Noted Deaf Artist and Actor Chuck Baird Passes Away
Texas Association of the Deaf Photo: Credit to Steve Baldwin and Paul Rutowski Official Press Release February 10, 2012 Media Contact: David H. Pierce david@davideo.tv NOTED DEAF ARTIST AND ACTOR CHUCK BAIRD PASSES AWAY Chuck Baird, who was born on February 22, 1947, attended Kansas School for the Deaf, Gallaudet College (now Gallaudet University), and Rochester Institute of Technology. Upon com...
Sat, Feb 11 2012

Personal Independence Payments (PIP) for the deaf explained
Byddar - Cymru Here the DWP attempts (with nothing evident up their sleeves), to suggest we do not suffer discriminations or lack of access any more so your DLA will be scrapped and the PIP payment introduced to conform with the non-extant truism. Do you lip read ? NOT eligible, do you use a terp around the clock no ? NOT elegible etc etc.... Not only do we face higher discriminat...
Sat, Feb 11 2012

What is wrong in Indiana: start with the OMB report
Musings on communication Patti Durr mentioned the December 2011 OMB report that led to Bill HB 1367 being drafted. I decided to have a look for myself and here it is: Indiana OMB ReportAfter reading it, several items stick out:1. The point is hammered that each ISD child costs $45-47,000 per year to educate while a mainstreamed child costs $1,000 beyond the normal cost of public education. (R...
Sat, Feb 11 2012

Portrait of Chuck Baird – self portrait
Jon Savage Chuck Baird self portrait by Jon Savage – 12 inch by 12 inch Acrylic on stretched canvas.
Sat, Feb 11 2012

Panasonic Sets Up The Hearing Shop, A Wholesale Site...
Hearing Mojo Panasonic has taken another step in its methodical march toward a strong global presence in the hearing aid market by setting up a wholesale web site enabling licensed dispensers and audiologists to purchase Panasonic products online.
Sat, Feb 11 2012

Deaf girl kept as a slave
PDDCS News This week brought to the headlines the shocking story of a deaf girl trafficked to the UK. Over the last decade the young orphaned child from Pakistan had been been kept in a cellar as a slave. Details of the story are available at BBC NewsVulnerable adults and children are the main victims of human trafficking. UNICEF estimate 1.2 million children are ...
Sat, Feb 11 2012

ASL Music Videos Mentioned in the New York Times
Xpressive Handz The New York Times has a wonderful item about ASL music videos and the people who interpret them into sign. [link] With Their HandsDanny Ghitis for The New York TimesMichael Chase DiMartino, left, makes music videos in sign language.By AUSTIN CONSIDINEPublished: February 10, 2012A version of this article appeared in print on February 12, 2012, on pageST10 of the...
Sat, Feb 11 2012

Demand for a Kenyan Gallaudet ?
At The Rim The Kenya Society for the Deaf Children wants the government to set up a university for bright deaf students. Chairman Francis Ng’ang’a disclosed in Mwingi yesterday that the organisation will approach the government to put up a university to nurture their talents. Ng’ang’a said the education of most deaf children ends after form four and the top brains should...
Sat, Feb 11 2012

Signs of Love: Time
adreanaline Signs of Love is a short series of signs for Valentine's Day. Check out today's sign: Time!
Sat, Feb 11 2012

Noted Deaf Artist and Actor Chuck Baird Passes Away
submit by: Grant Laird Jr This is official press release for Chuck Baird. Thank you for post it. gwlj
Fri, Feb 10 2012

India's Own Inexpensive Cochlear Implant
Jamie Berke (About.com) It was bound to happen. Cochlear implants from the main manufacturers are too expnesive for many in foreign countries. Now India's scientists have come up with an inexpensive cochlear implant of their own, which will have clinical trials soon. How inexpensive? The Indian news media reports that the expected cost is as little as 1 lakh, compared to 7 to 10 lakh for the...
Fri, Feb 10 2012

Help in the Classroom: From a Game System?
Hearing Sparks (Photo from Flickr user barron)Can you imagine a classroom in which some kids are encouraged to be looking at their game systems?Nintendo and a Japanese company, NTT, are working together to make this a reality. The project they are working on will make it possible for deaf students to keep up with a lecture in the classroom. The project "captures instructor speech, c...
Fri, Feb 10 2012

Deaf lay judge interviewed after the trial
Deaf Japan News Tomaru Takayuki responds by sign language at the press conference. (photo: [link] February 4, 2012Judgment was given to the defendant (24) on February 3 by the lay judge trial in the Maebashi District Court in which TOMARU Takayuki (40) participated for the first time as a Deaf lay judge. After the trial, Takayuki said with a relieved expression through the inte...
Fri, Feb 10 2012

