Implant devices can give ‘perception’ of hearing to deaf, severely hearing-impaired clearly explains how implants work and what people implanted with these devices hear. Many ask me how I am doing with the implant. I know they’re interested and all, but it just not going to change for a long, long time. I have 30 …
December 2004 archive
Stem Cell Research
Would you believe my childhood pen pal found me and made contact just a few weeks ago? Amazing, how the Internet brings people together, eh? Anyway, I mentioned Eddie Killian because he brought up stem cell research. Here’s what he said (with some editing): I heard deaf people have a problem with stem cell research …
Producing Lower Cost Hearing Devices
Hearing for Children is an organization that is working to create a low-cost cochlear implant (LCCI) to serve the majority of the world’s deaf. Present devices are too expensive, and the the organization offers one solution. Another similar effort from Project Impact is working to develop low-cost hearing aids. These are admirable organizations who are …
Letter to a Son
A letter to my deaf son shares a letter from a mother who is proud of her son’s accomplishments and making it into the ABA League. Read about the signing of Osei Morris to the L.A. Stars. It’s not often we hear heartwarming stories from professional athletes in a day and age when greed and …
Google Is Deaf
They’re just now noticing Google is a deaf user? Actually, much of the Internet is as podasting, videos, and audio files grow by (cliche’) leaps and bounds. Between the entry and the comments that follow including a couple from Joe Clark, I think it’s all been said. What about other disabilities? I am suer they …
Reverse Discrimination
This story gives me a lot to think about. The author makes good points. Since these events are “deaf competitions,” should every athlete be on even ground by having rules that don’t allow them to wear hearing aids, cochlear implants, or any other device that helps with the hearing? Then again when you practice, practice, …
Finding Jobs
This story is about a teen who struggles to find a high schooler type of job. I’ve mentioned it before, but of the four jobs I have applied for while in high school, only one company didn’t hire me: Wal*Mart. I worked for Tandy, Foley’s, and Toys R Us. It’s not necessarily her hearing loss …
CapTel Part II
In yesterday’s entry, I referred to an article on CapTel and wondered about the quality of the captioning. The writer of the article kindly referred me to two people. Mary kindly provided a detailed reply. Let me begin to answer your question by saying that the accuracy of typing is variable, and thus it is …