Seeing Sounds
deafmac.org Did you know that your system beeps when you receive an incoming email or when someone is trying to send you a video invitation through iChat? Only if you could hear the beeps, you would be able to reply in a timely manner. Fret not, with OS X's Universal Access, you are now able to [...]
Tech Thu, Jul 02 2009 · 3 hours ago

Deaf Occupations
The DEAFinite Resource Online I was recently introduced to the No Worker Left Behind program in Michigan, where they will pay up to $5,000 a year for 2 years to help you go back to school. I thought, "This is great!" But then I started thinking of the jobs that interest me. One of them is a dog groomer. I mean, just write down what you want and I'll do it. Problem? I need school. I'm afraid the Pa...
Language Education Tech Legal Culture Thu, Jul 02 2009 · 7 hours ago

stuff
CD's Ear Blog Still waiting on SSI. My friend and former interpreter for so many years at school, she also received paperwork to fill out on my behalf from SSI (as did my grandmother, and perhaps some other people as well). She told me she read on the paperwork that once the office got her paperwork back, that they would expediate the process. Hopefully, this means something! We ne...
Tech Thu, Jul 02 2009 · 9 hours ago

Snap!VRS comments on the FCC.
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone!Yesterday I was doing this post: [link] today, scot who is a user on blogspot, sent me this link about SNAP!VRS comments: [link] I decided to bring it out of the comments area and post it here so that you'd see what's happening out there.Meanwhile, the world is watching on North Korea. They are still "testing" missiles and they hope some nation is goi...
Media Language Tech Legal Culture Thu, Jul 02 2009 · 10 hours ago

JTC Week 1 Day 5
Miss Kat's Deaf journey Fridays are short days, we get done with class at noon, so we only had one class and our support group meeting (have I talked about support group yet? Almost everyday we have a group meeting with psychologists and we air our issues and talk about our feelings and struggles as parents of children with a hearing loss. It is a really great element of the program and very...
Language Education Tech Thu, Jul 02 2009 · 12 hours ago

Deaf Sports Fan Files Complaint against Ohio State...
News The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the law firm Willis & Willis Co., L.P.A., filed a lawsuit on behalf of Vincent Sabino against Ohio State University (OSU). Mr. Sabino, an OSU sports fan who is deaf, wants OSU to provide captioning for announcements made over public address systems before, during, and after OSU events, such as basketball and football...
Tech Legal Thu, Jul 02 2009 · 12 hours ago

Unique machine deepens understanding of how brains process...
I look so I can hear.... Taken from news at UCL Researchers at UCL's Ear Institute are using a unique machine to deepen their understanding of how the brain processes sound. This is important for deafness as the brain deciphers soundwaves and an improvement in understanding this process has the potential to improve how deafness is treated or managed. The Ear [...]
Higher Education Tech Thu, Jul 02 2009 · 14 hours ago

Ofcom Slams Typetalk as obsolete and Useless ?
At The Rim Ofcom has final supported, what deaf have been telling the RNID for the past 8 years, in that the 'Typetalk' text-relay system is no use to deaf people, and doesn't work for them. The RNID's flagship BT collaboration system is now in tatters, so how long will BT continue to fund this Turkey of a system ? Even at this time, the RNID is continuing to put funds into t...
Audism Tech Culture Thu, Jul 02 2009 · 17 hours ago

Contact Numbers and Email Addresses to the 4th Power
Donald's Deaf / Hard of Hearing Technology Bl In these days, it seems many of us are getting multiple assigned device numbers and email addresses - how can one possibly memorize them all? Yet this all seems ironic given that many deaf and hard of hearing consumers may not utilize voice services, and actually end up having more phone numbers than hearing consumers. This article will illustrate some ex...
Media Language Tech Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

CNET Reviews Offer CC!
Welcome to ... Seek Geo!     CNET is a website where they review technology stuff so it helps you to decide whether or not things are the right equipment for you to buy. They review such things as cell phones, TV, cameras, etc, definitely a great site to check if you are unsure which one(s) to buy. Well, good news is [...]
Media Language Tech Wed, Jul 01 2009

The Surgery Date
You gotta b'lieve Hon, or not! Yeap! I am already posting my surgery date! I got a call this morning from Dr.Limb's office and its been 24 hours since my appointment with Steve...Drumroll please!August 4, 2009 at 730am. Means that I have to be at JHH at 530am!Almost a month away!I called my mom and she was like thats so soon! Uhhh... yea! Exactly what I wanted. I wanted the surgery before September...
Tech Wed, Jul 01 2009

