Back at the Barn..
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone!Back at the barn and back at my desk. Glad to be home after a LONG trip to the NTID reunion in Rochester, NY.I heard a few things while I was on vacation. So here's the run down.Gallaudet University has been re-accredited and affirmed by the MSCHE. Actually, it was accredited at all times and the university has NEVER lost it's accreditation for any reas...
Higher Education Audism Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

ASL Class
Deaf - Hearing Relationship Ok, so we are canceling our little ASL class at the church at least for the duration of the summer. It was suggested we have the class twice a month rather than every week, but with only two people showing up, it did not seem worth it. I do not know if we will try [...]
Language Education Culture Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Even Old Ladies Can Learn ASL
Deaf - Hearing Relationship This is my first vlog attempt. Patience is required. I seem to be having trouble embedding the video and getting it to stick, so for now you can click on this link to watch it: View Video You might have to download it first if your connection is slow. In fact, I am having a mess [...]
Language Education Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Let's Block Re-Authorization of "Early Hearing Detection...
RLMDEAF FYI, the re-authorization of "Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act" (EDHI) legislative bill have been recently introduced to the U.S. Senate for final voting anytime this summertime. This bill have been passed in the House of Representatives known as H.R. 2889 last April 2008. The EDHI bill is also an amendment to to the S 1712 bill known as "Screening for Hea...
Tech Legal Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Bernard Bragg: "Why Divide Ourselves?"
submit by: Tayler Mayer On Bernard Bragg's new site, BernardBragg.com, he shares a short video commentary on this question. This was filmed in Vancouver, BC.
Audism Culture Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Where are the deaf children?
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community FACTS: Approximately 95% of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HH) children are born to hearing parents (Mitchell & Karchmer, 2004). D/HH children who received early cochlear implants and high-quality early intervention achieve similar levels as their hearing peers (Cheng et al., 2006; Geers, 2004). In 1995 in the state of North Carolina, 40% of families chose auditor...
Language Education Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Go America’s Explanation of TN
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. Kelby Brick explained very clearly the powerful and liberating new TN that the FCC recently released. View this and gain better undersanding of exactly what all this is about. Nicely done, Kelby. [link] You know how it is, no matter how carefully, how clearly you explained that to contact you, they (doctor, mechanic, technicians,...
Tech Legal Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

SLA, VLI, and GoAmerica Merging
DeafDC.com Via a leak, I just got this announcement from Janet Bailey, president of Sign Language Associates (SLA): Interpreters:  I am writing to formally announce that SLA, VLI and GoAmerica have merged into one new full service company.  You may remember that in January of this year, GoAmerica acquired Verizon’s text and video relay products [...]
Tech Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

From My Heart
submit by: Carole Virnig ASL poetry by Carole Virnig
Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

It’s a small world: Visual graphic of interconnections...
Jared's Global Microbrand There is one line that you will hear often from the members (hearing or Deaf) of the Deaf community: “It's a small world!” I had many opportunities to expand the circle of people who I know when I was a student at NTID/RIT with thousands of other Deaf college students, visited friends at [...]
Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Kelby Brick vlog explains recent FCC decision on 10-digit #
Open the Directory! A vlog circulating the internet arrived in my inbox this morning. It's by Kelby Brick, the former NAD attorney who now is a Vice President at GoAmerica/HOVRS. Brick explains the recent FCC decision clearly in ASL. They have the 10-digit phone number technology in place, and completed a demonstration recently. The transcriptions of the two calls [...]
Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

“But” - My Pet Peeve
Amy Cohen Efron Amy Cohen Efron shares her pet peeve about one most common used English word in our conversation. It was posted on DeafVideo.TV and that video generated a high number of video comments. I thought that I'd like to share that on my blog. 3:18 minutes long. What is your pet [...]
Language Audism Education Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Music: An Aural Sensation, A Visual Pleasure, Part One
Devil’s Playground Music is an art form that appeals to the aural sense [hearing], in the same way that painting, sculpture, photography, writing, et al, appeal to the visual sense [seeing]. Listening to music, for me, is an “either/ or” proposition. If I can hear it, I will listen to it, if I can't, I won't bother. The [...]
Art and Storytelling Culture Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

