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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Deaf teen tapping her way to fame
Disability doesn’t deter state’s Outstanding Teen American from competition. For the next few weeks, Elena LaQuatra, 15, will be spending a lot of time in a dance studio at the Center for Theater Arts in Mt. Lebanon spinning, twirling and … Continue reading
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Arkansas native named SSSD superintendent
The superintendent’s home finally has a resident. After a three-year national search for someone to lead the Scranton State School for the Deaf, Monita G. Hara, Ed.D., has been appointed to the position. Dr. Hara moved into the stately, four-floor … Continue reading
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Deaf man sentenced for shooting neighbor
A 51-year-old deaf man was ordered to serve nearly four years in prison for shooting and wounding his neighbor. Steven E. Marshall, who already has served more than five months of the sentence, received a minimum sentence of 43 months … Continue reading
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Brain may reorganize after implant of cochlear device
Cochlear implants—electronic devices inserted surgically in the ear to allow deaf people to hear—may restore normal auditory pathways in the brain even after many years of deafness. The results imply that the brain can reorganize sound processing centers or press … Continue reading
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Legally Blind And Deaf, Graduate Student Nears Completion Of His Ph.D.
Standing in the elevator of the chemistry building at the University of Albany, I’m not sure what to expect. Before I reach the third floor, the doors open and doctoral student Christopher C. Wells walks in; we look at each … Continue reading
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Deaf priest hears God’s calling
When Carmelo Giuffre told his mother he was going to become a priest later in life she answered, “What were you waiting for?” Milwaukee-born and raised in a Sicilian family, the Rev. Giuffre joins Holy Family Parish in Fond du … Continue reading
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Hanover man defies disablility, directs deaf tennis team
Sounds can be taken for granted in a sport such as tennis. The sound of the ball striking the racket or the court. The shuffling of feet on the surface. The call of the score. The yell of a linesman … Continue reading
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Deaf Man Carjacked at Knifepoint
Police are searching for a man who carjacked a driver at knifepoint Sunday night. According to officers, the driver was a deaf man who could not speak. He was traveling on the 900 block of Roosevelt Street, just south of … Continue reading
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Bringing footy gift to the deaf
Remember the great Frank Hyde? I think of Frank and hear “It’s long enough, it’s high enough, it’s right between the posts”. Frank’s trademark description is rugby league legend, and he coined it because of a blind man, Len Hallett … Continue reading
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What? Hearing aids cost how much?
Growing up in the 1960s, loud music was a social staple for Ruthann Cage. Highlights of her youth included coveted tickets to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in Chicago in 1964. At college parties, Cage occasionally joined a band … Continue reading
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