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October 27, 2007
Not Enough Being Done To Treat Tinnitus
Cliff Weale of Iver in Buckinghamshire has suffered from the same ‘high pitched rushing sound’ for ten years. Like many other sufferers of tinnitus, he says it has affected everything in his life and feels that little is done to alleviate the problem. Cliff can only hope that one day there will be enough research funding to end the nightmare once and for all.
Cliff, 60, said, “The tinnitus is mostly in my left ear, but often in both ears, and is much worse at night. It becomes even more unbearable when I wake first thing or if I wake in the night, like someone trying to bore into my skull. Sleep seems to exacerbate my tinnitus.”
Posted @ 3:57 PM
Foxy Brown Blames Hearing Loss for Solitary Punishment
Imprisoned rapper Foxy Brown has hit out at reports she was placed in solitary confinement because she refused to take a drug test, insisting her poor hearing is to blame.
The hip-hop star -- real name Inga Marchand -- was sentenced to 76 days of "punitive segregation" earlier this week after violating three rules at Rikers Island jail. The 28-year-old was alleged to have been involved in a fight with another inmate, was verbally abusive to staff and refused a random drug test.
Posted @ 3:56 PM
Indiana Deaf fights for recognition
Indiana Deaf has equaled its school record for football victories -- eight, set in 1944 -- but that hasn't been enough in the minds of coach Michael Paulone and his players.
"It frustrates us that countless people out there still toss us aside because we are deaf or because they think we can't compete," Paulone said in an e-mail. "Even with our competitive team this year, people still do that. We have beaten teams this year that pretty much thrashed us in years past."
Posted @ 3:38 PM
Cultural Diversity and Photography
On Friday I visited the Deaf Society in Parramatta on their open day to fulfil a photojournalism assignment. It occurred to me later that I felt happy in a way that I had not felt for a long time. Later that night I went to the Hawkesbury Agricultural College ball, and, if I could set down the range of different emotions that I went through on that day I think I could make a fine piece of art.
Posted @ 3:36 PM
Blind, deaf and fearless
Organizers of the current United Way Campaign were looking for inspirational speakers and turned to Penny Leclair, who at first demurred, and then decide: What the heck? "Life doesn't scare me anymore. Whatever it is, I'll cope with it."
Penny is in her 50s, blind, deaf, and inspirational. Last week, she took her message to the Citizen's conference centre and gave the paper's staff a quick lesson in attitude. One of her listeners summed up the performance with one word. "Wow!"
Posted @ 3:36 PM
Shelley listens for her deaf companion
A loving collie who sits obediently by her owner Gary Turner is the Paris man’s best friend.
But Shelley is more than just a companion.
She is the ears for Turner, who has been deaf since childhood.
The man and his hearing dog attended a Lions Club meeting last week at Paris Junior College so that Turner could share with fellow Lions Club members about the availability of trained hearing dogs.
Posted @ 3:34 PM
Bridging connections between hearing and deaf topic of presentation
Human rights advocate and author Susan Schaller walked to the center of the Casa Loma Room stage at the University of Redlands Thursday night and began gesturing wildly and "speaking" at the audience.
She didn't make a sound.
As her silent rantings continued for a few minutes, the students and professors in attendance sat and stared, utterly lost.
Posted @ 3:32 PM
Man Left Deaf In One Ear After Nightclub Assault
A city nightclubber was left permanently deaf in one ear after he was punched in an unprovoked attack.
Richard Dalgleish was hit by another man while in the queue for the city's Timepiece nightclub in May.
He suffered a fracture to the base of his skull which has left him deaf in his left ear and suffering from tinnitus - a ringing noise in the ears.
Posted @ 3:31 PM
Man shot by police was ‘deaf man’
Vaughn “Curly” Fitzgerald was a man who loved to play poker. He played often, friends said, and with many people.
Fellow cardplayers and police, who arrested him in the past on gambling charges, also said Friday that Fitzgerald was hard of hearing, raising questions about whether the 80-year-old heard police officers when they repeatedly told him to drop his rifle Tuesday night.
Posted @ 3:30 PM
Willie Ross school hits 40th year
When the Willie Ross School for the Deaf celebrated its 40th anniversary yesterday, Ross' mother, Barbara I. Ross, 82, was on hand to cut the cake.
