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September 27, 2006
Researchers to develop new vaccine against ear and sinus infections
Researchers in the United States are now in the process of developing a vaccine against ear infections and sinus infections. Acute otitis media is a bacterial infection occurring in the middle ear which causes the buildup of fluid, usually pus and shows up in symptoms like pain.
Posted @ 6:44 AM
President of Clarke School for the Deaf retires
The president of Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton for the last 25 years is stepping down. Dennis Gjerdingen (gher-DIN'-ghen) announced his resignation yesterday. He is the sixth president since the school's founding nearly 140 years ago. The school teaches hearing impaired children how to communicate without using sign language.
Posted @ 6:42 AM
She matches steps, without music
Self belief can make impossible things possible. An astonishing exemplar is 23-year-old Bhumika Pujari who matches steps; dances to Garba tunes much better than many trained dancers despite being deaf and dumb by birth.
Posted @ 6:39 AM
Linda Jordan named kickoff speaker for 2006-07 Jordan Lecture Series
Linda Jordan will be the kickoff speaker for the academic year 2006-07 I. King Jordan Lecture Series. The event is set for noon on Sept. 27 at the Kellogg Conference Hotel’s Swindells Auditorium.
Posted @ 6:35 AM
New Internet service offers database of organizations for/of the deaf
deafCensus.org one of the premier sites on the Web for deaf and hard of hearing communities, has a new Internet service offering a carefully compiled database of deaf and hearing loss related organizations.
Posted @ 6:30 AM
September 25, 2006
American Tinnitus Association names David Fagerlie as CEO
David Fagerlie has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the American Tinnitus Association, the nation's foremost organization committed to curing tinnitus.
"Medical research has made important progress toward curing tinnitus in the past 10 to 20 years, and our goal is to greatly increase fundraising to find a cure," said Scott Mitchell, Chair of the association's Board of Directors. "With David's leadership, we look forward to dramatically expanding our campaign to end tinnitus suffering for millions of people."
Posted @ 5:29 AM
Benefit planned for deaf child
If it weren't for the pink miniature hearing aids tucked behind 9-month-old Kynnedi Anderson's ears, no one would ever know she was born deaf. The happy baby girl babbles and coos just as most young toddlers do, but the difference is, Kynnedi can't hear herself. Her world is silent.
Posted @ 5:28 AM
Cochlear implants may open world of sound to the deaf
There's good news for parents who have a child born with significant hearing loss. Advances in technology are making it possible to address profound hearing loss in children as young as 12 months of age.
Posted @ 5:26 AM
Steroids for treatment of sudden hearing loss
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) can occur suddenly in one ear, and generally within three days, cause a 30+ decibel (dB) hearing loss at three consecutive frequencies. The cause for this disorder is unclear, but research has indicated that viral infection, vascular compromise, and immunologic diseases could be key reasons for this hearing disorder.
Posted @ 5:24 AM
Did you hear?
Going to the movies used to leave Theresa Quin more bemused than amused. Images flashed, heads bobbed, mouths moved. But as a deaf person, Quin couldn't hear a thing and was barely able to make out the story line.
Posted @ 5:24 AM
St. Jude finds clues to hearing loss from chemotherapy
Children with cancer who suffer hearing loss due to the toxic effects of chemotherapy might one day be able to get their hearing back through pharmacological and gene therapy, thanks to work done with mouse models at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Mice with a variety of genetic mutations that disrupt different parts of the ear will also help scientists understand age-related hearing loss in adults, as well as hearing loss caused by long-term exposure to loud noise, according to the researchers.
Posted @ 5:21 AM
Class bridges language barrier between hearing and deaf in families
JohnPaul Jebian raises his hands and waves them back and forth, as if he were taunting a crowd. Instead, he is teaching students at G. Holmes Braddock High's Parent Academy how deaf people clap. "You guys have great facial expressions,'' Jebian told his class. ``Facial expressions are very important when you are signing so people can understand what you are talking about.''