Lance's Deaf Orphans in Kenya
operation deaf orphans blog Hello, everyone!We hope you like our new website! We are very excited about going to Africa this summer, and it has consumed our thoughts lately (in a good way!) One of the programs that we will visit this summer with the team is Lance's Deaf Orphans. It is sponsored by Lance McWilliams, a deaf man who lives in Colorado. We've met him a few time...
Fri, Feb 10 2012

Deaf Organizations Met With FCC About NPRM Ruling
myVRS Relay Central Blog Tamar E. Finn Direct Phone: 202.373.6117 Fax: 202.373.6001 Tamar.finn@bingham.com February 8, 2012 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Notice of Ex Parte Meeting, CG Docket Nos. 03-123 and 10-51 Dear Ms. Dortch: On February 6, 2012, Claude Stout, Executive Director, Tel...
Fri, Feb 10 2012

Interview with deaf actor, playwright and stand-up comedian...
Charlie Swinbourne Sophie Woolley is an actor, playwright, and a stand-up comic. She starred in Channel 4′s drama series Cast Offs, has written numerous plays for theatre and Radio 4, and recently performed in her own online series, Deaf Faker. She has ... Continue reading →
Fri, Feb 10 2012

10yr old Deaf girl kept as sex slave in cellar
At The Rim A deaf 10-year-old girl was trafficked into the UK, repeatedly raped, kept in a cellar and treated as a virtual slave for almost a decade, a court heard today.The orphaned youngster from Pakistan, who is profoundly deaf and has no speech, was locked in a cellar each night where she would sleep on a concrete floor and by day was forced to work for no money and was sexu...
Fri, Feb 10 2012

Is hypnosis/hypnotherapy a good way to treat tinnitus?
deafness and hearing aids The most common form of tinnitus (subjective tinnitus) is where only the sufferer can hear the noise – i.e. there is no noise being produced by the physical body, it's all the mind. Common suggestions to alleviate tinnitus include TRT, de-stressing, noise therapy and relaxation techniques like yoga. Most of the recommended treatments for tinnitus involve ...
Fri, Feb 10 2012

Company claims it has launched the first pharmaceutical...
deafness and hearing aids Lincoln Pharmaceuticals announced that it has introduced the first injection pharmaceutical cure for tinnitus in India. Using the brand name Tinnex, the injection utilizes the Caroverine molecule, which was developed by Lincoln Pharma under a licensing arrangement and technical collaboration with Phafag AG, Switzerland. According to the company, cochlear synaptic ti...
Fri, Feb 10 2012

HB 1207 – A New Concern on the Horizon for the Indiana...
Deaf Echo You read that correctly. This article does not concern HB 1367, the bill that is causing so much controversy and uproar in the deaf community of Indiana (and the wider national deaf community). Deaf Echo has recently come across information on a new bill that may have serious ramifications for the Indiana School for [...]
Fri, Feb 10 2012

Signs of Love: Go Out
adreanaline Signs of Love is a short series of signs for Valentine's Day. Check out today's sign: Go Out!
Fri, Feb 10 2012

Watch FREE Deaf Korean Movie Online - "The Crucible"
Deaf boleh! Malaysia Last year, I wrote about an information of Korean movie, The Crucible here. Many Deaf Malaysians always asked me about where to watch this movie! They love to watch this! Since this movie called "Silenced" or "The Crucible" released out in South Korea on last Sept 22, 2011, It's really shocked about this movie watched by more than 4 million people...
Fri, Feb 10 2012

I Choose Deaf!
JonSSon Hard of Hearing is improper definition of category. It is too ambiguous. I choose Deaf because I will never be hearing. But what is H.O.H? Obviously, by implication, it is failure to hear thereby opening the door for the whole ... Continue reading →
Fri, Feb 10 2012

History of ASL Performer appear in Super Bowl
Illustrator: Blog-alloon 1992 – Harry Connick, Jr. / Lori Hilary – NO VIDEO 1993 – Garth Brooks / Marlee Matlin – SHOW 1994 – Natalie Cole / Courtney Keel Foley – MISS 1995 – Kathie Lee Gifford / Heather Whitestone – SHOW 1996 – Vanessa Williams / Mary Kim Titla – MISS 1997 – Luther Vandross / [...]
Fri, Feb 10 2012

My Friend the Interpreter ?
At The Rim A terp I used to know is on facebook every day, whilst she doesn’t mention her charges her posts (quite public), were totally outrageous, she mentioned people by first names, and content often sexual. The issue is deaf tend to treat interpreters they use as friends/confidants too, personally I always draw a line, unlike some I know who socialise with terps, which I ...
Fri, Feb 10 2012