Can Hearing Aids Electrocute You?
Eh? What? Huh? Most common questions and comments about my hearing aid from various hearing students: 1) Can hearing aids electrocute you? (when they get wet). 2) Is it connected to your brain? 3) How much do they cost? Fifty dollars? 4) What happens when you sweat a lot? Do you wash your hearing aid? 5) I want one. Do they come in pink? 6) Where do you buy them? Can you bu...
Fri, Feb 05 2010

CS 24: Feedback Friday
submit by: Clerc Scar "Sad to say invariably, the attitude of hearing persons changes drastically when he or she learned that I have PhD. They would show respect to me and even more than few occasions address me with either 'Sir' or 'Dr Bosson'."
Fri, Feb 05 2010

New York City Mayor Wears Hearing Aids Temporarily
Jamie Berke (About.com) Sometimes I don't understand the media. They think it is a big deal for the mayor of New York City Then the media reported that the mayor's hearing aids "were gone." Was he discouraged from using his hearing aids by the burst of media attention? It even got the attention of the Huffington Post. Sources: Mayor Bloomberg Sports New Hearing Aid in Public - New York C...
Fri, Feb 05 2010

Edward Miner Gallaudet
GallaudetVideo Edward Miner Gallaudet Edward Miner Gallaudet (February 5, 1937-September 26, 1917) was the son of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Sophia Fowler Gallaudet. He was the president of Gallaudet College/Columbia Institute for 46 years (1864-1910), was the head administrator for 53 years (1857-1910), and was the President of the Board of Directors for 47 years (1864-1911). Fr...
Fri, Feb 05 2010

Deaf students being denied funding support at university?
Campaigning for deaf children I was suddenly transported back in time around 12 years yesterday. Sadly, it's not because I'm the Doctor's new assistance. It was all due to a glance at a news story saying that 12,500 disabled students, two thirds of applicants, are still waiting for their Disabled Students Allowance. The allowance funds specialist equipment and costs [...]
Fri, Feb 05 2010

NAD Supports NVRC in Monitoring Super Bowl Commercials
NAD News The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) supports the efforts of the Northern Virginia Resource Center (NVRC) to monitor and count the number of Super Bowl commercials that are captioned. The deaf and hard of hearing community has engaged in an annual ritual of counting the number of captioned advertisements during the Super Bowl.
Thu, Feb 04 2010

FCC Enforcement Advisories
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. FCC is launching a new announcement regarding enforcement rules and such. Enforcement Advisories Quote: "The Enforcement Bureau will periodically release Enforcement Advisories, which are designed to educate businesses about and alert consumers to what's required by FCC rules, the purpose of those rules and why they're important to consumers, as ...
Thu, Feb 04 2010

NAD, NFL, and CBS Collaborate to Increase Captioned Super...
NAD News The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the National Football League (NFL) along with CBS Corporation, the network airing Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010, have collaborated to make advertisers who purchase Super Bowl commercials aware of the importance of captioning their content. As a result of these efforts, viewers should notice an increased number of ca...
Thu, Feb 04 2010

Rep. Devin Nunes Needs Contact From His People!
Caption Action 2 Today Caption Action 2 called Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) office, and spoke with Damon Nelson. Nelson later wrote back:Thank you very much. We were honestly confused with the call. That was the first time I have ever had a relay call. It was very interesting and a great experience once I understood. I will pass this on to the Congressman. But, he has a p...
Thu, Feb 04 2010

Sprint
Fookem and Bug By Jimactor Summary: Sprint and I have resolved the matter about the advertised of pager. You can watch the first vlog I made at [link] If you want to know what's going on between Sprint and me, I rather not to share it with you. I just want to let you know that Sprint did their [...]
Thu, Feb 04 2010

More about iChat…
deafmac.org For most of us who use Mac, iChat is definitely our daily communication tool via text or video. My favorite thing about iChat is that I am able to connect to another iChat user from almost anywhere: Starbucks. Airport. Office. The firewall worries does not exist in my head when using the service. The most [...]
Thu, Feb 04 2010

CS 24.8: 25 Cents: Part Three [Play]
submit by: Clerc Scar In today's installment of Deaf writer Aaron Weir Kelstone's play, things get heated. "BRIAN: What do you think you are doing now? I don’t remember shoving women around as being a Deaf culture thing."
Thu, Feb 04 2010

