4 more Deaf Yorkshiremen
At The Rim Following the succes of 4 deaf yorkshiremen, the imminent release of "4 deaf yorkshiremen and the missing wife.." is soon to hit the Brit screen. It stars John Smith, Matt Kirby, Jonathan Reid and Ilan Dewk who have returned for more BSL story-telling and argument, this time over their love life...Here, are some clips that were cut from the first '4 Deaf Yorkshirema...
Art and Storytelling Culture Tue, Sep 30 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

New British Deaf film coming soon!
Grumpy Old Deafies Hooray, another BSL film in the pipeline... click here to see photos from the filming. Know of any more British Deaf films being made? Please tell us - we like to know these things! Further info: The first Four Deaf Yorkshiremen film
Media Art and Storytelling Culture Tue, Sep 30 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

My Hearing Loss and My Son
SpeakUpLibrarian The person who's been most affected by my hearing loss has to be my son. He's the one who talks about the most unexpected things leaving me in a daze. He's the one with the longest stories told in an excited manner that leave me lost somewhere in the middle. He's the one who helps me out in public places when I don't quite catch what a shop clerk or another customer ...
Language Tech Tue, Sep 30 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

South of Texas Hurricane Ike
Billy Clark Studios Real sad about South of Texas HurricaneIke but we pray for them hope everythingalright also God will care of it.
Culture Tue, Sep 30 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

DBC and Mentorship
Deaf Bilingual Coalition DBC and Mentorship: How We All Can Make A Difference... The Deaf Bilingual Coalition received this "plea for help" in...
Language Education Culture Tue, Sep 30 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf Misbehaving Five Year Old in School
Jamie Berke (About.com) A new school employee is frustrated and bewildered by the behavior of a deaf five year old boy. While the parents speak Spanish at home, the child is being taught...
Education Tue, Sep 30 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Lipreading classes petition
I look so I can hear.... Yesterday at the LINK Convention, during a presentation about lipspeaking, we were told about a petition to be presented to 10 Downing Street urging the Government to provide more funding for lipreading classes. One of the basic needs of older people is to be able to communicate to find out about their needs, with a [...]
Language Education Tue, Sep 30 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

I Can No Longer Stay Silent
Please face me, I read lips This isn't a political blog.  Mainly I'm dedicated to hearing loss and deaf issues, but I feel the time has come to speak up.  I'll admit I've been an Obama supporter from day one.  All other political issues aside, from a deaf perspective I liked the fact that he said he would support the disabled, that [...]
Language Legal Culture Tue, Sep 30 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

11:27 AM - The 65 mph law
Where's Maisha? Current mood: rebellious I was driving down the hill on 23 north to Fillmore off 101 East in Ventura County at approx 70 mph. And along the way a lot of cars were pulled aside by highway patrol cops and Ventura County cops. I don't want to jinx my driving record in which I have gotten two e...
Language Art and Storytelling Tue, Sep 30 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

2nd Annual International Day of Deaf People and Sign...
Hampton Roads Deaf Community Watch our photos of our second annual IDDPSL in Norfolk, VA on September 27, 2008. Subtitled for your viewing pleasure!
Language Culture Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Birth to Age 24 Hearing Aid Coverage in Delaware
Hearing Aid 2008 Delaware Approves Hearing Aid Benefit Audiologists Hail New Law That Provides Coverage from Birth to Age 24   see also: The Power of Advocacy cite as: Shafer, D. N. (2008, Aug. 12). Delaware approves hearing aid benefit. The ASHA Leader, 13(10), 1, 8. by Dee Naquin Shafer Effective Jan. 1, 2009, new hearing aid insurance legislation will benefit Delaware residents f...
Tech Legal Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