A rubella epidemic in the mid-1960s yielded a wave of deaf babies on the East Coast, born to mothers who caught rubella while pregnant. Ross' son, William P. "Willie," was born deaf and autistic.
Posted @ 3:29 PM
October 19, 2007
FDA Warns Viagra Users May Suffer Hearing Loss
Users of impotence drugs, such as Viagra, may suffer sudden hearing loss, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
It's not clear that the drugs truly trigger hearing loss, but the Food and Drug Administration decided Thursday the drugs would bear a warning about the possible risk after counting 29 reports of the problem since 1996 among users of this family of medicines.
Posted @ 9:01 AM
Aculight awarded SBIR contract to develop optical cochlear implant
Aculight Corporation has been awarded a new contract under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop an optical cochlear implant (OCI). The $750,000 Phase II award from the National Institutes of Health is funding a joint effort with Northwestern University (Evanston, IL).
"We're laying the foundation for a laser-based cochlear implant that provides users with dramatically improved fidelity over current electrical implants," said Mark Bendett, Aculight's director of medical products. "This Phase II will enable Aculight to produce an OCI that can be used in research studies at Northwestern University prior to developing a model for clinical applications."
Posted @ 8:59 AM
Firefighters' hearing-protection bill advances
Philadelphia firefighters would be outfitted with $500,000 worth of equipment to prevent hearing loss under a bill approved by a City Council committee yesterday.
Lt. Brian McBride, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 22, said testing has confirmed that more than half of the city's firefighters have suffered "measurable hearing loss" during their careers. Hearing hazards include sirens, air horns, truck engines, and power tools, McBride testified before Council's Public Safety Committee yesterday.
Posted @ 8:56 AM
Deaf specialist honored at awards
Char Harasymczuk received the Lifetime Achievement award Tuesday during the Montana Center on Disabilities' annual leadership awards dinner.
Harasymczuk was honored for her advocacy for the deaf and hard of hearing. She has served on the Board of the Montana Association of the Deaf, the Montana Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and the governor-appointed Montana Telecommunication Access Program Board.
Posted @ 8:52 AM
School for deaf's haunted house to rest in peace
There won't be screams echoing through the Washington School for the Deaf's annual haunted house this season.
School officials have canceled the fundraising event after learning the building that houses the 10-day production needs to be demolished.
The haunted house has been a Halloween fixture in Clark County for 16 years, attracting an average of 1,300 visitors annually. A 10-person committee debated the decision for months before voting to cancel the event, said Nancy Sinkovitz, director of residential services at the school.
Posted @ 8:51 AM
London young deaf riders project wins award
The London Cycling Campaign has named Ealing’s Signing In Deaf Club as the 2007 Best Cycling Initiative for Children in its annual awards. Signing In Deaf’s training sessions helped many deaf children ride a bike for the first time, and helped others improve their cycling skills.
It is one of four projects – out of 25 nominees - that have won London Cycling Awards, which recognise the best contributions to the increase in cycling in London. The awards were presented at LCC’s annual general meeting on Tuesday October 16.
Posted @ 8:49 AM
Free Broadcast to Discuss Emergency Preparedness for Deaf Individuals
The National Terrorism Preparedness Institute at St. Petersburg College in Florida will be presenting a free, 60-minute, interactive satellite television broadcast, titled "Emergency Responders and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community: Taking the First Steps to Disaster Preparedness," on Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 2-3 p.m. EST.
Posted @ 8:48 AM
Local sign language interpreter gets big job
Sam Parker's mother faithfully attended his school plays — even though she couldn't hear a word.
She was deaf.
Back then, even until the mid-1980s, theaters didn't provide sign language interpreters.
"I remember how my mother would sit and just watch, not knowing the story unless I had told her beforehand," Parker, 45, recalls.
Parker, who teaches at UNCG, is not deaf himself. But the experience instilled in him a passion to make theater accessible for the deaf.
Posted @ 8:48 AM
School for Deaf probes claims
Louisiana School for the Deaf officials said they are addressing reports of misappropriation of state property and other allegations raised Monday in a report by the state inspector general.
Inspector General Sharon Robinson said her office received 22 allegations of improprieties, some of which were not valid. The majority of the allegations are targeted at the school’s maintenance department.
