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| 29.04.05 | Kommunikationsgau in Hessen Dass Politiker Vorbild-Funktion haben - und sich im besten Fall auch dementsprechend verhalten sollten - ist in der Theorie eine feine Sache. Die Abgeordneten im Wiesbadener Landtag gingen jetzt mit guten Beispiel voran, und unterzogen sich einem Hörtest. |
| 29.04.05 | E.ON Bayern: Ausbildungsstandort auch in
der Zukunft sicher ... Allerdings geben wir nicht nur Top-Leuten eine Chance, sondern auch Bewerbern mit Beeinträchtigungen. In Pfaffenhofen haben wir zum Beispiel einen Auszubildenden, der gehörlos ist. Um sich mit ihm verständigen zu können, hat seine Ausbilderin die Gebärdensprache erlernt. |
| 29.04.05 | Marlene:
Das weltweit jüngste Kind
mit einer Hörhilfe unter der Haut Freiburg. Ohne technische Hilfe kann die vier Monate alte Marlene nicht mehr hören. Nach einer durch Bakterien verursachten Hirnhautentzündung ist das Mädchen ihr ganzes Leben lang auf eine Hörhilfe angewiesen. Ärzte der Universitätsklinik Freiburg haben dem Säugling im Alter von nur 123 Tagen ein Hörgerät eingesetzt. |
| 29.04.05 | "Lernen fürs
Leben" Ob die Ablegung der Sportwartprüfung oder "Naturwissenschaftliche Informationsnetze", ob Schlüsselqualifikationen wie Präsentation, Kommunikation und Konfliktmanagement oder Angebote wie Gebärdensprache, Computerführerschein und Unternehmerführerschein - die AHS- Oberstufe in der Geringergasse bietet den SchülerInnen einfach mehr. |
| 29.04.05 | Schulgarten Führungen für Gehörlose Der Schulgarten Kagran wartet ab sofort ein neues Service auf. Ein gehörloser Gärtner gibt sein Wissen in Gebärdensprache weiter. Er führt durch die diversen Themengärten des Schulgartens. |
| 29.04.05 | Mobil telefonieren ohne Probleme Neueste Technik macht Handygespräche auch für Hörgeschädigte klar und deutlich |
| 29.04.05 | Study examines how television can be improved
for deaf children BBC Broadcast together with The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) has begun a joint study into how subtitles (closed captions) and sign-language on children’s television programmes could be improved. |
| 29.04.05 | Wilde Times in Ibiza Deaf DJ Frankie Wilde is as unlikely a rock and roll god as The Mayor of Sunset Strip’s Rodney Bigenheimer. Now, thanks to a Canadian filmmaker, the Mediterranean mix master’s legacy lives on. |
| 29.04.05 | Parents face hard choices for disabled kids Two East Valley families each awoke one day to the same news: They have a deaf child. With that, they had to make education choices in a time when technology has given parents more options. |
| 29.04.05 | I-Caption Putting Dialog and Lyrics in the Palm of Your Hand People file in to Ford's theatre for a performance of Big River, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It's a production by Deaf West - both hearing and deaf actors. The actors use American Sign Language or ASL as well as speak the lines. The box office offers additional help for the deaf and hard of hearing. It's called I-caption. Ford’s Theatre keeps 10 of them for patrons. House Manager David Martin hands out one of the PDA-like devices to a guest and gives a general explanation of how to use it. "When the show begins, it starts to scroll, okay, It follows light cues, so there nothing to be done, except to just hold it in your hand and read it as it goes." |
| 29.04.05 | Our not-so-dumb friends ... In the University of Nevada, a female chimpanzee named Washoe was taught to communicate with humans, using sign language of the deaf. Within four years, she mastered 130 signs with which she identified objects. She was even clever enough to invent new signs such as ‘water bird’ when she first saw a swan. |
| 29.04.05 | Bush Judicial Nominees Undermine the Human
Rights of People with Disabilities Dozens of Disability Organizations Oppose Boyle and Pryor (Washington, DC) Dozens of disability organizations have united with civil rights, social justice and other groups in opposition to the nomination of Judge Terrence W. Boyle and William Pryor to lifetime appointments to Federal Appeals Courts. "The Americans with Disabilities Act turns fifteen in July, but votes for Boyle and Pryor disregard all that the ADA stands for," said Jim Ward, president of ADA Watch and the National Coalition for Disability Rights. "Terrence Boyle and William Pryor have repeatedly sought to undermine legal protections for people with disabilities. |
