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Audism Education Tech Culture Fri, Sep 26 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Will new 'Test' undermine the Deaf future ?
At The Rim Health experts today raised fears over a new test for pregnant women to detect genetic disorders in their babies. The simple blood test can diagnose conditions including Down's Syndrome and cystic fibrosis. But it has raised concerns that it could encourage "designer babies", with parents using it to select the sex. The test would be able to give the gender of an...
Audism Tech Culture Fri, Sep 26 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Texas School for the Deaf
deafmac.org When I went to Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) to do a Mosdeux production, the first thing I noticed when driving through the campus gate was an Apple computer sitting in the security booth. It was a sight akin to witnessing a pig fly. TSD is a Mac campus. Teachers, staffs, faculties, administrations [...]
Education Tech Fri, Sep 26 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The FCC PN on Reimbursable Costs for VRS/IP Providers
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. Lot of the FCC stuff I have not covered the last two months that I took hiatus while focusing on the PUC affairs. Since I am no longer with the PUC - I can start focusing on issues for edsalert; I've decided to start most recent FCC Public Notices (PN) and work way back to older ones. [...]
Tech Legal Fri, Sep 26 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

High Definition Runs "Closed Captioning" On Steroids!
Five String Guitar So we bit the bullet back in June and bought a "decent" television. I went with the "LG" brand. I spent weeks researching and narrowed down to a few manufacturers. In the end the "LG" was on sale at a terrific price, that included a years worth of free "High Def" from our local cable company.High Definition is truly wonderful, and I notice the difference. First of a...
Media Language Tech Fri, Sep 26 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The Buzz about DBC
Deaf Bilingual Coalition The Buzz about DBC By Jeanine Wiesblatt During the summer you might be vacationing, travelling, working or just being a couch potato....
Media Language Audism Education Tech Culture Thu, Sep 25 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

How are you guys doing?? DVTV is improving! AMAZING
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Tech Culture Thu, Sep 25 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The People I Meet - Ethan & Heather
Laurie's Dance with Sound Last Saturday I drove to Ohio for a little getaway. . .I take this trip once a year to have some time with family and friends. I also use this time to reflect, ponder, and have some quiet time at my aunt's home in the country in the middle of nowhere. (I'll write about this visit in another post.)On the way up, I stopped in Cincinnati to meet a new CI friend, Ethan ...
Language Education Tech Thu, Sep 25 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Some NBC and Fox Online Shows have Closed Caption!
Life is Complicated I'm a big fan of NBC's Heroes and I was very excited when I found out that NBC offered Closed Captioning on selected shows (Heroes is one of them)! I'd like to personally thank NBC for making Closed Caption possible on some shows, especially Heroes.Fox also has some online videos with Closed Caption options available to a limited selection of online videos. But hey, i...
Tech Thu, Sep 25 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Surrounded by sound!
SURROUND SOUND Sorry it's taken me so long to get this post up. We went to lunch after activation and when I got home I started working on the video. That has been largely unsuccessful so far...the model of Handycam that we borrowed isn't compatible with Windows Vista (I am stating for the record that I hate Vista, argh) so I had to go kick the old laptop into shape, install the Han...
Language Tech Wed, Sep 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

No, I'm not crazy, I DID see a UFO!
Musings on communication On Mike Schmidt's blog Oh I see he discusses paranormal experiences that Deaf people have had, or seen. Well, Mike, I can't say much about ghosts although my former in-laws are always good for spectral stories that they swear to have personally experienced! (Promise to tell you about that in another blog.) However, a commenter on your blog brought up UF...
Language Art and Storytelling Tech Wed, Sep 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

I’m walking down the middle road, hoping it veers off to...
Tania Says Today I'm feelin' a little lonely. Hopefully some of you can relate to me. See, I've always felt a little lost my entire life. I never quite fit in to the ‘hearing' world, because I have nowhere near perfect hearing. But I've never fit in to the ‘Deaf' world either, because I didn't grow up with [...]
Language Education Tech Culture Wed, Sep 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Bilaterl Dream Alive
Five String Guitar I am getting Advanced Bionics, the manufacturers and brains behind the wonderful technology that gives me sound in my life, to try to figure out the right side implant, and why it fails to give me the same sound as my left.I am excited about the upcoming appointment at the end of the month, because these people know their stuff, and no doubt will spend ample time gett...
Tech Wed, Sep 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Audiologist toneburst results
A more silent world The first ABR tests were done entirely with broadband frequency "clicks" that range from 1000-4000 Hz, roughly the entire speech range. Those showed that our son could hear down to about 35dB. But when a slope is present, that response is going to be "best case scenario".We went yesterday for pure-tone tests called "toneburst" and we got 500Hz, 2000Hz, and 4000Hz do...
Language Tech Wed, Sep 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

