Low-decibel earbuds keep noise at a resonable level
DeafBiz A mom figured out a fool-proof way to prevent iPod from playing too loudly:Christine Ingemi got tired of telling her four kids to stop blasting their iPods. So she did something about it. The 38-year-old mother of four has a patent pending on iHearSafe, the only low-decibel earbuds that she says solve the hearing-loss problem [...]
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Fight Against Not Deaf Enough
Mishka Zena Last night I was asked to update the factual sheet to fight against this ever constant and misleading “Not Deaf Enough”.� Feel free to use this factual sheet to educate the media and the public. I� was also asked to recruit volunteers who can help educate the media. Anyone who wants to join, please contact [...]
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"THAT IS NOT TO BE"
Kalalau's Korner Here?s an imaginary dialogue between IKJ and me.CNS: What in the world is ?that is not to be??IKJ: It?s a way out of fundamentalism of the extreme GUFSSA activists. To be or not to be means not to be IS to be.CNS: But what is fundamentalism of the GUFSSA folks?IKJ: GUFSSA fundamentalism is basically narrow-minded thinking, forcing everything into rigid, preconceived [...]
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Znuage: Definition of Audism
BiblioMarket By Znuage Nov 02 2006 11:36AM The word ‘audism’ first showed up in print back in 1992, written by Harlan Lane, however she credits the invention of the term to Tom Humphries’ unpublished 1977 doctoral dissertation. Despite the term being created in 1977, it did not start being used until Lane used it in her work. [...] [...]
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Deaf YALE Students Face Unique Challenges
BiblioMarket Yale Daily News (Yale University), New Haven, Connecticut, Friday, November 3, 2006 ..... Deaf students face unique challenges By Rachel Dempsey Staff ReporterGang Chen/Contributing Photographer Yale’s three deaf undergraduates, including Jeffrey Zuckerman ‘10, above, in class with his interpreter, use both sign language and oral communication in their [...]
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Signing, Writing, and Speaking
Javietz Linguists have verified that ASL is a full-fledged, full-valued language with its own grammatical structures, on a par in sophistication and complexity with any language including spoken English. For Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people in North America, ASL is a language that emerges spontaneously as a means of talking about what they know, so that they can attain social [...]
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Healing With No Accountablity?
Mishka Zena A lot of people are saying that the protest is over and let’s start concentrating on healing. First of all, the protest isn’t over because the Gallaudet Community is still susceptible to reprisals and retaliations. From many sources, including Bob Johnson’s letter, Jordan is well known for his heavy-handed approach on punishing people who spoke out [...]
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Strong as Steele
Mike McConnell Let me get out of this rut covering all this deaf protest and ?healing? and get into the politics of things which I?ve not blogged lately. You say politics? Yeah, you know, the upcoming November 7 General Election. I hope deaf and hard of hearing people aren't forgeting this important date this upcoming Tuesday next week and go out and vote! By the way, check out and [...]
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The Second Deaf Rochester Film Festival Seeks Films of the...
Gallaudet University FSSA Coalition The Deaf Rochester Film Festival (DRFF) is committed to promoting films by Deaf filmmakers who use film to communicate the Deaf Experience and/or Visual aesthetics.Because of the value of film as a medium of historical preservation, we would like to encourage both student and professional Deaf filmmakers to consider submission ...
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Ten Hearing Aids-- Never a Dull Moment
Karen Psssst.Come here.Want a hot stock tip?Invest in a battery company.In my household, we have to keep track of ten hearing aids. The hubby and I have four, and the three kids have six hearing aids. We have an entire kitchen drawer that is devoted to packs of batteries and extra tubes. The drawers are littered with the little orange tabs that are stuck to each battery. [...]
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COCHLEAR IMPLANTING ME, COCHLEAR IMPLANTING ME NOT
jeffcarlson's Xanga Yesterday, I went to see a Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist to see what's the deal with my ears. Last year during my stay at the medical research facility, I noticed my hearing level has gone down. I made no big deal about it. Then, couple of weeks ago, I went to DC to take part of the demostration, I noticed it has gone to almost nil. I couldn't hear much. First at [...]
