New Grammar Software for Deaf/HH Writers and Professionals
Mike McConnell New Grammar Software for Deaf/HH Writers and Professionals.Check out the new "online, browser-based tool, aimed at deaf students and professionals who are conversant with sign languages like ASF (American Sign Language) but are not very fluent in English. It detects and simultaneously corrects any grammatical errors found in the user´s written English composition."And [...]
Wed, Jun 27 2007

First Electric Hearing Aid
Fookem and Bug                        First Electric Hearing Aid - Some claim that Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, developed in 1876, was conceived as an electric hearing aid for his mother. The first electric hearing aid may have been the Akoulathon, designed in 1898 by Miller Reese Hutchinson of the Akouphone Company in Alabama. The carbon transmitter was enlisted for [...]
Wed, Jun 27 2007

And Now to the Burning Issue...
Dan McClintock Political Cartoon of the WeekOnce in a while I like to blog on non-deaf issues, like the latest Paris Hilton news. This evening I'd like to blog on the immigration issue. It is still being debated in Congress as we sit and read each other's blogs. What are your thoughts on this? Me, I think the U.S. immigration policy is flawed, racist, and hypocritcial. We welcome [...]
Wed, Jun 27 2007

More Good Blog Postings
Jamie Berke (About.com) Last week, when selecting a blog posting to highlight in the About.com Deafness newsletter, I came across several good blog postings that I feel deserve a mention on the About.com...
Tue, Jun 26 2007

Vary Def, Herring Empared and Hees Muwt
Mike McConnell Abby: "Hey, you like baseball?"Cosby: "Sure. Love the sport!"Abby: "Hear about the new players with the Red Sox?"Cosby: "Yeah, I heard something about it but I don´t know their names. I do know they replaced the old ball players on 1st, 2nd and 3rd base."Abby: "Yeah. The guy on 1st base? Herring Empared. How unreal is that?"Cosby: "Sad to hear that."Abby: "What did [...]
Tue, Jun 26 2007

Time Running Out For NJ Deaf American Bulldog
Deaf Animal Row Hi deaf dog lovers, I uploaded a new adoption listing for a 1 y/o Am Bull that is GORGEOUS. She's in a shelter in Teterboro, NJ. Like lots of shelters, they are cramped for space and have to make decisions. Apparently, the vet is advocating that Chloe be euthanized soon since she's been at the shelter for a few months although she seems to be a real gem. The shelter [...]
Tue, Jun 26 2007

New to the world of blogging
Empowered Home Team Hi to all; I am new to the world of blogging. I am a hearing man married to a Interpreter that is a CODA, my father was a teacher at Michigan School of the Deaf for 20 years, we moved to Washington State where my wife has worked in the class room working with deaf students. I came across this web site and my wife and I could not stop reading. I am a Realtor and I am [...]
Tue, Jun 26 2007

Need Feedback from Hearing Parents, etc
Bilingual for all Deaf Children This post is for hearing parents of deaf children, interpreters, hearing ASL students, etc I would like to have feedback from you about how the website could be improved better with informations that could benefit parents of deaf children and other people that want to learn more about the Deaf Culture and American Sign Language. Please visit [link] Here are some of [...]
Tue, Jun 26 2007

Partnering with Kids' Teachers
Bionic Ear Thank goodness our independent school district allows teachers and parents communicate by e-mail. The district also provides online tools for reviewing grades, attendance and lunch account updates. One of my kids runs into a situation a little more than the average student, so e-mail plays a valuable role in keeping communication open between the school and me. It [...]
Tue, Jun 26 2007

Parliament: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
Grumpy Old Deafies The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been debated in the House of Lords. Lord Ashley of Stoke (a Peer who is deafened), included a bit about deaf people in his speech. The relevant passage is below: Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour) However, in the vast area of the world to be affected, the authorities must bear in mind the paramount [...]
Tue, Jun 26 2007

Parliament: Deaf Sport
Grumpy Old Deafies Malcolm Bruce (Gordon, Liberal Democrat) To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations her Department has received about continued funding for UK Deaf Sport; and if she will make a statement. Richard Caborn (Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport) The Department has received correspondence from Craig [...]
Tue, Jun 26 2007

Guest Blogger - Ammunition for Annihilating Audistic...
DeafDC.com By Jason Lamberton I subscribe to the New Scientist magazine, which often antagonizes me because it occasionally carries pieces that are, according to me, siren songs singing sourdicide (sourds = deaf + genocide). Or, in less antagonistic words, the magazine from time to time heralds the work being done towards a cure for deafness, often carrying [...]
Tue, Jun 26 2007