| 29.04.05 | Listen up: Hearing Society hosts fundraiser
in which folks lose hearing for a day A handful of Thunder Bay VIPs will get a first-hand taste of what it’s like to be deaf, raising awareness about hearing loss and cash to fight it. The local Canadian Hearing Society branch is marking Hearing Awareness Month in May with a pledge-based fundraiser that involves plugging the ears of five prominent people on May 5. |
| 29.04.05 | County native is first deaf student-teacher
to work at Prince George High School PRINCE GEORGE - Wade Phillips can't hear the morning announcements or the roar in the hallway during class changes, but that hasn't stopped him from addressing a classroom full of rowdy teenagers. |
| 29.04.05 | Ratzinger in the Prado ... This picture of the dog tends to produce a disconcerting impression, and, as some critics have written, may well be thought to represent the animal's struggle to escape from an imminent death - just as imminent as death must have seemed to the painter himself in those years when, already deaf and ailing, he was living in his house at La Quinta del Sordo, on what were in those days the western outskirts of Madrid. Or again, it may be seen as the surfacing of a being who looks out at life and immediately discovers the void, the solitude, in which Goya found himself. |
| 29.04.05 | The Latest: Not just trendy T-Mobile Sidekicks are more than a fashion statement for the deaf community ... But what most people may not know is that these phones were available three years ago and originally were most popular in the hearing-impaired community, who used the phones to text message, instant message and surf the Internet. ASU business and digital media marketing freshman Steven Craig, who is deaf, says he bought his Sidekick before the hype. "They are just starting to become more mainstream," Craig says. "It's like a portable computer, but much smaller than a laptop. Everyone uses PDA, cell phones and pagers and they are all in one little machine." |
| 29.04.05 | Hospice music therapy benefit concert tonight Alfonso Nardi will perform a benefit concert for Hospice of Palm Beach County's music therapy program tonight at The Harriet in CityPlace in West Palm Beach. Nardi, who lives in Singer Island and Massachusetts, is an architect for whom music has been a lifelong avocation, despite his being nearly deaf. The musician, who performs his music on a baby grand piano and electronic keyboard, gave his first public concert in November. |
| 29.04.05 | Spatial Hearing Aid Can Provide Direction
of Sound " Our research used a unique approach. We have simulated hearing-impaired listening in ourselves so that we really understand the issues confronting our end users. We aren't simply developing another hearing aid. Through our research we are examining how best to solve some of the most pressing problems facing hearing aid wearers in a new way." |
| 28.04.05 | GEBÄRDENDOLMETSCHER Keine falsche Bewegung! Die Studenten am Hamburger Institut für Gebärdensprache lernen, sich geräuschlos mit den Händen zu verständigen. Ihre Jobchancen sind gut. Sinnlos an der Nase kratzen dürfen sie sich aber nicht - das Gegenüber könnte die Geste missverstehen. |
| 28.04.05 | Auffällig unauffällig - Acuris
Life für eine leistungsstarke, offene Versorgung / Das neue Siemens Hörsystem eignet sich besonders für die Erstversorgung bei leichten und mittleren Hörverlusten |
| 28.04.05 | Leben ohne Kehlkopf - Wie geht es weiter? ... Kaum einer der Betroffenen konnte sich mit der Gebärdensprache anfreunden. |
| 28.04.05 | WIR
HABEN ÜBERLEBT Durch die Befreiung aus den Konzentrationslagern entkamen sie 1945 der Hölle des Holocaust: Gehörlose aus osteuropäischen Ländern, die nach der deutschen Besatzung deportiert wurden und Grauenhaftes erleben mussten. In ihrer neuen Heimat Israel haben sie uns davon erzählt. |