VRSCA ALERT! *ACTION REQUIRED*URGENT*!
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone!A friend of mine, Nick Vera (salute), sent me an email earlier and I just read it. Then went to the web page of the link he sent me: [link] if you own a Videophone and you use video relay services, you better look at the link and then, look at what the Federal Communication Commissions intend to do against the VRS (that's the Video Relay Services). Lo...
Tech Legal Wed, Jul 01 2009

FCC Extends CSD’s DTV Contract to July 31
CSD Consistent call volume to CSD’s DTV Help Center even weeks after the DTV transition deadline prompts FCC to extend this resource another month.
Tech Legal Wed, Jul 01 2009

Action Alert! Support the 21st Century Act
News On Friday, June 26, 2009, in the U.S. House of Representatives, Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced comprehensive legislation to ensure that people with disabilities have access to Internet-based communications and video programming technologies. The NAD urges members and supporters to let their elected representatives know how important this is for the American deaf and har...
Media Tech Legal Wed, Jul 01 2009

(NL-0040) CI Pre-linguistically Deaf
Not Listening In follow up to yesterday's blog post, I want to continue my thoughts on discovering that I am a CI implanted Pre-linguistically Deaf person. This in spite of the fact that I already know a couple of languages, both aural and not (ASL and English).In yesterday's blog posting, I mentioned that I was taking Chinese lessons just three months after my CI activation. One ...
Tech Wed, Jul 01 2009

Court Complaint Filed on Behalf of Pharmacist
News The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the law firm of White Arnold & Dowd, P.C., filed a complaint in federal court against the Alabama Board of Pharmacy, alleging that the pharmacy board refused to permit Barbara Jane Howard, a deaf pharmacist, to accept prescription orders through telecommunications relay services. The complaint was filed in the U...
Language Tech Legal Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

New NAD Website is Forward Looking
News Silver Spring, MD—It is with great excitement that the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) announces the launch of a new and improved website. We invite you to take a look, give it a try, and test it out. Do visit often, because we will be adding a lot more features and news. It's a new look, but the same familiar address: www.nad.org. How is the new ...
Language Tech Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

U.S. Senate Confirms FCC Nominations
News On June 25, the United States Senate confirmed Julius Genachowski as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He is a former FCC staffer and entrepreneur, and has spent the last decade in the private sector. The U.S. Senate also approved the nomination of Robert McDowell for another term as an FCC commissioner. That same day, President Barack...
Language Tech Legal Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

Tragedy Leads to Improved Fire Safety in Texas
News The Texas legislature recently passed a bill that will require landlords or owners of multi-family residences to provide, upon request, a visual smoke alarm to a deaf or hard of hearing occupant or renter. Although this is great news, it took a tragedy to get the State of Texas to finally take this important step to protect the lives of their deaf and hard of hearing...
Tech Legal Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

Deaf’s Smart Guide: Know your Smartphone
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Don’t you love the smartphone that you can do something more than the simple text-message in old day? We do. As you know I own Palm Pre as I thought it’s good as I mention my one of blog some time ago. However, I saw the chart that there show the guide on compare for smartphones [...]
Tech Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

Research Links
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community For those of you who love links and research publications. Many of you frequently ask for the links to the research articles we talk about regarding cochlear implants. And many more of you are asking for research that has already been published. The links below are mostly links to links. If you have links to other research articles, please add them in the comments sec...
Tech Wed, Jul 01 2009

JTC Week 1 Day 4
Miss Kat's Deaf journey Today was an interesting day. I have been a little concerned because Miss Kat is in a class with all (but one) VERY beginning learners. Two have been adopted in the last year and the last has no language at all. None of them respond to their names or have any receptive or expressive language. They are not even able to understand environmental noises yet. The kids are ...
Language Education Tech Wed, Jul 01 2009

Using the phone with a relay service
Sarasera I just read a post over at earplugs about dealing with phone calls that have the voice menu systems.  A nuissance for deaf and hearing alike. In the past years I've gotten very comfortable making these kinds of calls though. I am much more comfortable with calls to someone who gets paid to answer the phone and [...]
Tech Wed, Jul 01 2009

Cultural Competency Through Captioning
National Association of the Deaf blogs As a Deaf Community activist, I'm required to exhibit knowledge about the issues I'm advocating for, just like any professional, but one skill that's often overlooked is exhibiting cultural competence. This is something that many people take for granted, unless you do international business. Deaf culture and hearing culture are two very different cultures, ...
Media Language Tech Legal Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

What’s the Latest With Internet Captioning?
National Association of the Deaf blogs Internet captioning has come a long way since I initially wrote about it on Dailykos yet we still have a long way to go in making internet media accessible to all deaf and hard of hearing Americans. read more
Media Language Tech Legal Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009