NASRA 2008 Conference
DeafNation The National Association for State Relay Administration (NASRA) held their annual conference in Lowell, Massachusetts, just this past week of September 16-19, at the DoubleTree Riverfront Hotel.
Media Tech Wed, Sep 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Sign-Translate
At The Rim SignTranslate GP.What is SignTranslate GP?SignTranslate GP is a revolutionary web-based computer program to aid communication between Deaf people and healthcare professionals in primary healthcare situations. It was launched to Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England in 2006 as SignHealth. The program also translates English into 12 foreign languages. How does it work?T...
Media Language Education Tech Wed, Sep 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Mapping Session Weirdness
Sudden Silence So this was kind of a weird mapping session. I had mapping #5 on Thursday, Sept. 18.  Krystine had a student with her this time (whose name I didn’t catch).  We started by sitting down and going over how things went in the past week.  I let her know that my left processor was still shutting [...]
Tech Wed, Sep 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Status update IV - early autumn 2008 - part 2 of 5
Becoming Deaf in Norway 2007 Adjustment of my HA Dear Abbie, this paragraph is dedicated to you: Earlier this year I complained about hypersensitivity to sounds, recruitment and other issues that made my days difficult. Then a fellow CI-blogger; Abbie simply suggested that I should get my hearing aids adjusted. Of course! Why didn't I think about that? (I think the [...]
Language Tech Wed, Sep 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Jennifer re-activates her first CI today - true bilateral...
Becoming Deaf in Norway 2007 My fellow CI-blogger, Jennifer activates her re-implanted 1st CI today. I'm so excited for her, and quite optimistic. All signs points to a successful activation today. (I can afford to get my hopes way up for her ;-) ). She really deserves to luck out, since her first attempt was more or less a disaster, [...]
Tech Wed, Sep 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

NTID Students Welcome Deaf Nation Tour
NTID News Rochester and RIT/NTID last week were among the first stops made on a seven-week cross-country tour by DeafNation, a media outlet serving the Deaf community. The DeafNation crew spent two days on campus, where they took a tour, interviewed NTID President Alan Hurwitz and witnessed a photo being taken with NTID students from each state. After the photo, the students an...
Media Higher Education Tech Culture Tue, Sep 23 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Sorry, Your Electrodes Are Dead
Jamie Berke (About.com) Today I had another cochlear implant mapping appointment, but this one came with a bit of a surprise. After having me do the usual listening to sounds as part of...
Tech Tue, Sep 23 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf Awareness Week– A Progressive Experience
Please face me, I read lips Speak Up Librarian got me thinking about Deaf Awareness Week.  I didn't even realize this was the week, since I've been so focused on Banned Books Week, however I loved reading about her journey and I thought I'd blog about mine.     Progressive Hearing Loss is much different from sudden hearing loss or early hearing loss.  I [...]
Art and Storytelling Tech Culture Tue, Sep 23 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Meter for Internet Use?
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. Yuk! This article is basically about Time Warner using a meter on customer to limit their "excessive" use of Internet network. Meter for Internet Use Article This is bit scary. What about us deaf/hon who use video phones and VRS extensively? Or for that matter those of VRS providers who employ deaf/hoh to make VRS call...
Media Language Tech Tue, Sep 23 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Max Payne - Captioned Trailer
bill creswell Coming in MoPix: Max Payne, an undercover DEA agent, is framed for the murder of a fellow agent and seeks to avenge the Mafia slayings of his wife and child. more Genres: Action/Adventure and Adaptation Release Date: October 17th, 2008 (wide) Distributors: 20th Century Fox Distribution more about "Max Payne - Captioned Trailer", [...]
Media Tech Tue, Sep 23 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Parent and Deaf Children
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 3:38 Minutes Long Last weekend, Grant and his girlfriend went to 5th Annual Silent Night Deaf Ministry Scholarship Benefit at Lover Lane United Methodist Church (LLUMC) in Dallas. This is his 2nd time to attend – last time, he went there and watched World First Deaf Solo Rode Sailboat around the World presentation. It [...]
Language Art and Storytelling Education Tech Culture Mon, Sep 22 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post