CI Parents' Choice Medical Professionals: And Yours?
An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan's Cochlear I asked the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Circle for a list of speakers: Medical Professionals who "get" the Parental Support Component of Intervention, and would like to post the names. Parents attend conferences, meetings, classes, groups, etc. to become more informed on issues regarding their child's (children's) deafness. So, I would like to give credit where credit ...
Tech Mon, Jul 07 2008 · 1 hour ago hide this blog

NAD at New Orleans!
Amy Cohen Efron Amy Cohen Efron talks about traveling to New Orleans for the National Association of the Deaf conference, and discusses about one special blogsite called “Signing World”, with a vlog about Hurricane Katrina - Before and After (Deaf Community). Links: Hurricane Katrina: Part 1 - Before & After (Deaf Community) [VLOG] NAD Conference/ Meeting [...]
Culture Mon, Jul 07 2008 · 2 hours ago hide this blog

Deaf KFC in Cairo Egypt Video
Chef at Large I would like to comment on the KFC and Deaf Staff. I found that it is interesting to see the kind of sign language that they show. I noticed they signed so much same as we do in America. It is nice to know that there are a fast food place run by entire Deaf staff. Go ahead and watch this video. I found the video from YouTube.
Culture Mon, Jul 07 2008 · 2 hours ago hide this blog

Expand Civil Rights?
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. Click this and tell me if it is a good one or a wimpy bill? It is about Congress strengthening Civil Rights bill. NYT Article On Civil Rights This may require free registration. My interpretation is that it is still wimpy, but headed in right direction. eyes open & thumbs up, Ed B
Media Legal Mon, Jul 07 2008 · 2 hours ago hide this blog

Worrying for nothing
Sudden Silence I have a tendency to worry about things, especially events where I have no idea what’s going to happen.  I’m sure part of this is just my personality, but I think part of it comes from growing up with a hearing loss.  I learned the hard way that arriving in a situation unprepared for what [...]
Language Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 10 hours ago hide this blog

in the morning: ASL begins
Inaudible Nonsense Beginning at 9 am on Monday, 7 July, I begin ASL I at Gallaudet summer school. Had my orientation today, which is where the photo came from. I'm excited about this new beginning. Wish only that I could have afforded — either in time away from work or monetarily — more than one class. I'm trying [...]
Higher Education Language Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 10 hours ago hide this blog

1st Day At SEE Conference
I'm adopting a deaf child with Ushers, now wh Tonight was the first night of the SEE conference and then tomorrow it is early in the morning and all day long. Tonight we were evaluated to see what class we would be assigned. I filled out the sheet that asks why are you hear "mother of Deaf child" and how long have you been signing "since Octoberish". I hand the paper to the lady and she asks how old my daughte...
Audism Education Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 10 hours ago hide this blog

HLAA Convention Recap #2
CHRONICLES OF A BIONIC WOMAN *I N H A L E S**E X H A L E S*As the sun rose from the east, the rogue Nevada rays found their way through my wafer thin eyelids somewhere around six in the morning. I bobbed up out of my bed within five seconds because I wanted to waste not a moment here! Laurie was practically ready by the time I tore the sheets off. Jennifer was still trying to find out which wa...
Language Tech Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 10 hours ago hide this blog

Deaf J, My Deaf Dog
Butterfly, like me...Deaf's v/blog HelloI want to talk about Deaf J, Deaf dog of mine. I got her last October. I have written about this dog, and I will add this to this after this message. Now, let me show you Deaf J. Displayed Deaf J on video... Putting her down...I want to mention a few Deaf characteristics of this Deaf J... Behavior related her being Deaf.When I drove home, I saw Deaf J popping up ...
Language Culture Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 11 hours ago hide this blog

The Birth Story
Mountain Mama Tuesday afternoon, I had a check-up at the ob-gyn's office. There was supposed to be an internal exam to see if I dilated any more than 3cm. What happened that day was nothing I could have ever imagined. The doctor inserted her hand inside me and proceeded to cause me all kinds of pain and I thought to myself that it shouldn't hurt this much to find out what the dilat...
Tech Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 11 hours ago hide this blog

July 6, 2008: PRWeb Newswire Press Release
Deaf Bilingual Coalition Important Press Release! PRWeb Newswire has published a press release. You can read it here ( [link]
Media Language Audism Education Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 12 hours ago hide this blog

Deaf Access to Movies Now (D.A.M.N.)
Thumpaflash As part of my ongoing crusade to bring captioned movies to Eastern Kentucky, and the state in general, I have contacted my two legislators that represent my area on the state level.At issue, is the fact that, while the ADA mentions captioned movies in general, there is also a provision that theaters can not be FORCED to show captioned movies as a required accomodation...
Language Culture Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 16 hours ago hide this blog

