At The Rim Volg with ASL: Duwyce Wilson wants one more shot to jump up from the turf, thrust a thumb and two fingers in the air and remind his parents how much he loves them. It's all Wilson has known, long before he enrolled at Indiana University and embarked on an often frustrating run the rangy receiver hopes won't be the end of his football career. "They gave me my ur... Thu, Mar 06 2014 The pen that's transformed life for deaf Bath Rugby player.. At The Rim Bath Rugby flanker Mat Gilbert is one of the first people in the UK to be fitted with the Phonak Roger device Mat Gilbert, a flanker at Bath Rugby, gradually lost his hearing as a child. He is one of the first people in the UK to be fitted with the Phonak Roger device, a wireless microphone that allows hearing aid users to hear and understand speech more clear... Thu, Mar 06 2014 Pharmacies: A Cause for concern ? At The Rim A follow on from a concern the UK government was asking its NHS patients to utilize pharmacies for low-level health advice, and why ATR rejected the whole thing, blaming nonsensical and biased deaf awareness advice, staff turnover invalidating it, and a declaration from commercial pharmacies they wouldn't cover any communication access anyway but would have to withd... Thu, Mar 06 2014 Non-BSLusers angry at Deaf Lobby.. At The Rim Recent adverts and social media plugs for the BDA 'Deaf Lobby' in London and recent posts by their misguided blog supporters was met with frustration and anger as the 'Lobby' pretty much was non-inclusive of deaf people and only inclusive of BSL using people. Two posters wrote in re attending the BDA lobby: Poster (A) "I would love to, but I am a deaf person who... Wed, Mar 05 2014 Deaf Cultural Center - A Different Way to Hear At The Rim Signed/Captioned vlog from the USA, on awareness.... Wed, Mar 05 2014 Movie technology allows blind or deaf viewers enjoy films At The Rim New technology at the Broadway Cinema in Eureka, Calif., gives both blind and deaf viewers the ability to enjoy a movie by themselves. "My wife or my kids or whoever I am with do not have to talk to me during the film. I do not have to go with anyone else," Forbes explains. There are two machines. If you're deaf or hearing impaired, a personal closed captioning m... Wed, Mar 05 2014 My Life: Signing Off ..... At The Rim In ‘My Life: Signing Off’ we meet ten year old Ben. Ben is no ordinary ten year old. Ben and his youngest sister are the only two hearing people in a deaf family, and with their parents, brothers and sister all being deaf, sign language is their first language. Ben moves between two parallel worlds; a world full of noise, speech and music and a world that is silen... Tue, Mar 04 2014 We Deafinitely can speak.... At The Rim Volg with sign language: The Phillipino Deaf community, asking for greater recognition of their rights. Interesting watching how they teach the deaf to speak. State of the Nation is a nightly newscast anchored by award-winning broadcast journalist, Jessica Soho. It airs Mondays to Fridays at 9:00 PM (PHL Time) on GMA News TV Channel 11. Tue, Mar 04 2014 Volume equals Noise ? At The Rim A hearing resident wrote into a UK HI charity wondering how on earth she could get a HoH neighbour to turn down the excess volume on his TV set, which was shaking her partition wall at all hours. She accepted the hearing loss and was polite, but the noise went on regardless, it was explained the HoH neighbour 'needed' loud volume to simply hear, (Actually that is wron... Tue, Mar 04 2014 1 week in the dark, then hear more..... At The Rim Lock yourself in a dark room for 7 days regain more hearing. Is this why the blind have enhanced hearing skills ? In the Marvel Comic Daredevil our eponymous hero is the victim of a radioactive spill, leaving him blind but also with an extraordinary heightening of his other senses, particularly hearing. For Julie, her superhuman hearing isn't the result of ... Mon, Mar 03 2014 A more equal Europe - Ádám Kósa, first deaf MEP At The Rim Signed/Captioned Vlog from Europe's Deaf MEP, now DeafYou please follow suit. What does 21 February 2014, International Mother Tongue Day, mean to you? Ádám Kósa's mother tongue is Hungarian sign language. He is the first deaf Member or the European Parliament. In 2013 he received the MEP Award of the Year in employment and social affairs. He believes in ... Mon, Mar 03 2014 Bring Back Deaf Power ? At The Rim Signed vlog from Austria: Deaf aren't interested in community any more ? The medical has overtaken the cultural view ? Can 'Deaf Power' restore the balance ? What IS 'Deaf Power' ? Don't they just mean sign language ? a Medium less and less deaf people are solely reliant on ? Has the drive for more equality and access removed the basis of their cultural n... Mon, Mar 03 2014 DeafHear.ie: 50 years of deaf service award At The Rim A half a century of services to deaf and hard of hearing members of our community was marked by DeafHear.ie, the national association for deaf and hard of hearing people. The association hosted a large group of local public representatives, members of the deaf community and longtime supporters of the association in the north east. Cllr Eamonn O’Boyle, chairman of... Mon, Mar 03 2014 Sign Language Translators in the Emirates... At The Rim They seem to have stricter rules than we do, there is no UK requirement interpreters have to attend social events in the deaf community, indeed, it could well be viewed as crossing the line of neutrality an Interpreter has to respect with deaf clients. Familiarity, breeding the proverbial. What has culture to do with communication translation ? One suspects ... Mon, Mar 03 2014 The Ukraine.. At The Rim Russia is doing what we or