Deaf Strength
Mike McConnell It is not often you come across a website or even nowadays blogsite that discusses deaf/hh weightlifters whether they're powerlifters, bodybuilders, or even a strongman. These things are in short supply around here. Sometimes you may come across personal websites that are new such as the new Deaf Strength website by a guy named Dave Blackwell out of United Kingdom. [...]
Tue, Jun 26 2007

Change Is Inevitable
RidorLIVE I finally observed the concept diagram of my alma mater, VSDB. What do I think of this? Mixed feelings. Some ideas are plainly dumb and impractical. Some ideas are good. But I foresee a lot of conflicts between deaf students and blind students. No, I'm not talking about deaf-blind students. I'm talking [...]
Tue, Jun 26 2007

TUESDAY HAS NO FEEL: Are Hard-of-Hearing People Deaf Too?
RidorLIVE I can hear well. I can talk good. In fact, I can hear and talk well than around or more than 90% of deaf population (at least, I think so). I like listening to music. A lot of time when I am with my friend who happens to be deaf and a hearing person [...]
Tue, Jun 26 2007

Two Cute L'il Crabs at Lunch Break
Dan McClintock Crab Funnies
Mon, Jun 25 2007

More Crab Funnies
Dan McClintock Never Trust a Crab with Rubber Bands Around Its Claws
Mon, Jun 25 2007

Crab Funnies #3
Dan McClintock Crab Sign Language
Mon, Jun 25 2007

Ofcom's lack of proactiveness
Grumpy Old Deafies In the UK digital television is required to meet an eventual 5% target for producing signed output on television (unless granted an exemption). Since the interpreter cannot be turned off, this annoys some viewers, and from time to time we usually see threads on mainstream forums complaining about this. The latest such thread can be seen here. What annoys me here, [...]
Mon, Jun 25 2007

Response to Ward Nyholm's Vlog
Dan McClintock Hey, folks! Ward Nyholm developed an interesting vlog about rare, ASL comics that you should view.Rare Deaf/ASL ComicsWard, thank you for blurbing my comic book PAH-CHAMP! and other gentlemen's comic books. You asked for feedback on why there weren't any subsequent issues. Here is my response: my first issue sold well at first but didn't generate enough revenue to my [...]
Mon, Jun 25 2007

My Type? Well ... See, See!
RidorLIVE There are some personal things in life that I do not share with the readers in the long run. But this information is merely to give you a small glimpse of what I liked the most. Johnny Knoxville and Nick Simmons are two of several guys that I can easily flip over. But they [...]
Mon, Jun 25 2007

HOH Advantage Over Deaf?
Mike McConnell In response to Butterfly´s blog piece "Hard of Hearing people get advantage over Deaf people?? " I guess it's time I better speak up since I am one of the few "rare" HOH individuals here.Now, what I will be describing here is by no means "showing off" but rather to give my readers an idea on what I can or cannot do in terms of my hearing loss and speaking ability to [...]
Mon, Jun 25 2007

Hello! A deaf onboard to Australia with hearing program.
Mariah's Thoughts Hello!My name is Mariah Ransom.I am deaf, I attend mainstream program at Rodriguez High School in Fairfield, California. I will be sophomore this fall and I am fifteen.This is my first Blog.I will be blogging for several times.I was supposed to do blogs for HOVRS, but they couldn't get me a MAC.I really want to thank HOVRS for their support for me to go to Australia [...]
Mon, Jun 25 2007

Defining Ethics
Deaf Pagan Crossroads Recently, I wrote a post for DeafDC.com in which I discussed the concept of ethics as it might apply to the deaf v/blogosphere. You can read this post here. This post generated considerable discussion and some interesting comments. I want to take a moment to thank all of the individuals who read this post, and especially those who did leave comments. Trying to [...]
Mon, Jun 25 2007

Preview of T-Mobile Wing
DeafPagers.com Blog Some of you may remember the T-Mobile MDA. It was a device with a lot of promise, but didn't really work out well for the deaf market. T-Mobile has been selling a successor to the MDA, called the T-Mobile Wing, for about a month now. It's pretty much the same device with a few changes. Some of those changes include: Windows Mobile 6 Professional [...]
Mon, Jun 25 2007