Posted @ 8:47 AM
Israeli role model program for deaf-blind children draws worldwide attention
One of the most important therapeutic tools for helping children with Usher Syndrome - the leading cause of deaf-blindness in Israel - may be role models who have the same condition.
A unique program initiated, developed and run by the Center for Deaf-Blind Persons in Tel Aviv, pairs children who have Usher Syndrome with mentors in their twenties who have the same syndrome, which involves congenital hearing loss and a progressive, degenerative eye disease. By setting a positive example, the mentors help tens of children each year - both Jews and Arabs - build self-confidence and learn to cope with the obstacles of their situation.
Posted @ 8:46 AM
Deaf Bothell football player shines
Everything goes silent in an instant. Students stamping on bleachers. Coaches screaming from the sideline. Referees blowing their whistles. All vanish.
When Bothell High School's Thomas Guidon's hearing-aid battery fails, that's the only time, in football or in life, that he feels disadvantaged, vulnerable.
Posted @ 8:45 AM
Health Manual for the deaf
Despite medical and technological advances, many communities in the world still lack access to comprehensive health information and medical care. This problem is even more pronounced for persons who have disabilities. Special needs communities are generally ignored by the mainstream HIV awareness . This include many deaf people who are ignored by traditional information sources such as radio and TV.
Posted @ 8:44 AM
Wright University lands $1.5M grant
Wright State University has landed a $1.5 million grant to expand services for deaf and hard of hearing Ohioians in need of drug and alcohol treatment statewide.
The three-year grant, awarded by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, will fund e-therapy such as sign language-based group and individual counseling and case management via video conferencing and videophone technology.
Posted @ 8:43 AM
New Director Named For Theater Of Deaf
Aaron Kubey is the new executive director-president of the National Theatre of the Deaf, which has gone through financial crises, leadership changes and relocations in the past few years.
Kubey, a paralegal in a New York law firm, is currently artistic director of the New York Deaf Theatre.
Kubey takes over the position Nov. 5 at the 40-year-old organization, now based in West Hartford. He succeeds Paul L. Winters, who served as executive director for four years and has been a board member since 2001.
Posted @ 8:42 AM
Artist to exhibit in aid of Deaf Association
A DEAF artist from Sparsholt is getting ready to exhibit her work in her home city.
Donna Vokes, 24, is organising a solo exhibition at the Slug and Lettuce pub in The Square, Winchester, which hosts monthly artwork shows.
It opens on Thursday, November 1, and proceeds from the night will go to the Hampshire Deaf Association.
Posted @ 8:41 AM
October 15, 2007
Searching For The Brain Center Responsible For Tinnitus
For the more than 50 million Americans who experience the phantom sounds of tinnitus -- ringing in the ears that can range from annoying to debilitating -- certain well-trained rats may be their best hope for finding relief.
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have studied the condition for more than 10 years and have developed these animal models, which can "tell" the researchers if they are experiencing tinnitus.
Posted @ 6:16 AM
Ever tried lipreading 'Happy Feet'?
If the Federal Government likes to live dangerously, there is a good example in the deal stitched up last month between the Democrats’ Senator Natasha Stott Despoja and Communications Minister Helen Coonan.
The deal came about after Senator Stott Despoja tabled a motion to call for an inquiry into the state of electronic media captioning for the millions of Australians who are deaf and hearing impaired.
Posted @ 6:13 AM
Hearing-impaired comedian encourages communication
Comedian Kathy Buckley filled the Union Ballroom with laughter Friday night, even if she was unable to hear it.
Buckley, who is hearing impaired, came to campus to make students laugh and to talk about her life. Despite not being able to hear the laughter, she said she knows people are laughing because she can feel the vibrations throughout the room and can see everyone's reactions.
Posted @ 6:12 AM
Husband hacks to death deaf and dumb wife, daughter
A 22-year-old deaf and dumb woman and her three-year-old daughter have been hacked to death allegedly by her husband at Kurumpatty village in this district.
The bodies of Anuradha and her daughter Deepa, with their throats cut open, were found last evening in a bushy ditch near the village following which her husband Chinnasamy(40) was arrested, police said.