7th week at Gally...
Shining up to the Deaf World Seven weeks had passed--I am halfway done with my very first semester at Gally!!!I've learned so much within the last seven weeks in my ASL 103 class.-Registers- Consulative, formal, casual, intimate, and frozen.-William. C. Stokoe- Father of ASL Lingustics (He developed the handout of all symbols that shows the handshapes being used while signing.)-A Video Clip of D...
Higher Education Language Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Medical Show Producer Posts on Forum
Jamie Berke (About.com) Kathy Gulinello posted on a forum thread about cochlear implants, asking for deaf people to contact her. I did some research, and found she is associated with a medical program,...
Media Tech Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Dumb or mute?
Oh I See! Analogy video: Which better Deaf outlook?
Language Culture Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

In what language do Deaf people think?
TAZ W0LF In what language do deaf people think? I think in English, because that's what I speak. But since deaf people cannot hear, they can't learn how to speak a language. Nevertheless, they must think in some language. Would they think in English if they use sign language and read English? How would they do that if they've never heard the words they are signing or reading p...
Language Culture Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Mother Warriors
An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan's Cochlear (Don't know what happened, two posts got mixed together-anyway, this is what was supposed to come through)I know that many parents go through a mourning period when they find out their child is born deaf. They feel guilty, they feel like failures because they did not create the Perfect Child. Who is the Perfect Child? Perfect is boring. Raising Jordan amidst my friend...
Language Education Culture Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Campaigning for deaf children at the Conservative party...
Campaigning for deaf children The travelling circus has now moved to Birmingham where the Conservatives are finishing off the party conference season. As we're still knackered from the last two and as we have a busy day tomorrow, we took today a bit easy - but still managed to go along to two fringe meetings and meet some of [...]
Education Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Research Supporting Bilateral Cochlear Implantation
Becoming Deaf in Norway 2007 Someone heard me! And I got hold of what I needed! A 5 pages long list of research that supports the notion that everybody who needs it should have bilateral CI! I got in contact with Amy Brown from the Let Them Hear Foundation Advocacy program. She provided me with a huge list called “Research [...]
Tech Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

FCC Upholds Its Decision To Fine a TV Station
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. This article is self explanatory. Quote: "FCC upholds $25,000 fine against KUSI-TV San Diego for failing to provide adequate visual warnings to hearing-impaired viewers during coverage of California wildfires occurred in October 2003". FCC Stands Firm KUDOS to the FCC for doing that despite the lawyers from the TV Station that challenged the fine....
Tech Legal Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Capitalism goes into a spin; but what does it mean to the...
TigerDeafie News just in has seen the vote for the $700bn ‘bail out' plan fail in the US, and the markets dive yet again.  The only thing that surprises me about these events is that anybody was ever surprised about it at all.  As long ago as 2002 there were warnings that this is what would [...]
Culture Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Finding my rhythm
Tania Says It was an eventful weekend in the life of Tania. I got my cochlear implant activated on Saturday and had an all-day dance try-out on Sunday. I'm amazed at how many things can change in the course of a weekend! Saturday before the activation I was SO nervous...I was scared (and still am) of how much [...]
Art and Storytelling Tech Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The Text is the thing...
At The Rim I was going to call it, why text works and sign doesn't but..... a recent response to why the English use one word to mean too many things, thus confusing the signer... erm it wasn't invented with the deaf in mind... is this the shortest explanation of English so far.... ? A response to a recent blog... without the editing... more laughs.Quote: I am not familiar with...
Language Culture Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

On teaching the deaf
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers A school for the deaf is unlike any other regular school. You can compare them based on many aspects. Even schools for the deaf also have varying degrees of difference. One basic distinction is its class size. Hearing schools in the Philippines normally have a population of 50 or more per class, depending on how depressed [...]
Language Education Culture Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

RESOLVED! Thanks to Persistent James..
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. Check this website out. Basically, James Northcutt had problem with "interoperability" between SNAPVRS and HOVRS. He wanted to use OJO, but use HOVRS as the preferred VRS provider. When HOVRS put in new platform, then problem started. James persistently addressed this problem with both VRS providers and contacted the FCC on this.&...
Tech Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Roundtable Discussion
Hampton Roads Deaf Community Enjoy! Let me know what you think! Star
Culture Mon, Sep 29 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post