America would do if our naval fleet was at risk. They are protecting it. Russia has an agreement till 2024 to base its fleet in the Crimea/Black sea. What is more ludicrous is the UK sending an ambassador there to poke his nose in. They must be having a huge laugh in the Kremlin over that. The UK gets a lot of gas and energy from... Mon, Mar 03 2014 ATOS KILLERS STRIKE AGAIN.... At The Rim How the culling of the disabled community is happening in the UK. Mark Wood who was declared fit to work weighed just five stone when police found his body. Disabled Mark Wood starved to death four months after his benefits were cut, an inquest heard. The “frail and vulnerable” 44-year-old weighed just 5st 8lbs when he was found. He had been declared fit t... Sun, Mar 02 2014 BB Star's Brother: It was deaf hate attack. At The Rim I am completely supportive of her brother, but find she is exploiting him for coverage of herself, don't YOU ? Look at the pictures she poses for on such a serious issue as her brother being beaten up. It is all about her.. and her, and her bits out for the papers....JOSIE Gibson has taken to Twitter to thank fans for their support following her deaf brother's a... Sun, Mar 02 2014 Surrogate baby scam: Gino Di Caprio jailed At The Rim A man has been jailed for duping a deaf couple into paying money for a surrogate child that did not exist. Gino Di Caprio, 52, of Old Row, Rossendale, Lancashire, obtained an undisclosed sum of money from the deaf couple in Reading, Berkshire between January 2012 and August 2013. He pleaded guilty in January to false representation to make gain for oneself or an... Fri, Feb 28 2014 If a picture paints a 1,000 words.. At The Rim Then this is war and peace....... who cares ? Fri, Feb 28 2014 Mental Health in Wales: Sheer chaos... At The Rim A short excerpt from the all-wales study on Mental Health Support for the deaf. Confusion over disability and culture, hampers support, and the report concentrates NOT on deaf people, but BSL using deaf people. Do they need another all wales survey to assess across the board. "Social Services did not seem to be the most appropriately placed departments to und... Fri, Feb 28 2014 New Program Changes How Deaf People Bank At The Rim Signed/CC vlog (USA). Justin Sato is one student who is taking advantage, of Advantage Federal Credit Union on campus."As interpreters, most of us will be free lancing so there's going to be appointments whether it's doctors appointments or anything else where money is going to be involved so just in general to have that background is important to us," Justin say... Fri, Feb 28 2014 Deaf women refused ASL support at Hospital... At The Rim Two deaf woman are suing a hospital alleging they were refused the aid of a sign language interpreter. sign-language Penny Trahan and Rhonda Morgan filed a lawsuit in Feb. 20 in the Jefferson County District Court against Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth, citing violations of chapter 121, violation of the American against Disabilities Act and violations of Section 5... Fri, Feb 28 2014 Louise in Bid to be UK's 2nd deaf MP.... At The Rim FORMER soldier Louise Reecejones is hoping to break down barriers by becoming Stoke-on-Trent's – and the UK's – second deaf MP. Ms Reecejones, from the Wirral, is one of eight women who have applied to become Labour's candidate for Stoke-on-Trent North in next year's General Election. The 36-year-old, below, who became deaf in 2004, says she wants to show tha... Thu, Feb 27 2014 A2W. Why won't it work for others ? At The Rim This is for self-employment, why won't it work for being employed by other people ? Support meant deafness was no barrier to Ryan starting his own plastering business. The Government's Access To Work scheme can help people with a range of disabilities to overcome barriers to entering the job market or self-employment. Profoundly deaf and struggling to make a li... Thu, Feb 27 2014 Students forced to leave as access withdrawn. At The Rim TAFE Illawarra has refused to explain changes to its disability support services which have resulted in at least two deaf students withdrawing from courses. The students include Mangerton's Donna White, who was provided with interpreters and a note-taker for three years while she studied a certificate qualification. She enrolled in a diploma-level course in communi... Wed, Feb 26 2014 Deaf Law Centre closures... At The Rim Surely if solicitors gave access to the deaf we wouldn't need them ? Maybe they never heard of BSL interpreters...... For myself, I haven't seen any advances made by deaf lawyers in the UK for years, and given the huge access to health and employment issues, one would have thought they had more work than they could ever cope with, but all the campaigns and iss... Wed, Feb 26 2014 Boots: We don't provide signed support.... At The Rim Recent response from one of the UK's leading chemists, regarding information from them as to why 'access' to 'advice' on medications or minor health issues, failed to provide sign language access, but did provide loop access. This was a follow-on from the the UK government's official advice to not bother GP's on minor issues but to ask chemists for advice inst... Tue, Feb 25 2014 Deaf mute attacked for food begging...
At The Rim These shocking images show a defenceless deaf-mute woman moments after she was attacked next one of the new World Cup stadiums in Brazil. The vulnerable woman had been begging on the streets of Curitiba for food when she was brutally attacked by unidentified assailants. Municipal guards took the badly injured woman from the area near the Arena da Baixada st... Tue, Feb 25 2014 |
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