Posted @ 6:10 AM
Advocates for deaf protest budget cuts
The Rhode Island Association for the Deaf has complained that Governor Carcieri has created a hardship for deaf citizens by merging four commissions, including the Commission of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
The organization also charged that the position of American Sign Language interpreter has been left vacant for nearly two months, causing a backlog of requests for interpreters for meetings, appointments and other events.
But Carcieri’s press secretary, Jeff Neal, said it wasn’t the governor’s fault.
Posted @ 6:09 AM
Deaf Silversmith born in 1775 honored
A history of a deaf, locally-born contemporary of famed Colonial silversmith Paul Revere has been compiled as part of the 190th anniversary of the American School for the Deaf.
Douglas Library Director Mary Ellen Beck wrote the brief booklet about Samuel Gilbert, an 18th- and 19th-century silversmith who was part of prominent local family - many of whom were deaf.
Gilbert was born in Hebron on Jan. 13, 1775, the first son and one of 13 children born to Sylvester Gilbert and Patience Barber.
Posted @ 6:06 AM
College has history of offering services to the deaf
Lenoir-Rhyne College has long been known for its service to deaf and hearing-impaired students. In fact, for 30 years, the college has offered what many other colleges have not: deaf and hard-of-hearing support services.
The college evolved from offering a program to train deaf and hard-of-hearing teachers to offering additional services to students with similar situations on campus, said Shawn Frank, director of the program.
Posted @ 6:00 AM
The Alabama School for the Deaf's warriors are silent, but strong
The end of practice was eerily quiet. The 30 football players in crimson helmets, plain gray T-shirts and black athletic shorts huddled together and knelt down.
The player addressing his teammates used hand gestures. Judging by his facial expressions, he was trying to get his squad pumped up to play the No. 1 team in the nation Saturday.
Moments later, the kids rallied together with helmets high in the air, bobbing them up and down.
Posted @ 5:59 AM
Hollywood Actress Speaks at Deaf Center Fundraiser
Lots of excitement at the Corpus Christi Country Club tonight as an Academy-Award winning actress, Marlee Matlin, was the keynote speaker for a special fundraising banquet tonight benefiting the local Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center.
Matlin has starred on tv shows and in movies. She's a deaf woman who has been able to overcome big odds and become a smashing success as an actress.
Posted @ 5:59 AM
Deaf employee's qualification is a first in Surrey
A profoundly deaf electrician who has worked at Alexander Dennis Ltd in Guildford for the past 25 years has become the only deaf person in Surrey to achieve an advanced City and Guilds qualification in the requirements of electrical installations.
Mark Kelsey, who has been deaf since birth, joined the company, the largest bus builder in the UK, in 1983, making him one of the firm’s longest-serving disabled workers. Alexander Dennis also employs an amputee.
Posted @ 5:57 AM
Suit Accuses D.C. of Discriminating Against the Deaf
A class action lawsuit claims the D.C. government discriminates against the deaf and hard of hearing by failing to provide reasonable accommodations, such as qualified sign language interpreters or special telecommunications devices.
The suit says that as a result, thousands of residents are routinely denied access to D.C. government services, benefits, activities, and programs.
Posted @ 5:56 AM
Deaf Blind Dog Search Continues
The search for a deaf and blind dog of 18, which has fallen down a hole on a south Wales' hillside is continuing sporadically into the night.
Rescuers are using their hands, pick axes and shovels to try to reach Jack Russell cross Sprogget, who vanished under old mine workings in Torfaen.
Rescuers have heard him whimpering under the ground on British Hill between Pantygasseg and Varteg.
Posted @ 5:55 AM
Special-Needs Family Complete With Deaf Dog
One local family well versed in the special needs of disabled children adopted another special family member -- a deaf dog.
When the Devicariis family set out to adopt a dog, they had several canines in mind. But when workers with the Animal Defense League revealed a special trait of one dog, they knew they had to have him.
Posted @ 5:54 AM
RIT Awarded $95,000 Grant for Cyber-Community Summit
E. William Clymer, associate director of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf's Center on Access Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been awarded a $95,188 grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Cyberinfrastructure for a "Summit to Create a Cyber-Community to Advance Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals in STEM" (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
Posted @ 5:53 AM
Hotel partners with Delaware School for the Deaf
Since August, the Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware has been partnering with the Delaware School for the Deaf to provide part-time jobs and on-the-job training to several of their students. Hotel staff and mentors from the school help mentor and support the students, and the program, according to Tracy Holmes, director of operations, has proven beneficial from both ends.