| 28.04.05 | Guest Opinion: Enter a thrilling new world
- learn a foreign language ... Languages most frequently studied that year were American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. |
| 28.04.05 | Silence Speaks Volumes Lakeland's Pied Piper Players gets deaf-themed show right. Mark Medloff's "Children of Lesser God" is the kind of play William Inge or Tennessee Williams would have written had they produced plays in the post-civil rights age. While Inge and Williams explored the family implications of shifting social and sexual mores, Medloff's play looks at the way rights movements of more recent years have altered fundamental assumptions about what it means to be "normal." |
| 28.04.05 | Meet the Indian woman whom US honoured Women from Morocco, India, Cambodia and Ukraine were honored on Tuesday night in Washington for their leadership in advancing human and economic rights for women in their home countries. ... And Natalia Dmitruk, a sign-language interpreter for state-run television, helped spark Ukraine's "orange" revolution when she took a risk on air and informed the deaf community the recent disputed election was a fraud. |
| 28.04.05 | Good vibrations help East Naples Middle
School pioneer play tuba in top school band Exposed to music and instruments by his guitar playing grandfather, Cesar was inspired to play music and dreamed of playing the tuba. Unlike other students in East Naples Middle School (ENMS) or anywhere else Hance taught, Cesar was the first deaf student who wanted to learn to play music. |
| 28.04.05 | Campus disability group re-emerges Friday presentation by UC-San Diego professor kicks off workshop for sign language instructors and interpreters A noontime presentation on Friday by Carol Padden, a communications professor at the University of California-San Diego and expert in American Sign Language, will serve as a precursor to a workshop on Saturday for ASL instructors and interpreters. But the talk also signals the return of an advocacy group for those with disabilities on campus. |
| 28.04.05 | Deaf World Championships cancelled The Organising Board of the 2005 Deaf Rugby World Championships has taken the decision to recommend to the Welsh Deaf Rugby Union (WDRU) the cancellation of the event scheduled for August-September this year. |
| 28.04.05 | Baby Sign Language Parents looking to communicate with before speech turn to sign language classes. " This is a book, you have a book," child development specialist Stacey Rosen said during one sign language session for newborns and their parents. Rosen is giving a workshop on baby sign language at the Isis Maternity Center in Needham. |
| 27.04.05 | Abend der Begegnung begeisterte Ü ber Geschichte, Kultur und Brauchtum der Russlanddeutschen - Ausstellung "Volk auf dem Weg" ... Ein Dokumentarfilm informierte die Besucher über die Geschichte der Deutschen in Russland. Die ersten Deutschen wurden schon unter Zar Peter dem Großen (1682-1725) nach Russland geholt, um beim Aufbau eines modernen Staatswesens behilflich zu sein. Übrigens führten die anfänglichen Verständigungsprobleme der Neuankömmlinge zu der Bezeichnung, die im Russischen noch heute für die Deutschen verwendet wird: "deutsch" heißt im Russischen "nemez", das altrussische Wort für "taubstumm". |
| 27.04.05 | Gemeinsam Geschichte erfahren in Auschwitz " Fahrt in die Vergangenheit - Wege in die Zukunft". Mit diesem Leitsatz sind Schüler des Leipziger Berufsbildungswerkes für Hör- und Sprachgeschädigte nach Auschwitz gefahren, wo während des zweiten Weltkriegs mehr als 1,1 Millionen Juden und NS-Gegner getötet worden sind. Zusammen mit hör- und sprachgeschädigten Jugendlichen aus dem französischen Nancy und aus dem polnischen Krakau machten sie sich in den vergangenen Tagen ein Bild von der Grausamkeit des Holocausts. |
| 27.04.05 | New learning centre opens for the deaf CUMBRIA Deaf Association hopes that a new learning centre will encourage deaf people to broaden their horizons. Development worker Diane Richardson will be manning the centre, which provides full internet access, at Monkwray Court, Whitehaven. |
