Straddling Giggles
Public Schools, the down fall of many a good CODA. I kid you not. Public Schools are a minefield of unexploded cultural missteps. Unsuspecting, naive CODA's innocently cross the line of proper behavior in a hearing setting. Norms and mores that are per... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 18, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Bewildered CODA Tags: Uncategorized vm Source Type: blogs
Deaf Mutes singing Hymns…
Historical vblog from Canada (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 17, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: At The Rim Tags: Deaf vm Source Type: blogs
Situation *
Sometimes I think about the weirdest things. Earlier today I was thinking about all those boot camp scenes you see in movies, where they have a drill sergeant marching the guys along and yelling out that call and response thing. (Dave told me it’s called ‘cadence.’) You know what I mean, right? Well, if I [...] (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 17, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Sudden Silence Tags: Hearing Loss Late-Deafened vm Source Type: blogs
Rats pave the way for deaf Borgs.
Science Fact, or fiction ? The Deaf 'HIVE' ...... now that IS scary ! imagine 1,000s of deaf dedicated to audism and deafhood aghhhhhhhhhh.......The scientist who has given a “sixth sense” to laboratory animals by allowing them to dete... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 17, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: At The Rim Tags: Deaf vm Source Type: blogs
In Which Little Things Can Have Big Repercussions
So sometimes we get really weird reactions from people when we're stopped at stop lights. Usually this is because I'm either: a) rocking out in sign to music from the radio, or b) blaring Ellen's Thai pop music with the windows down while my enth... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 17, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Connor's Song Tags: ASL Deaf Hard-of-Hearing SEE vm Source Type: blogs
My Ears Have a Cold Nose by Mary Ann De Meo
Dora is Mary Ann’s latest NEADS Hearing Dog In 1978, I was a junior in high school looking forward to college. My parents wondered who would do the hearing for me while I was away at college. My mother was watching T.V. and came across what was then called the Hearing Ear Dog Program [...] (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 17, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: SayWhatClub Weblog Tags: Deaf Hard-of-Hearing Hearing Loss Late-Deafened vm Source Type: blogs
Goofing around & new suits
Today it snowed. Not much but enough to make NC folks pack a Walmart like the apocolypse is coming. LOL. It was pretty but truly we wanted much, much more snow. I wanted a good snowball fight and things. I did get so... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 17, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Stephanie Tags: Auditory/Oral Cochlear Implant vm Source Type: blogs
October 31st, Halloween
Jason had his Classroom Party on Halloween morning. I drove him up to the school and he proceeded to cry almost the whole time. I got him home and he crashed. And then he had a fever. Sigh...He did eventually stop crying. ... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 16, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: The Lutz Family Fun Page Tags: Hearing Aid vm Source Type: blogs
Deaf pianist donates $2 million dollars to Fresno State
A deaf person who also plays the piano donates $2 milllion dollars to California State University, Fresno.Retired architect, vineyard owner and piano player Robert Duncan Nicol, who has been deaf since birth, says he is living proof "that deaf people, ... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 16, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Kokonut Pundit Tags: Deaf Hearing Loss vm Source Type: blogs
Deaf Pianist Donates $2 Million Dollars
A deaf person who also plays the piano donates $2 milllion dollars to California State University, Fresno.Retired architect, vineyard owner and piano player Robert Duncan Nicol, who has been deaf since birth, says he is living proof "that deaf people, ... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 16, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Ragtime Piano! Tags: Deaf Hard-of-Hearing Hearing Loss vm Source Type: blogs
Deaf Gain? Blind Gain? One-Hand Gain?
There's a new term being used and that's "Deaf Gain." Jannelle Legg and Sophie Sok at Gallaudet University explained in an article about the term.The term “Deaf-gain” was coined in 2005 by a British performing artist visiting Gallaudet. Deafened la... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 16, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Kokonut Pundit Tags: Hard-of-Hearing Hearing Loss vm Source Type: blogs
4 Sugars
The following is a true story that happened to me when I was in graduate school several years ago:
It was really cold and dark that night in New York. It snowed recently; the ground icy and wet. I was walking back to my dormitory hugging my notebooks... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 14, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Eh? What? Huh? Tags: Hearing Loss vm Source Type: blogs
First Retinal Implant to Receive FDA Approval
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first treatment to give limited vision to people who are blind, involving a technology called the “artificial retina.” With it, people with certain types of blindness can detect crosswalks o... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 14, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: cochlearimplantHELP Tags: Cochlear Implant eab Source Type: blogs
CODA with cochlear implant??
At first when I heard it on the radio it didn't hit me. But after seeing another article on Huffington Post, I fear the health and safety of CODAs is in danger! If you were unaware, there is a huge fad spreading where teens are wearing fake brace... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 14, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Coda Terp 258 Tags: ASL Cochlear Implant Deaf vm Source Type: blogs
“Were you angry when you became Deaf?”
Discussion based on an episode of “Switched at Birth.” LaRonda Zupp reviews her experience after a young woman asks her if she was angry when she became Deaf. (Captioned) (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 14, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: The Ear of My Heart Tags: ASL Cochlear Implant Deaf Hearing Loss Late-Deafened vm Source Type: blogs
