Crazy Summer Days
I'm adopting a deaf child with Ushers, now wh Hard to believe it has been a month since I have written anything on here. Where did the time go? We have been so busy -- Rebecca got her hearing aid and loves it! She shows it off all of the time.We are still working on the adoption which is now in full swing, we will sign papers at the end of this month and then consumate in August. We have received all of her recor...
Language Education Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

Pitch Perception Test- Real Time Reporting!
icedpinkchampagne As I've mentioned before, I LOVE the pitch perception test (Link found in the right column). It is challenging enough to be wildly interesting, delivers feedback immediately so I can integrate learning into it, and I feel it helps me notice my improvement (or lack thereof) in sound perception.So... here goes. I find it helps to play it more than once since your result...
Tech Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

You have a Phone Call!
Say What? I'm going to leave you with a funny story for the weekend. A little background: I have almost never had a phone call through the office sent to me; my calls are always done on my computer. Still, I get a few messages that I received a call. Usually I can just call them right back [...]
Art and Storytelling Culture Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

B# or Ship Out
icedpinkchampagne I'm listening to "John Coltrane's My Favourite Things" right now. The beginning sent chills up my arms for some reason (Auditory overload? Amazing music? Both?). But then ... it dropped away a mere minute into the composition. I only have my implant on not my hearing aid, so that could be why. But it strikes me as odd.What I've really found though, is it takes my brai...
Tech Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

Making the System Just a Little Bit Better
An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan's Cochlear Amy Cohen Effron left the following comment on my post "To Implant or Not To Implant a Child Who Has Never Been Amplified:"Same here, and our challenge still lies:How can we effectively communicate to the parents that their 'expectations' are unrealistic, and how can we help the parents to embrace the child's unique differences?It happens a lot. Research done by...
Language Tech Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

Kevin McLeod - Nancy Fittro and Melaleuca
i711.com : Deaf News This Week In times past, direct marketing and multi-level-marketing programs developed an uncertain reputation...
Culture Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

Deaf Anthology Commentary # 1: "DBC/AGB Issues"
Deaf Anthology Welcome to our first commentary on Deaf Anthology, my observations over the weekend at both DBC and AGB national conference as a jounalist. I first I was planning on posting the commentary with the Vlog, but was advised to keep them seperate. Commentary is my first serious attempt to tackle the issues that confront us in our daily lives. First we will have a tour insi...
Language Education Tech Culture Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

DeafDC.com Movie Listings
DeafDC.com Captioned movie fans, we've updated DeafDC.com to contain links to two indispensable resources on the top right side of our homepage that DeafDC.com used over the past several years to manually update our captioned movie listings. We want you to have direct access to up-to-date movie captioning times and dates with accurate information. What was once [...]
Tech Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

Broadband Lacking…
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. Click to this and learn what a study revealed... [link] Excerpts from the link. "..attitude rather than availability may be the key reason why more Americans don't have high-speed" and Vint Cert, considered Father of Internet and himself is hard-of-hearing said why he preferred high speed broadband with the following remark "My enthu...
Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

Why "Medical Intervention" Enclosed in EDHI Bill And Seen...
RLMDEAF You ought to examine the "Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Program" H.R. 1198 legislation passage closely what it really meant by "medical intervention for children with hearing loss" and "appropriate programs". The EDHI bill also mention "treatment of hearing loss" and see deaf babies as "birth defect" [link] for the text of legislation - S 1712 and loo...
Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

Hocokan, the Center
Hocokan, the Center Greetings Brothers and Sisters,Before we begin, I want to set aside one thing first. Regardless of your culture and language or choice of language, you are human beings first before you are anything else. The arguments for 'too Deaf' or 'not deaf enough', to capitalize D for Deaf or not to capitalize d for deaf, to reject or to embrace ASL, bilingualism, oralism, and ...
Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

Open Mouths, Eyes, and Minds: AG Bell Convention 2008
Aaron Cues The past few days I attended the AG Bell Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was my first convention and I had no idea what it would be like. Little would I know that I'd have a great experience meeting new people and reuniting with old friends. Friday The first thing I did after registration was attend a short course titled "Fostering Critical Links Between...
Culture Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