Deaf ASL song and how Gary Brooks has saved my life!!!
Rita's expressive vlog Hello everyone...   (doing a song) deaf pride, deaf power, deaf ASL, we all are special no matter who we are. we all are brothers and sisters.   no matter who we are.   we deaf pride no matter if we from mainstream or deaf schools,  no matter if we use hearing aid or have cochlear implant or none.  [...]
Culture Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 17 hours ago hide this blog

Vlog Translation Services: What Happened?
Der Sankt Speaks... While I was catching up with blogs on both aggregators of the Deaf blogosphere, I came across an interesting comment by Amy Cohen Efron over at MishkaZena's blog about Vlog Transcript Services (VTS) that I tried to start up a while back. VTS hasn't been in action for almost as long as the service existed and [...]
Tech Culture Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 17 hours ago hide this blog

The DBC Hercules and the AGB Hydra
Dr. DonG.'s Deafhood Discourses There has been some discussion on Deaf Read recently about whether or not DBC should have made AGB Assn. a focus of their efforts to spread the message that all children deserve the right to have access to sign language.  Here I take a look at how AGB operates and show why DBC was/is right [...]
Culture Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 17 hours ago hide this blog

Patti Durr/ DBC/ NAD: STRIVING TOWARD INTEGRITY PLEASE.
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play
Language Audism Culture Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 19 hours ago hide this blog

Promoting ASL to hearing families
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community One of the biggest hurdles for ASL advocates is to help parents of deaf children find the time to learn ASL. Parents of deaf children with CIs often say they need to focus on the deaf child's auditory/verbal development, which leaves little or no time for ASL. Here's a solution: Signing Time! These dvds incorporate both languages- English and ASL. The DVDs are fu...
Media Language Education Tech Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 19 hours ago hide this blog

Turn it DOWN !
At The Rim The Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP), the body responsible for writing the TV Advertising Code, has published a new rule on sound levels. From 7 July, "advertisements must not be excessively noisy or strident. "The maximum subjective loudness of advertisements must be consistent and in line with the maximum loudness of programmes and junction materia...
Media Tech Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 19 hours ago hide this blog

Conference Vlog #6: WALKWAY CLOSED!
Deaf Bilingual Coalition Vlog #6: WALKWAY CLOSED! [link] (Please give the vlog time to load.) You can read a transcript (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=51 Itemid=30) of...
Language Culture Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 19 hours ago hide this blog

DBC Conference Vlog #5: The Presenters
Deaf Bilingual Coalition Vlog #5: THE PRESENTERS [link] (Please give the vlog time to load.) You can read a transcript (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=50 Itemid=30) of...
Language Education Culture Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 19 hours ago hide this blog

Journey to the Center of the Earth - Captioned Trailer
bill creswell Journey to the Center of the Earth ( 2008 ) Poster Watch the Trailer A science professor's untraditional hypotheses have made him the laughing stock of the academic community. But on an expedition in Iceland, he and his nephew stumble upon a major discovery that launches them on a thrilling journey deep beneath [...]
Media Tech Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 20 hours ago hide this blog

Deaf nearly missed the flight because of its policy!
submit by: Kathryn US airplane (Northwestern Airlines) nearly made Deaf catch next flight because of their policy!
Audism Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 20 hours ago hide this blog

Damn The Torpedoes
Life In a Cone of Silence I have just returned from a bit of a blogging sabbatical if you will. I needed to step back and see if I could cure a bit of my cynicism, deal with some cochlear implant problems, work on why my pain is increasing daily and not the opposite, find a reason why Janet's body is fighting her stem cell transplant and giving her unbelievable pain in the host rejecting the g...
Tech Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 23 hours ago hide this blog

Subtitles on apple.com!?
submit by: Matt Klusza Aren't you tired of visiting www.apple.com and have no idea what apple's video clips talked about without the subtitles? We, the Deaf Community, want Apple Inc. to provide the subtitles on EVERY video clips on the website. With today's technology, it is no excuse for Apple Inc. not to include subtitles! Time is up now, Apple! Please provide the subtitles now! ...
Media Tech Sun, Jul 06 2008 · 23 hours ago hide this blog

Phantom of the Opera
I look so I can hear.... Last Saturday saw me hitting the theatre again, this time to see captioned Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre, London. It's the first time I've seen an Andrew Lloyd Webber production and I didn't know what to expect. The captions were a talking point amongst our group as they were scrolling captions, scrolling [...]
Media Art and Storytelling Tech Sun, Jul 06 2008 hide this blog