To Implant or Not To Implant a Child Who Has Never Been...
An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan's Cochlear Do you or do you not give the okay for a cochlear implant to a child over age 7 who has never been exposed to any form of amplification? Good question. My answer: NO. I spoke to an audiologist at the Gala Dinner of the NHS 2008 Conference and her answer was a resounding "Maybe." The gentleman sitting next to me, who worked for Advanced Bionics agreed with me.We were d...
Tech Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

New BDA CEO: Simon Wilkinson-Blake
Grumpy Old Deafies The BDA has appointed Simon Wilkinson-Blake as their new CEO. Simon was previously CEO of the British Motorcycle Federation and Director of RiderConnect. Their new Chief Development Officer (CDO) is Mark MacQueen. A 100% Deaf board has obviously appointed a hearing CEO here. Hearing allies, especially with outside connections are important and powerful, however sh...
Audism Culture Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

What makes CI's effective ?
At The Rim Someone asked recently, what IS the effectiveness of a CI ? To me its relative to so many things. The value of any aid to sound, be it hearing aids, or CI's or a cupped hand to the ear, is via the individual's perceptions. Many people get immense gratification from the barest of sound understanding, and are able to use it.Some will complain, the CI or aid hasn't do...
Tech Culture Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

CODA BROTHERS: MAYHEM IN MILWAUKEE!
Olson Brothers
Language Art and Storytelling Culture Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

DBC Conference Vlog #3
Deaf Bilingual Coalition Third Vlog installment! [link] (Please give the vlog time to load.)
Language Art and Storytelling Culture Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Followup on H.R. 6320 - Subtitles in Internet Videos
gwallgofi Here's a wee follow up on my previous post about the legalisation in USA - the HR 6320 bill. Here's one damned good reason why that bill's timing is vital for us... The Family Guy series will be online videos based - you're not going to get it on TV. You'll get it over the Internet. And [...]
Media Language Tech Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

Activation Day!
icedpinkchampagne So, I got my nifty new ear turned on today. It was a rough morning due to me trying to make it there on time but that doesn't matter- what matters is... well, my initial impressions! I'm sure you're all curious. So here I go- It is now about 12 hours since I officially became bionic. It started off quite unpredictably-because there were no bells or whistles (Both figu...
Tech Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

The lecture circuit! ;)
SURROUND SOUND Tuesday morning found us up and at 'em again...Gloria met us down in the lobby at *ack* 7:30. She came bearing coffee, though, so that helped ease the transition into my day. We took the rental car since we were checking out and wouldn't be back the rest of the day, and Evelyn and Norm followed us in their car.Advanced Bionics has a very special "lecture circuit" call...
Tech Culture Tue, Jul 01 2008 hide this blog

NTID-AGB Issue at NTID Reunion
Judge's Anything The URL is [link]
Higher Education Tue, Jul 01 2008 hide this blog

Put Away That Cellphone!
Say What? Today the new law on cellphones went into effect. It prohibits all drivers from “using a handheld wireless telephone while operating a motor vehicle. Motorists 18 and over may use a “hands-free device.” Drivers under the age of 18 may NOT use a wireless telephone or a hands-free device while operating a motor vehicle.” In other [...]
Tech Legal Tue, Jul 01 2008 hide this blog

Three Weeks
Sudden Silence Finally!! I had a tentative surgery date as of last Friday evening but I wanted to wait until this week to say anything because it still wasn’t definite then. My doctor was on vacation last week, so my surgery was set up with the hospital but he still had to confirm that the [...]
Tech Tue, Jul 01 2008 hide this blog

My First Captioned Video on YouTube!
Daniel Greene YouTube Annotations Originally uploaded by Daniel Greene When I signed on to YouTube this morning, I noticed a new feature called Annotations that allows you to add Speech Bubbles, Notes, and Spotlights to your videos. I realized right away that the first two of these types of annotations gave me a way to caption my videos. They [...]
Language Tech Tue, Jul 01 2008 hide this blog