Closing the Gap
At The Rim NDCS LINKDeaf Children to get a better deal.Case Studies(Anon England).“My daughter Emily is seven years old and is severely-profoundly deaf. We have had to push for all the support she gets in school."I feel that the education system is lacking for deaf children. Teachers are often unsure of how to ‘teach’ a deaf child, often leaving them to their own resources. "We ...
Culture Thu, Jul 03 2008 hide this blog

Are you part of the Disaster or part of the Solution? Help...
People of the Eye MEDIA DISASTER - NOT There has been some v/blogging about the two articles in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel covering the Deaf Bilingual Coalition conference and rallies and the AG Bell Association’s convention. [link] [link] Some have gone as far as to refer to it as a “media disaster” Some important quotes on MEDIA / PRESS: The most important service rendered by...
Media Culture Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Dr. Marlon Kuntze's Address
Deaf Bilingual Coalition Learning to read: The story behind the stories Presentation by Dr. Marlon Kuntze Here are some excerpts/summaries of Dr. Kuntze's...
Culture Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Sign the Petition: Subtitles on Video Clips
deafmac.org Thanks to Matt Klusza for starting this petition to get Apple to include subtitles in their video clips on their website and here's his request: Attention everyone!? I need a BIG help from you individually by signing a petition to demand apple.com to provide subtitles on its websiie. It's for Deaf community's sake. Because we are tired [...]
Media Language Tech Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Tattooed Back
That Deaf Cartoonist Ever had an experience at the gym in the locker room, when someone not knowing you are deaf, starts to talk behind you? A tattooed message on your back may be your best solution! ‘Til next time—Matt  
Art and Storytelling Culture Wed, Jul 02 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

Balance
Life In a Cone of Silence "We have overstretched our personal boundaries and forgotten that true happiness comes from living an authentic life fueled with a sense of purpose and balance".Somewhere along our paths, we got confused. Lost.For some reason or another we thought that nice things, pretty things, make us happy. Not sure at what point in time that we decided that bigger and better equ...
Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

HUMOUR: Accessible Pictures With Invision Sign Interpreting
All The Young Dudes In the push towards more accessible media, and in response to an overwhelming demand for sign langauge interpreted graphics, in-vision signer, I present to you, my humble self talking on the telephone. But first, let me introduce you to my telephone. The model that inspired the Abba Song, “Ring! Ring!” Having been inspired by some truly wonderful oral [.....
Language Art and Storytelling Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Decline? What Decline?
All The Young Dudes MM's recent post, Decline, begs question, “How does he define campaigning?” To campaign, do we always need to take to the streets, or can we campaign like STOP EUGENICS? That team has been working very hard, and still going strong. Without going into any detailed analysis of his post, which lacks any serious analysis, and merely asks questions that a...
Language Tech Culture Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Back at the Barn..
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone!Back at the barn and back at my desk. Glad to be home after a LONG trip to the NTID reunion in Rochester, NY.I heard a few things while I was on vacation. So here's the run down.Gallaudet University has been re-accredited and affirmed by the MSCHE. Actually, it was accredited at all times and the university has NEVER lost it's accreditation for any reas...
Higher Education Audism Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

ASL Class
Deaf - Hearing Relationship Ok, so we are canceling our little ASL class at the church at least for the duration of the summer. It was suggested we have the class twice a month rather than every week, but with only two people showing up, it did not seem worth it. I do not know if we will try [...]
Language Education Culture Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Let's Block Re-Authorization of "Early Hearing Detection...
RLMDEAF FYI, the re-authorization of "Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act" (EDHI) legislative bill have been recently introduced to the U.S. Senate for final voting anytime this summertime. This bill have been passed in the House of Representatives known as H.R. 2889 last April 2008. The EDHI bill is also an amendment to to the S 1712 bill known as "Screening for Hea...
Tech Legal Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Where are the deaf children?
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community FACTS: Approximately 95% of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HH) children are born to hearing parents (Mitchell & Karchmer, 2004). D/HH children who received early cochlear implants and high-quality early intervention achieve similar levels as their hearing peers (Cheng et al., 2006; Geers, 2004). In 1995 in the state of North Carolina, 40% of families chose auditor...
Language Education Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog