http://www.deafread.com/ Best of Deaf Blogs http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76967 This ASL teacher does a surprise ASL Song interpretation of Michael Jacksons "Thriller" at high school ASL talent show. I love that she doesn’t stick too closely to the words of the song and that she doesn’t use alot of the "Zombie Dance" that you see in many other ASL interpretations of this song. Also, watch how she uses the FEAR sign then later in the song she ’pus... ASL Songs Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:05:03 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76965 G’day Everyone.Some how, Technology may be great for some of us. But it can also be a source of pain, frustration, fear, and life changing event as well. I speak about Cell phones, pagers, and VideoPhones.If you are NOT careful of who you dial or text to, you can end up in big trouble.A certain guy in Dale City, Va had a date with a girl last nite. He ended up in bed ... The Deaf Sherlock Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:04:30 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76966 by Mark DunningJennifer wrote about vitamin A in her last post and gave her opinion on whether or not the studies done to date were enough to warrant prescribing vitamin A in supplement form to patients. My first thought on reading her post was ‘Hmm. I respectfully disagree with her.’ I know the studies and came to a different conclusion. My daughter takes vitamin A s... Usher Syndrome Blog Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:03:25 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76962 Today, my right ear is burning. The edge and lobe are simmering gently.Someone once told me that left ears burning are for love and right are for spite.So, if that is to believed, then someone’s being mean about me – a lot.I also have tinnitus – and another someone else also told me that this was a warning signal humans have had since they were cavemen and some people... Deafinitely girly Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:06:56 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76961 I called Stu and guess what, he is a cochlear implant user as well! I find it amazing that two profoundly deaf people can just pick up the phone and talk to each other. Stu gave me the name of a country and worked his way down the list above. Then he made up a [...] I look so I can hear.... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:08:41 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76959 I mentioned in an earlier post that there is a free online Spanish dictionary program, SpanishDict.com, where you can look up words and translate English words into Spanish words. Usually on most online dictionaries, you have two options: read the words in written form and listen to them being pronounced. Spanishdict.com are experimenting with using videos of native S... Eh? What? Huh? Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:08:34 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76960 A reporter from a newspaper seen what it was like for a day to be deaf. I found it very interesting read, in regards to how he felt, and what he experienced. Click here to read his full article.   When I first discovered this article some time back, I sent the link to my local [...] Liz’s Blog Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:07:52 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76958 You remember. I’m sure you have. Or at least many of you did. It was supposedly one of the more remembered so called "scandal" at Gallaudet University in 2006. We had Dr. Brenda Brueggemann, who is deaf and was the Commencement Speaker for Gallaudet University’s graduating class of 2006, use her voice instead of ASL. She was at the time the interim Acting Chair of the... Mike McConnell Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:09:36 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76956 A couple of thoughts come to mind today. My world right now is focused on my mother’s dementia. Her life has become a job for me. I am learning more about the human brain than I ever wanted too. I am fighting insurance companies and looking for answers. Everyone has a different opinion. Sound familiar?So I got to thinking. What happens to my son if this happens? Just ... We Never Landed In Holland Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:24:58 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76954 Some About.com Deafness blog posts continue to draw comments over the years.  A reader who is a musician with hearing loss, recently posted on the blog post "Desperately Seeking...Analog Hearing Aids." This musician said digital hearing aids simply don’t work when he is making music. Plus, he mentions a blind study of digital versus analog hearing aids (I am not aware... Jamie Berke (About.com) Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:24:48 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76955 Friends and family remember Sgt. Anthony Wallace, an RIT/NTID grad and police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty this weekend. A celebration of his life will be held on the RIT campus in the coming weeks. NTID News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:24:42 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76953 Mike McConnell wanted to know why Tim Riker, a bilingual Deaf person was using his voice at the AB2072 hearing. I commented on his post [link] but not sure he wanted to post it so I had to make this respond on my blog so everyone will know why Tim Riker as well as myself [...] John Egbert’s Opinions Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:10:06 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76952 The following information was put together by this Mom and sent to school with her son on his first day of preschool. The child currently wears a hearing aid in one ear and Advanced Bionics CI (w/body worn processor) in the other. Feel free to use and modify it as needed!My child is deaf in both ears. He wears a hearing aid in his left ear and a cochlear implant in hi... The CI Circle News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:08:02 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76951 As you know from earlier posts, I had to get union involved, because a lip-speaker was being denied. My Fire Lecture was 1 to 1. I knew this beforehand, because I spoke to someone higher weeks before that. Now I can’t help but feel snubbed once again, but at the end of the day it did [...] Liz’s Blog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:14:28 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76946 "...proposed to the Birmingham Airport Authority (BAA) that they install videophone kiosks (PAV) throughout the terminal for us Deaf travelers as part of your modernization project. We must have assurances that our airports become accessible to us Deaf removing all communication barriers. Often we have visual alerts in English, but I will like to see a similar effort ... Deaf Anthology Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:14:28 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76950 G’day Everyone.About 9:30am to 10am several VideoPhones (VPs) were attacked through their IP addresses. We can only assume that it was hacker that was looking for fresh victims. If you have gotten this IP address- 202.71.111.5 and according to the emails that I got today, several of my friends did. I am very sure countless others have gotten the same answer or experi... The Deaf Sherlock Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:05:39 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76947 I’ve waited to see if anybody had actually objected to Tim Arthur, the president of the California Association of the Deaf, Sacramento chapter, who used his voice at the AB2072 Senate Health Hearing on June 23, 2010 instead of signing in ASL as seen in the Calchannel.com (June 23) along with a partial transcript below on what he said:Tim: Good afternoon, my name is Ti... Mike McConnell Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:52:53 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76948 This morning, apporx. 8:30am, over 500 deaf customers across the america recieved a scam phone call to their VP200 with this xxx-xxx shown on the missed call list. It came to my attention which it dialed to my VP200 twice and I know this is a scam. I made some research, the information shown: Hostname: [...] myVRS Relay Central Blog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:51:12 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76936 For those people who are sports freak and/or want to know what’s score results? Yes, there’s new deaf website that will focus on high school scores, clubs and the others. Guess it’s first one that have a website like that. Need all high school coaches/AD to submit their school information and results as well, submit final [...] Fookem and Bug Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:26:13 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76940 Pacing the Panic Room is one of my recent favorite blogs. It’s written by Ryan, whose stepson LB was diagnosed in 2009 with Smith-Magenis Syndrome. Never heard of it? Most people haven’t. It’s a developmental disorder that affects people all over their body. They may have mental difficulty, behavioral problems, or even ear abnormalities that can lead to hearing loss.S... Hearing Sparks Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:25:30 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76930 Relay & Beyond. With IP-Relay, great relay service is just the start! New articles by deaf authors every week. Offers you won’t find anywhere else. You’ll choose us for our fast service and great operators. But you’ll love us for what takes IP-Relay Beyond! Check it out: [link] Come explore the NEW IP-Relay. ________________________________ Pur... Deaf Network of Texas Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:28:36 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76934 voteonly From: ClercsChildren Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:33 More in News & Politics Uploads by ClercsChildren Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:04:08 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76928 (image from dvice.com) Babel Fisk are developing these glasses that will turn spoken words into text. The text will appear on the lens. You would literally be reading before your eyes what is being said to you. It is a cool concept. However, it will not be for everyone. I don’t know many people, including myself, that would find words appearing before their eyes as ... Eh? What? Huh? Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:09:31 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76926 An interesting point, but, one issue is the lack of access to many vblogs by the deaf which is a conundrum given access is their demand. Fortunately this vblog gives an text run-down (Thanks for that), but the issue of many vbloggers not given ’air time’ on leading sites (Is that true ?), may well be down to the fact without access, and suggestions ’some’ vbloggers de... At The Rim Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:34:13 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76925 Oh dear! Pronunciation mishaps have been few and far between lately so I guess I was due one sooner or later...And what a good one it was.There I was sat watching a TV programme about some famous artist with my Pa when I asked, ‘Was he more famously posthumously?’ except I pronounced it post-hume-oos-leee*blushAfter pausing for a good old chuckle, Pa told me the corre... Deafinitely girly Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:33:44 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76923 The 27th National Sign Language Speech Contest for High School Students was held in Tokyo on August 28. Sponsoring was such as the Japanese Federation of the Deaf.Ayaka Hosokawa, a high school senior from Hokkaido and a member of the sign language club, won the first award in the contest. She is full with pleasure, saying that "It is an honor for all the club members"... Deaf Japan News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:57:29 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76917 When I was twenty years old, I made up a couple of outgoing greetings for my answering machine based on an old TV show theme song and a showtune from Bye Bye Birdie. The TV show theme song was from ... Continue reading → Daniel Greene Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:04:40 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76921 My Kokonut Pundit blog will be approach its 7th year this October when I began blogging in 2004. With over 1,558 blog posts (not counting this one) I believe I’m am probably the most prolific deaf/hh blogger around if I may be so bold. With a few pauses here and there I maintained my regular blogging ever since covering interests ranging from politics, the environment... Mike McConnell Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:03:53 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76909 Here is something you don’t see. A deaf and blind hiker on the Appalachian Trail in his attempt to hike the full length of the trail.The 2,160-plus-mile Appalachian Trail is daunting enough for most hikers. For Roni Lepore and Roger Poulin, the trail presents extra challenges.Lepore, who is deaf, and Poulin, who both deaf and blind in one eye and has tunnel vision in ... Mike McConnell Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:10:53 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76916 I dare you to... ...think something nice about someone who has angered or frustrated you. ...let them know, even if you think they’d never do it for you. ...delete the next thing you start typing that is name-calling, or something you wouldn’t want said to you. ...imagine people as the children they used to be, [...] J. Parrish Lewis Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:10:26 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76907 A pproximately a year and a half ago, a man named Joel Barish realized that companies from the world needed to acknowledge that Deaf people are a vital portion of their customer base and Barish had one idea to accomplish that. He wanted Deaf people across the world to gather to- gether and reach great [...] The Buff and Blue Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:07:54 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76908 ONE OF THE ATTENDEES’ favorite events at the National Association of the Deaf’s (NAD) biennial national conference is the College Bowl competition. This is especially true for Gallaudet University fans, given the fact that the Bison have won the last four competitions while at the helm of Coach Robert Weinstock. Weinstock and his team achieved [...] The Buff and Blue Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:07:45 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76901 The biennial National Association of the Deaf (NAD) conference, hosted last July in Philadelphia, was a special one for several reasons. First and foremost, it was the 50th NAD conference since the organization founded in 1880. It also would be the last conference for CEO Nancy Bloch before her retirement. Throughout the conference, a new [...] The Buff and Blue Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:08:37 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76898 CDC LogoThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now has videos about seasonal flu available in American Sign Language.To access the videos, click here.The CDC partnered with the University of Rochester Prevention Research Center and the Deaf Wellness Center to create the videos, which are geared towards not only ASL speakers but the Deaf frame of mind. Ac... Hearing Sparks Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:27:03 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76897 I have a 3 year old daughter who is deaf, and I want our family to become more involved and my daughter to have friends who are also deaf but I dont know where to look. I am finding it to find functions or social networks geared more towrds deaf children. If anybody has any [...] Related posts:My child is deaf...What do I do? Houston Deaf Network Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:26:35 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76896 Can you feel it? It feels like we’re onto something here. It feels important, and it feels a beginning. There’s something about this campus that makes breathing somehow feel more meaningful at this time of the year. You breathe in the energy of new students (some of which are already in the process of hair-damaging [...] The Buff and Blue Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:41:32 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76894 It is not the best thing to insinuate, "I know what you want, and you don’t know what you want, and I am going to make you have it." Whether you are a fanatic for sign language, Deaf Culture, cochlear implants, hearing aids, oral/aural methods, cued speech, AVT, or what have you, you need to consider everyone else and what they may want or what they think... Eh? What? Huh? Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:40:50 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76893 After more than a year of being a CI-Enabled person, I want blog less on the CIs proper, and more on daily life and other events / topics that I find relevant (and that I hope you find relevant too!). I have appreciated all the comments (good, bad, and ugly!) over the last 18 months, and it’s been a blast to write this blog. But it’s time to move on ... And so .... Not Listening Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:40:25 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76892 Somebody’s frothing at the mouth (hands?)! I recently got an email this morning with an amusing ad from SnapVRS that snipes at Sorenson. This is the first blatant attack on Sorenson I’ve seen in a long while from another VRS competitor. I’ve seen a similar advertisement from Purple, but there was no actual mention of... Don’s Blog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:40:08 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76891 Ofcom are asking people to have their say by taking part in their new research project about the future of text relay and other services for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or with speech difficulties. A major research project is about to start on the subject of text relay services. The review will [...] I look so I can hear.... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:39:37 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76895 Gallaudet Goes to Haiti A small group from Gallaudet University recently visited deaf and hard of hearing Haitians in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. Support and aid was given to those homeless and living in tents, a result of the devastating earthquake that occurred in January 2010. From: GallaudetVideo Views: 23 0 ratings Time: 03:31 More in Education GallaudetVideo Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:39:27 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76884 First of all, massive congratulations to Mr and Mrs Gym Buddy on their fabulous wedding at the weekend.Invited to the evening do, I arrived to the sight of Gym Buddy looking radiant, amazing and utterly gorgeous from head to toe.The day had, I was informed, gone without a hitch and everyone looked amazing, not just the bride and groom!The party was a fabulous cheese f... Deafinitely girly Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:45:23 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76883 Tomoka Nakamura (19), a Deaf-born student, is working on the production of a one-hour-long program titled "Remove the Gap" since August 17 on the job training at the Ishigaki Cable TV station in Okinawa Prefecture.She majors in international communications at the Department of Humanity and Science in Okinawa University.The theme of the program, which she is making wit... Deaf Japan News Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:20:44 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76880 "You must do the thing you think you cannot do." This quote by Eleanor Roosevelt is something that I remind myself of every now and then.  Fear is often the emotion behind the reason we hold back.  "What if..." One of the hardest things for me to do with my boys was ... A Deaf Mom Shares Her World Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:21:47 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76879 Here’s the plan, Stan. World Domination by the Deaf Community (includes EVERY country, not just America) will begin with the following: 1. We all learn every sign language that exists from A to Z. This might take some time. 2. Each sign language is assigned to a specific topic. For example, ASL will be assigned [...] J. Parrish Lewis Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:15:19 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76878 Someone once told me “anytime they are obsessed over someone else, they are giving up too much power over to that person.” I pondered that one and that didn’t seem it, because I don’t see how I could have power over someone who obsesses with me, I’m more apt to ignore someone who obsesses in [...] Candy Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:15:14 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76877 I saw these dogs and their stories on the Deaf Animals blog tonight. Please vote for them to be on the cover of Atlanta Magazine. They are currently in second place and voting ends tomorrow. They need about 500 votes just to get ahead, and you can vote once an hour. Please spread the word and share the link. They are precious. You can find their owner’s story ab... I HEARD THAT! Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:15:57 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76874 G’day everyone.Right now, I had to help another friend of mine this morning to delete a friend of theirs on FB that has been hit by this hacker that has been attacking people nearly left and right on almost every one’s list.Usually it’s a facebook invite to a fake profile.But another way this guy tries to get people into his sphere of orbit is this favorite M.O. (Meth... The Deaf Sherlock Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:11:55 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76873 British researchers have found that when people sign and move their lips at the same time, the signs apparently are mentally processed separately from the lip movements. How did the researchers find this out? They showed test subjects pictures and had them sign what was in the pictures; then they  had them interpret print words into signs. The mistakes made by the peo... Jamie Berke (About.com) Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:11:37 -0700 http://www.deafread.com/redirect.html?rid=76869 Filled with enthusiasm about the promise of the Gallaudet experience before them, many of the 290 new undergraduate students comprising the University’s Class of 2014 and their families attended a welcome ceremony on August 25 in Elstad Auditorium. Gallaudet News Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:20:57 -0700