| 27.04.05 | Woman charged in live-in boyfriend's death ... Adelsburg, like McBride, was deaf, and they worked together at a local post office, Deputy Police Chief Daniel Young said. McBride apparently became upset after learning Adelsburg was planning to end their relationship, Young said. |
| 27.04.05 | Another view of the Deaflympics Craig Crowley, the chair of UK Deaf Sport, has sent the following letter in response to my article of March 4 suggesting an end to the Deaflympics to enable deaf sportsmen and women to apply for entry to the Paralympics. |
| 27.04.05 | Extensive American Sign Language video collection
now at Sacramento State Sacramento State's Library will unveil its new collection of American Sign Language (ASL) videos as part of World Language Day on Saturday, April 30 at the University campus. There will be an information booth and video monitor display inside the library entrance from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a showing of videos and corresponding books from the collection. |
| 27.04.05 | Day at film studio for hearing impaired BEIJING -- Dressed in Army fatigues, crouched inside a trench, holding a musket and taking aim, Wang Xin waits for the order to fire. This scenario comes from the make-believe sets of the movie "On the Mount Taihang" (Taihangshan Shang). Last Tuesday, Wang, 14, was among more than 30 other disabled teens like himself getting a taste of film shooting. Some are hearing impaired while others are of low intelligence and all were from the Beijing Dongcheng District Special Education School. They were given the chance to play actor for a day and be directed by Zhang Xinwu of the Beijing-based August First Film Studio, the largest army-themed movie studio in China. |
| 27.04.05 | Babies taught to use sign language PLEASANTON — With a simple gesture of the hand, infants can now learn how to tell their parents what they want — and an upcoming class will teach them how. Baby Sign Language is being offered in May through Amador Valley Adult and Community Education. |
| 27.04.05 | Report will examine relevance of sign language
studies After several weeks of persistent student protest and letters of support from students and faculty, the American Sign Language program at Brown might just be getting a reprieve. |
| 27.04.05 | City rewards bilingual workers Stipend would benefit Spanish, ASL speakers ... Officials believe up to 90 workers across the city will apply for the program. Workers can earn up to an extra $100 monthly under the $73,000-a-year effort. Spanish and American Sign Language are the most commonly used alternatives. |
| 27.04.05 | The Human Foundation The primary program of The Gorilla Foundation (Koko.org) involves teaching American Sign Language to two lowland gorillas. That's cool. I'm all for primates that use sign language. Bears that ride little bicycles and parrots that sing songs and whistle are neat as well. |
| 27.04.05 | Signs of Understanding 'Big River' Uses Novel Technology, Staging to Link Deaf, Hearing Cultures In the play "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" now showing at Ford's Theatre, the irascible literary hero's float down the Mississippi isn't the only adventure depicted on stage. Nor is the subject of race in the time of slavery the only barrier explored. That's because seven of the 20 actors in this production of the 1985 musical are deaf or hard of hearing. |
| 26.04.05 | Am
Tag der Begegnung Messe mit Händen
gesungen 100 Hörgeschädigte beim Gottesdienst in der Stiftskirche Ludwigslust • Mathias Wohlfahrt begrüßt jeden neuen Gast persönlich. Er muss nichts sagen, denn die Teilnehmer zum diesjährigen "Tag der Begegnung" sind gehörlos. Sie sprechen mit den Händen. Mathias Wohlfahrt selbst kommt aus Rostock und ist der Gehörlosenseelsorger der Landeskirche. "Dieses Mal sind aber nicht nur hörgeschädigte Menschen aus Mecklenburg hier, wir können auch Gäste aus Berlin, Lübeck, Hamburg und der Mark Brandenburg begrüßen" erzählt der 34-jährige Pastor und Religionslehrer. |
| 26.04.05 | Höret
