Kodak employees spend the day at RIT where they learned to communicate using only body language.
Category: News
Extreme Makeover Reveal
Previous, I reported a family with deaf members and a blind member were getting an Extreme Makeover. Now, you can see the reveal before the TV reveal. The show is supposed to air on November 7. This show is amazing. It’s unbelievable what they do for deserving families. A girl who is severely allergic to …
SMS
Deaf Benefit Greatly from SMS is not news, but the problem is that the U.S. has not adopted it as much as other countries have.
Design and Function of CIs
At first glance, this article looks like a scientific article that might not interest some of you (I admit such articles bore me and I’d rather read about it in a newspaper story or non-scientific magazine.). It starts off: “Ludwig van Beethoven was 28 years old when he first noticed a ringing and buzzing in …
Implant Recall
Advanced Bionics has issued a recall on unimplanted cochlear devices because the moisture in the circuity might cause them to malfunction. This is the second recall for the company since July 2002. About 440 devices are being recalled. US company, Cochlear, is enjoying an 18 percent stock increase in Australia as a result. In August, …
NAD Gets a New Face
National Association of the Deaf (NAD) has redesigned its Web site. It looks good, but as a member of the Web Standards Project… I can’t help be disappointed it uses tables for layouts instead of CSS. On the bright side, the site looks good in . Read the news item to get details of what …
Danger! Danger!
Sidekick II has sold out! -sob- I want to get one especially with the latest news from the company that makes them. Thanks for Joel for sending me the news item. Danger, Inc., provider of the hiptop Wireless Solution, has incorporated improved its hiptop2 (also known as T-Movile Sidekick II) wireless communications device that will …
John Gray for Ears
Well, apparently the Mars / Venus concept applies to the left and right ear. According to a NY Times article (free registration required), the right ear is Mars. Wow, I didn’t know our ears were so far away. Sorry, couldn’t let that go. Back to business. “But in a new study, scientists have found that …
Keeping Score
I vote this writer of this article for the most creative way to use the phrase, “cochlear implant.” The next time a player scores and whips out a cell phone, I want to see a nose tackle jam it through the guy’s ear hole and make it a cochlear implant. Just makes me wanna throw …
Justice Dept. Slaps Motel 6
Motel 6 and Justice Dept Reach Agreement on ADA Violations. The agreement requires Motel 6 to work in getting over 600 hotels in compliance with the ADA by December 31, 2006. Might want to hold off staying there till after New Year 2007. [Link DeafNetwork.com ]