First I’ve heard of this. According to this short article, two babies are born deaf every day with 90 percent having hearing parents.
Category: News
Signing Web Pages
I’ve been hearing about avatars and the latest does sign language. This avatar compares nothing to the ones we see in forums, pictures of favorite people, shows, things, and whatnot. Sites and applications adapting human avatars have them walking in front of the Web content you’re viewing much like a tour guide. It sounds like …
Writing Proper English Follow up
I got a great comment from Alicia Lane. Rather than putting it in the comments of the post from April 14, I’m posting it here. She offers an argument that I had not considered. However, I still can’t compare English / ASL to those who speak Spanish as the primary language and English as a …
Wearable Captioning
Will wearing captions be fashionable? 🙂
Israel and Indians
A couple of international news. What a scary situation to be in. Six deaf Israelis rescued in Nepal. Indian deaf cricket team goes to Pakistan and promotes peace between the two countries. Nice to see a happy story.
Dallas Professor Wins Grant
A professor in my hometown has won a $1.5 million grant for improving a hearing aid device. “The end result of the project will be to enable users of cochlear implants to hear better in noisy situations and listen to music.” Isn’t that what Cochlear’s whisper feature is for? We can listen to music with …
FDA Approves New Cochlear Implant System
The Nucleus Freedom implant has received FDA approval this month. You can see photos and details in this news release. According to the release, “is the only speech processor designed to be water resistant and the only system to offer SmartSound(TM) technology, a combination of three unique sound technologies designed to enable better hearing in …
Deaf History Month
March 13 – April 15 is Deaf History Month. When I lived in DC, we had deaf week at the Department of Transportation. We set up speakers and a showcase. Gosh, I can’t remember the details and I was on the planning committee. Probably because I was pregnant with my first. Anyway, you can get …
Sign Language Dialects
I’ve previously talked about how like people who have accents, sign language also has its accents. I saw it for the first time when watching Four Weddings and a Funeral, which took place in the UK. The Mirror briefly discusses these dialects.
DeafCities.com
From DeafNetwork: DeafCities.com, has launched a brand new Web site to provide tools for deaf users. Features on the site: Listings Browse through the listing directory and post job listings created by people in DeafCities network. Roomate and Friend Finder Why live with a complete stranger when members could live with the friend of a …