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Search experts
Tayler Mayer I recently read an Chronicle of Higher Education article titled Search Experts Urge Gallaudet U. to Move Cautiously in Replacing Ousted President-Designate. The “search experts” cited in the article may mean well, but the last time we used them as consultants... well, you know what happened. Here’s MY urging. Don’t use “search [...]
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Reconciliation on Campus: Message from I. King Jordan
Inside Gallaudet I don’t have to tell you that the past months of intense discord have taken their toll on our community.
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NTID?s Slutzky: Gallaudet Isolating Deaf
BiblioMarket By Jack Slutzky (November 3, 2006) ? I am totally dismayed and more than a little angry over the events at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. The trustees voted late last month to terminate the appointment of incoming president Jane Fernandes, the subject of months of protests. These feelings have been aroused in me by phrases being [...]
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Gallaudet and the perils of culture
via link submit Got it from Washington Times...
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Unity for Deaf People Tonite!
Riverside for FSSA A sense of place where we are showing the enthusiasm for change and growth for the Unity of Deaf people. We need to remember we have gone this far to unify what we created together: Riverside for FSSA. Quite an experience of unifying that anchors us. ~ Unity for Deaf People ~ is tonight at [...]
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From the newsroom of The Chronicle of Higher Education,...
Riverside for FSSA From the newsroom of The Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 31, 2006 ?.. Search Experts Urge Gallaudet U. to Move Cautiously in Replacing Ousted President-Designate by BURTON BOLLAG Copyright © 2006 by The Chronicle of Higher Education People with experience in presidential searches for higher-education institutions said on Monday that [...]
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The Cannot-Blame-ASL Agenda
Kalalau's Korner It?s finally happened. American Sign Language has been exposed. With the recent protest at Gallaudet University that resulted in termination of the ninth president who believes that ?all children need to learn all languages and modes of communication,? a pro JKF blogger blurred at me: ?Do not discriminate students on the basis of ASL fluency or choice of ? mode [sic] [...]
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Deaf Court II
DeafJoke.tv Deaf Court II - Created by BCJ and ThatsDave. Credit: click here. [...]
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Video: Gallaudet March to the Capital
BiblioMarket Blip.tv hosts a nice video of the Gallaudet March to the Capital at this link. You will need to give it a little time to load because it is a long video, but it is worth it, and you can also choose to watch it in full-screen mode. Excellent!
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Friday, November 03, 2006
Serenity_EM's Xanga POST-PROTEST UPDATES, AS OF 3 NOVEMBER 2006- I KING JORDAN SENDS OUT ANOTHER CAMPUS COMMUNITY LETTER- NOTHING CONCRETE IN IT; DEFENDS FERNANDES' SELECTION- FSSA UPDATES WEBSITE, PUTS UP PRESS RELEASE- SUMMARIZES SUNDAY AND MONDAY EVENTS, SAYS THEY CONTINUE TO WORK TO HAVE ORIGINAL DEMAND MET- KELBY BRICK WRITES OP-ED IN BALTIMORE SUN- DEBATE ON POST-PROTEST ACTION [...]
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Some personal insights on the Unity for Gallaudet protest
Jared Evans After being a part of the successful effort behind the termination of Jane Fernandes, I have returned home and took some time to garner some reflections on the protest as a whole. Two radically different perspectivesDuring the protest, I have...
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Competition for Private Oral Charter Schools
Jamie Berke (About.com) The San Mateo County Times reports that the Jean Weingarten Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf in Redwood City, CA is struggling financially. One reason for the struggle is because...
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I. King Jordan's latest Assult on FSSA!
The Deaf Sherlock What I'm about to show you is I. King Jordan's latest assult on the FSSA as a whole. What you are about to read will clearly shock you. Be open minded when you read it. But you will NEVER look at I. King Jordan (IKJ) ever again in the same ___From: "President" [...]
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Another Letter from IJK, Still No Apology!
Riverside for FSSA From: President To: President@gallaudet.edu Subject: Message to the Campus Community Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 18:50:12 -0500 Dear Students, Faculty, Staff, and Teachers: I don?t have to tell you that the past months of intense discord have taken their toll on our community. Certainly the impact of what we have been through will resonate among all of us on [...]
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