Posted @ 5:20 AM
Lights show deaf man how to take the fast lane
Born 90 percent deaf, this Franklin Square man is in his third season driving race cars. Daryn Miller spent the 20-lap race among the top five cars. Behind the leaders, the bumping and grinding was so intense that some cars had panels hanging. He just kept driving, averaging between 63 and 68 mph on the quarter-mile oval, immune to what was going on with the rest of the pack.
Posted @ 5:19 AM
Event gives deaf a place to meet
Last week, dozens packed into Premier Pizza in Hemet. A social crowd, adults and children sat around tables and stood at the counter, chatting with each other and catching up with one another's lives. Yet, despite all the conversations going on at once, the restaurant was largely silent.
Posted @ 5:18 AM
HIV/AIDS victims prefer deaf counselors
HIV/AIDS victims trust deaf Voluntary Testing (VCT) counsellors because they cannot reveal their secrets, it has been disclosed. A technical advisor in the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ms Peris Urassa, said yesterday that experience from neighbouring Kenya had shown that in 2005, a total of 7,000 people attended voluntary counselling due to the trust they had in deaf Counsellors.
Posted @ 5:17 AM
Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind to be on PBS
Gooding, Idaho (ap) -- the Idaho school for the Deaf and the Blind will be one of nine national sites to be featured on the animated PBS children's show, Maya and Miguel.
Posted @ 5:16 AM
Reaching out to the deaf
Sending an email might sound like an easy task for most people but not to SMK Methodist Kuala Lumpur student Kan Wai Kit. Up till last year, the hearing-impaired student knew little about technology. But thanks to the effort of a team of students from the school who participated in the Cyberlinq Competition organised by Maxis last year, Wai Kit is now able to use the computer.
Posted @ 5:15 AM
Let's take a walk for a good cause
Employees and volunteers at Central Point's Dogs for the Deaf are hoping their plea for dog owners to grab their best friend and head to Champoeg State Heritage Area on Saturday isn't a sound heard only by dogs.
Posted @ 5:15 AM
Procedural unfairness – employer wins appeal against deaf employee’s claim
The claimant was profoundly and pre-lingually deaf and his deafness amounted to a disability for the purposes of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. He was suspended from duty for e-mailing to himself, from a colleague's terminal, files which he had no authority to see.
Posted @ 5:14 AM
CMU to mark Deaf Awareness Week
Central Michigan University will host a variety of activities Oct. 2-5 in recognition of Deaf Awareness Week. This is the fifth year of CMU's participation in Deaf Awareness Week, which celebrates the culture, language nd heritage unique to individuals who are deaf. The CMU department of communication disorders audiology program has hosted the event since 2002.
Posted @ 5:13 AM
Mum’s anger at options for deaf son
A deaf child's mother has accused Bromley Council of "stopping" her son's education. James Myers was due to start studying for his GCSEs this term but he does not have a school to go to and so is resigned to sitting at home in Wellbrook Road, Locksbottom, while his mother battles with Bromley Council.
Posted @ 5:10 AM
IBM offers deaf mobile alerts
IBM’s software research labs in the United Kingdom said Thursday they have developed a system to send location-specific alerts to the cell phones of hearing-impaired people at airports, workplaces, railway stations, and other locations.
Posted @ 5:09 AM
Work promotes communication
Before the 1980s it was generally thought deaf children in schools should learn to lip read and talk instead of learning sign language.
Jane Thomas, speech therapist at Greenwich Teaching Primary Care Trust (GTPCT), said deaf people found this disrespectful to their culture because they were being taught to use a language they could not relate to as they could not hear it.
Posted @ 5:08 AM
Deaf sisters face mainstream challenges at school
It's dinnertime at the Rogers home in Springfield, and everyone around the table has something to say. But almost no words are spoken. Instead, eyes dart and fingers fly as five of the sisters -- Angela and Melissa, both 8; Julia, 9; 16-year-old Lianna; and Amanda, 24 -- talk in sign language about school, friends, the yummy noodles their mother has made and the challenges of being deaf.
Posted @ 5:06 AM