Posted @ 5:52 AM
Doctors Take Girl's Finger, Make It Thumb
Every once in a while a child is born with certain birth differences such as missing fingers or toes, but surgical advances allow them to be corrected. Doctors at Allegheny General Hospital have given that gift to a 4-year-old girl.
Grace was born profoundly deaf and without a thumb on her right hand, so it was difficult for her to do a lot of things, including using sign language to communicate.
Posted @ 5:52 AM
October 10, 2007
Simplify the Digital Hearing Aid Experience: Questions to Ask Before Purchasing
Purchasing a digital hearing aid is an important step in obtaining increased quality of life for people with hearing loss. There are many things to consider when deciding on the right hearing aid, such as brand, quality and price, but one of the most important considerations is the quality of the hearing aid provider, and the level of customer service it offers to clients throughout the life of the digital hearing aid.
Posted @ 1:46 PM
October 9, 2007
When it sounds like time for a hearing aid
If your hearing isn't as good as it used to be, you may be thinking about getting a hearing aid.
Then again, there's a good chance you can't be bothered, even though you find yourself cranking up the volume on the TV set, or asking a friend sitting next to you to speak up. If so, you are not alone.
More often than not, people put off getting a hearing aid after they first notice it's getting harder to hear, said audiologist Leigh Kjeldsen "People wait an average of seven years between knowing they have a problem with hearing and doing something about it."
Posted @ 4:04 AM
MIT student turns hearing loss into knowledge gain
Brad Buran, a Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) graduate student, lost his hearing to pneumococcal meningitis when he was 14 months old. Today, the fifth-year doctoral candidate studies in HST's Speech and Hearing Biosciences and Technology program is becoming an expert in the neuroscience of speech and hearing.
Because he is immersed in an environment filled with researchers investigating hearing loss, speech therapy, linguistics, and cochlear implants, Buran sometimes becomes the subject of probing conversations. This constant scrutiny might be off-putting for some, but for Buran, it is fodder for his own musings about the way his brain works.
Posted @ 4:02 AM
Tinnitus may originate in the brain
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have discovered tinnitus -- phantom auditory sensations -- originate somewhere in brain, not in the ear.
Principal investigator Richard Salvi, director of the University of Buffalo Center for Hearing and Deafness, says tinnitus is caused by continued exposure to loud noise, normal aging and, to a much lesser extent, as a side effect of taking some anti-cancer drugs. Thirty percent of Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans suffer from the condition, Salvi said.
Posted @ 4:01 AM
Father's marathon plans fulfill 2 dreams
The entire five-member Yevich family is deaf. But they have no problem "hearing" each other.
James and Roberta Yevich, both of their small children — 2-year-old Peyton and 10-month-old Celeste — and 17-year-old Ariella Stein, Roberta's daughter from a previous marriage, were born deaf, but talk among themselves easily through a combination of sign language, video phones, text messaging, and e-mails.
Posted @ 4:00 AM
Answering the call for deaf kids' needs
Rhonda Sivarajah sensed "something just wasn't right" with Sonjay, her son. From the age of 3 months through his first year, he seemed slow to verbalize and slow to react, especially to sounds.
But every time she brought it up with her doctors, they told her not to worry. Boys are slower, they said. He's got an ear infection. He reacted when I clapped behind his head.
Eventually, when Sonjay was 2, she sought out an audiologist. A simple test six months later confirmed her fear: Sonjay was deaf.
Posted @ 3:59 AM
Center for deaf, blind seniors due in Valley
Tempe will become a statewide or even regional hub for folks who use a language all their own — American Sign Language.
A Wisconsin-based company is planning a housing complex for low-income seniors who are deaf, deaf and blind or hard of hearing in what is a new trend for that group of disabled people.
Posted @ 3:58 AM
Robach and Morelle Honored at RIT for Advocacy for the Deaf
In recognition of their consistent support of the state's deaf and hard-of-hearing community, State Senator Joseph Robach (R-Greece) and Assemblyman Joseph Morelle (D-Irondequoit) were honored at a reception marking Deaf Awareness Day, September 26 in the Dyer Arts Center at Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
Posted @ 3:57 AM
Angry cashier attacked deaf man, police say
A store cashier struck a deaf customer in the head with a crowbar after he mistook the man's silence for rudeness and disrespect, police said.