One Red, One Blue
SayWhatClub Weblog I am traveling...  I just walked down to the lobby area of the hotel to get a cup of coffee.  As I was descending the stairs, a little girl, about age 7, exclaimed “Your shoes are different colors!!”  I had to laugh, as I've gotten so much mileage, literally, out of my odd matched pair of Crocs–one [...]
Thu, Feb 04 2010

Three Hours with Pediatricians: Request for Resources
An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan's Cochlear I was thankful for five minutes with seven hundred pediatricians. Tuscany has given me three hours...my own three hours to use as I choose to teach 500 pediatricians the parental perspective on newborn hearing screening and deafness. I have created a program of what I want to share, but since you've been with me throughout this entire two year long journey and we've d...
Thu, Feb 04 2010

8 Ways to be Deaf [Page 4]
adreanaline Comic Transcript: A door opens into a dark room. Paul clicks the light on, holding a plastic bag. He rifles through the bag and pulls out a shirt, smiling mysteriously. Paul pulls on the shirt. *****
Thu, Feb 04 2010

Video from a BSL user
We Cue! I love when I stumble upon videos concerning Cued Speech. I found this video on YouTube. I’m glad it was captioned. The person in the video is a BSL user who used Cued Speech until she was 7 years old and then switched to signing. Now, as an adult, she wishes she had continued to [...]
Thu, Feb 04 2010

Abledbody.com: For The Deaf, Captioned Tours Wherever You...
Michael Janger's Blog I am writing some articles for Abledbody.com, which delivers news, insights and reviews on disability and assistive technology.  Suzanne Robitaille is the founder and editor of this wonderful site, and she just recently published a book, “The Illustrated Guide to Assistive Technology & Devices.”  I have been working with Suzanne on Abledbody over the l...
Thu, Feb 04 2010

HITLERVRS Movie!
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone!This was being passed around on Facebook so I decided to bring it here for my fans to watch.Link: [link] and yes it's open captioned too! too funny! Wish seek geo was acting in this! If you look around on youtube.com, yes there's other versions of the Hitler movie with open captions too.So enjoy.Semper FI.
Thu, Feb 04 2010

Si el Norte fuera el Sur
Intérpretes de ASL/Español COMO dice la canción de Ricardo Arjona, ¿qué pasaría si el Norte fuera el Sur? En este caso, no nos referimos a la distinción étnica o política, como presenta la canción del afamado artista guatemalteco, sino a la distinción entre lo que el mundo considera "normal" y las personas con discapacidades físicas. ¿Qué pasaría si el mundo estuviera adaptado de forma ideal pa...
Thu, Feb 04 2010

ASL Comedy: Modem drove me crazy!
Jon Savage *What Jon would do when Modem down? *How Jon could communicate with cableman? *Was Modem actual problem or something else? Tags: ASL Comedy Music VLOG Deaf
Thu, Feb 04 2010

Update: BBC online still failing deaf children
Campaigning for deaf children Back in December, I conducted a little experiment on BBC online and found that most video stories featuring deaf people were not accessible. Transcript? Nada. Subtitles? Nada. I fired off a complaint, and finally got a reply the other day from the Head of the BBC newsroom, no less. It was contrite and apologetic. [...]
Thu, Feb 04 2010

For the Deaf, Captioned Tours Wherever You Roam
abledbody Picture this: You fly off to Rome, head to the Coliseum and, using your iPhone, play a video that guides you around the ancient arena where gladiators and lions once roamed. Later, walk across Piazza del Colosseo to the Roman Forum and view a video tour of the sprawling Forum ruins, taking in what [...]
Thu, Feb 04 2010

An Accessible Museum Tour in Your Hand
abledbody Keen Guides founder Catharine McNally says mobile video is the future of guided excursions, and will benefit the deaf and hard of hearing, too.
Thu, Feb 04 2010

Insults and Misinformation Slung At The Deaf and Hard Of...
Thumpaflash Folks, for those of you who may not be aware, SB 102 has been introduced for the 2010 state legislative session in Kentucky. This bill would require all theaters with 5 or more screens in one location to make at least one screen accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing by offering equipment that would provide caption displays for movies that are captioned. At lea...
Wed, Feb 03 2010

8 Ways to be Deaf [Page 3]
adreanaline Comic Transcript: “Coffee's two bucks –” But the woman doesn't look at Paul. Instead, she twists the cash register display towards her to read the total. The woman digs in her bag and plonks down money. Paul watches her leave, thinking, “Wow... She's deaf.”
Wed, Feb 03 2010