Category Archives: Deafness

The “Exposure” show, put on by UR’s American Sign Language performance group, Sign Language Associated Performers (S.L.A.P), accomplished precisely what it set out to do: Educating the University community about deaf culture in a humorous, entertaining and visually captivating manner. … Continue reading →

Peninsula Friends of Animals has found a foster home for Frosty and Snowman, two deaf and blind Lhaso apso-Shih Tzu mix dogs. There’s only one potential dogleg in the 2-year-old brothers’ road to a permanent home: The foster couple willing … Continue reading →

Both the state of Vermont and the University have worked to continue the trend of acceptance with the appreciation of diversity through the representation of deaf culture for Deaf Awareness Month. Jeffrey Levi Palmer held a lecture in the Davis … Continue reading →

Born with congenital aphasia, Patti Scott’s hearing is impaired, her speech garbled. Unable to communicate with much of the world, she lived in frustrated, angry silence. “I was alone and, really, I was depressed,” Scott, 60, said recently through a … Continue reading →

Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am has revealed that he suffers from tinnitus, a condition in which there is a constant ringing in his ears. While speaking with Britain’s the Sun, the hip-hop star says that the only time it doesn’t … Continue reading →

The Kansas City Ballet’s performance of “The Nutcracker” always provides plenty of holiday fantasy. But one little angel is giving this year’s production a special magic. You can see “The Nutcracker” and a ballerina who has overcome amazing odds at … Continue reading →

Imagine being trapped inside your own body; able to think but not communicate clearly. A KELOLAND teen who was born deaf, is now going blind, and is also autistic faces that every day, but his teachers say his biggest handicap … Continue reading →

A 61-year-old caregiver was arrested Thursday in West Virginia after a federal investigation said she swindled funds from an 80-year-old woman, who is deaf and legally blind. A federal indictment says Rebecca Moody, formerly of New Port Richey, falsely obtained … Continue reading →

Age-related hearing loss (ARHL), one of the four most prevalent chronic conditions in the elderly, is associated with low serum levels of folic acid, according to new research published in the December 2010 issue of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck … Continue reading →

Those who knew W. Patrick Gorman saw him just as a normal boy. Many probably didn’t know that from birth, Gorman was not given much hope for survival. He was born with pulmonary hypertension, was in a respirator for 27 … Continue reading →