The cashier, Ricky Benard Young, 20, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The customer, Cody Goodnight, 31, suffered "a large knot" on his head during the incident, which occurred Saturday at the Family Dollar Store at 4117 E. Lancaster Ave.
Posted @ 3:56 AM
Deaf Toddler Wanders Off; Mother Charged
A toddler who can't hear or speak is in the custody of Florida Child Protective Services after he was found wandering the streets of Miami on Sunday, police said.
His mother is charged with child neglect, police said.
The 18-month-old boy was found wandering around Northwest 67the STREET and 10th Avenue about 11:40 a.m.
Posted @ 3:56 AM
Troy University gets $250,000 grant to train deaf interpreters
Troy University officials announced today with Gov. Bob Riley a $250,000 grant from the Alabama State Department of Education that will be used to fund an undergraduate Interpreter Training Program.
The program will be aimed at increasing the number of interpreters for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Riley said the program at Troy will set a national standard.
Posted @ 3:55 AM
Deaf people being left on the outer
A shortage of sign language interpreters means as many as 7700 deaf people are struggling to access services in their communities.
Deaf Association national services manager Tony Blackett said there was a "clear and definite" shortage of interpreters, and this meant that deaf people found it difficult to connect with their communities.
Posted @ 3:54 AM
Opening New Possibilities for Deaf Students in Computer Science
This summer a group of college-age students traveled to Seattle to work on projects such as creating complex computer animations and other high-tech challenges. These activities may sound like many computer science summer programs that take place at elite engineering schools and universities, but this program was truly unique--all of the students were deaf or hard of hearing.
Posted @ 3:53 AM
Deaf woman sentenced for making harassing phone calls
A 21-year-old deaf woman was sentenced Wednesday for making numerous harassing phone calls to her ex-partner.
Kathleen Paula Foshay made the calls using a telephone service that allows one to type a message which is then relayed by an operator to the recipient.
Posted @ 3:52 AM
Deaf man's death in fire worries advocate
An advocate for the deaf wonders if a New Glasgow man would be alive today if his apartment building had a special fire alarm.
Donald Marshall, 65, was killed early Wednesday morning when a fire broke out in his apartment building on Gerald Street.
Posted @ 3:50 AM
Deaf students provided with resources
A hearing disability can throw a wrench into the typical listen and take notes routine of the classroom. Whether you rely on lip-reading or sign language, losing eye contact means losing communication.
Ernetta Fox, director of Disability Services, helps breach this barrier by supplying students with FM receivers, interpreters and other resources that will benefit hearing-impaired students.
Posted @ 3:50 AM
Signing for deaf at meeting
In recognition of it being Deaf Awareness Week, the Rotary Club of Makino ensured the specially invited profoundly deaf in the audience at last week's Meet the Candidates meeting in Feilding were well-catered for.
Interpreter Tania Davidson and communicator Nichelle Hughes took turns to sign for each speaker. Ms Davidson said she tries to match the interpreter to the speaker but had no male interpreters available.
Posted @ 3:49 AM
Rochester native honored in deaf coaching hall of fame
Wayne Morse has never heard the cheers from the crowd, but he's felt the pride of his teammates, seen the very proud smile of his mother and now swells with the honor of being inducted into the National Softball Association of the Deaf Hall of Fame.
The Rochester native received the honor this year for his coaching exploits.
Posted @ 3:48 AM
Signs Look Good For A Deaf Thai Teenager Succeeding In Exeter
After moving thousands of miles from home to receive specialist education in Exeter, a deaf teenager has achieved one of the best grades in the country for her stunning photography.Sudarat Makeshine gave up the chance of going to university in her native Thailand so she could learn sign language in the UK.
The Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education student says moving to the city has helped her become independent.
Posted @ 3:47 AM
Listening With Their Eyes
Parents with deaf children have some important decisions to make. One of the bigger ones is where to send them to school. Some choose a school for the deaf. Others choose a mainstream setting, which was the case for two sets of parents in Aberdeen.
Among the lunchroom noise at Aberdeen Central sit two boys who listen to it all with their eyes.
Posted @ 3:46 AM