Remember the 100th Episode celebration show on “Dancing With The Stars” is on Tuesday May 6. Marlee Matlin and other contestants are on “Dancing With The Stars” will appear on that show. Reader Tokumbo writes, “Go to Amy Efron Cohen’s website to check out the bittersweet story about the true story on movie ‘Sweet Nothing …
April 2008 archive
New Invisible Hearing Aid
The New York Times reports on a new hearing aid — new meaning completely different. Not behind the ear, not requiring surgery, not requiring typical batteries, not requiring full ear molds. The Lyric looks like an ideal hearing aid for those who don’t have severe or profound hearing loss. Wearers most likely have to give …
Marlee Matlin out of DWTS
Aww… Marlee Matlin was ousted on this week’s Dancing with the Stars. I hated to see her go, but the last two weeks didn’t go well for her and Fabian. After all, this is a dancing contest, not a popularity contest. I voted for her, of course. I had hoped she recover from last week’s …
Sweet Nothing in My Ear TV Movie: After the Viewing
As expected, lots of conversations are happening surrounding last night’s TV movie debut. The New York Daily News Amazing Sounds Deaf Mom Robert Mason Freep.com CI Online Banjo’s World Countdown to the Revolution Deafness at About.com All the Young Dudes Surround Sound Pah Mine Jim’s Deep Thoughts DeafDC Blog My opinion? Haven’t finished it yet, …
On Broadway: Little Flower of East Orange
Deaf actor Howie Seago appears in LAByrinth’s “The Little Flower of East Orange” now playing off-Broadway at The Public Theater. It’s a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis (“Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train” / “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”), directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and tells the story of a hearing woman (played by …
Can Our Fingers Survive on Smartphones?
I’ve been wish washy about what smartphone to get next as I’ve had it with my current provider. The keyboard and features are great. The service is kablooey. It would be nice to stop carrying a phone and a PDA. I also own a Windows Mobile-based device and still prefer Palm’s. Like many others, I …
Sweet Nothing in My Ear TV Movie
Marlee Matlin stays busy. On top of Dancing with the Stars, she has a TV movie coming out on CBS. Sweet Nothing in My Ear debuts on Sunday, April 20 telling the story of a couple (one deaf and one hearing) struggling with the decision of getting a cochlear implant for their son. Matlin’s character …
Report on SprintCaptel Experience
I just completed my first phone call through Sprint Web Captel’s service and it was wonderful. I used to make voice carry over (VCO) calls, but the problem is that they took me away from my computer and I couldn’t save the conversation on the Captel phone. I have used the TTY to make VCO …
Comedy Film for the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired
From inrich.com “A hilarious sitcom about a dysfunctional deaf family.” Those are words guaranteed to stop traffic. But they’re not pulled from a skit on “Saturday Night Live,” nor are they meant to be offensive. What they describe is a short, family-friendly comedy film created specifically for the hard of hearing and deaf community. “The …
Captioning Sucks
Admit it. It does! This is no April Fool’s joke. Many things happen on the first day of the month… well, why wait until May? My biggest frustration with captions are… * Too many videos out there and not enough have captions. Project readOn is trying to help… but it’s way bigger than any one …