die Signale Ein Prozent der Bevölkerung ist schwer gehörgeschädigt bis taub. Ein Innsbrucker Forscher- und Unternehmerteam arbeitet nun an einer verfeinerten, komplett einpflanzbaren Version der Hörhilfe. In fünf Jahren könnte ein Prototyp fertig sein, bis zur „Zulassung“ dauert es vermutlich noch einmal so lang |
| 26.04.05 | Children teaches lessons about love, communication Plays are meant to teach a lesson. Whether or not we agree with what happens or what the outcome is, a lesson is taught in hopes to better society. Last weekend the ETSU Division of Theatre teamed up with Silent Bucs to perform Mark Medoff's play Children of a Lesser God and did just that: they taught a valuable lesson. |
| 26.04.05 | Sign language course for staff All Welfare Department counter staff in Penang will be required to learn sign language to serve the deaf and mute. Archive Since 1991 Penang is the first State to impose such a requirement on its employees. State Executive Councillor in charge of Health, Welfare and Caring Society P.K. Subbaiyah said all employees would be required to attend a 26-hour course on sign language. |
| 26.04.05 | Silent shepherd Carly Mauch's final school project won't be finished after she graduates from Pasco High School in June. The 17-year-old said it's because she taken on an extended challenge -- to teach her German shepherd, Emma, how to obey commands in American Sign Language. |
| 26.04.05 | Sweet trumps cynical in 'King of Hearts' What I loved most about the production is how it honors "disabilities" rather than masks them. The performers with Down syndrome, for example, stomp and bumble per their own comic timing. A deaf performer (Billy Tomaszewski) sings a pretty song in American Sign Language. |
| 26.04.05 | Playground work starts The playground will be the first in Keller to have universal accessibility. In addition to ramps for each piece of equipment, the playground will have panels with pictures of slides and swings so children with verbal communication problems can point to what they want to do. Panels will also list playground features in Braille and with sign language symbols. |
| 26.04.05 | Mixed Signals for ASL American Sign Language is on the ascent as an academic discipline nationally, with student enrollments swelling and an increasing number of colleges allowing undergraduates to take courses in signing to fulfill foreign language requirements. |
| 26.04.05 | U2 a voice of concern Perhaps no one, however, was as fervent as Ian Aranha of Seattle, who is deaf and fought to have sign-language interpreters at the show. He was there with a small group of deaf and hearing-impaired fans. "I had to make several angry calls," he said through interpreter JoAnna Ball, of Seattle. Ball and interpreter Jeff Wildenstein have been memorizing lyrics and practicing for a month to get ready for the show. "We actually analyze the song and try to convey the emotion," Wildenstein said. |
| 26.04.05 | Griego: Girls use hands, hearts in history
contest This year's theme was Communication and History: The Key to Understanding, and the girls had decided to focus on a bitter debate between Alexander Graham Bell and Edward Miner Gallaudet over how deaf children should be taught. Bell opposed the use of sign language. Gallaudet supported it. (This is a gross oversimplification of a fascinating 19th century argument that still echoes today.) "What is it like to hear a hand?" the girls say and sign in unison at the conclusion of their performance. "You have to be deaf to understand." |
| 25.04.05 | Huainigg:
Führerscheinprüfung
auch für Gehörlose ermöglichen Miedl: Die Fragen des Multiple Choice Test sind in Gebärdensprache zu dolmetschen " Die Anerkennung der Österreichischen Gebärdensprache (ÖGS) in den Verfassungsrang, wie es eine Regierungsvorlage vorsieht, die bereits den Ministerrat passiert hat, ist eine bedeutende und wichtige Maßnahme", sagte heute, Samstag, ÖVP-Behindertensprecher Abg.z.NR Dr. Franz-Joseph Huainigg. Dies zeige einmal mehr ein konkreter Fall in Kärnten, wo es einer gehörlosen Frau nicht möglich ist, die theoretische Führerscheinprüfung am Computer in ihrer Erstsprache, der ÖGS, abzulegen. Um die komplexen Fragestellungen zu verstehen sei die Gebärdensprache dringend erforderlich. "Die derzeitige Gesetzeslage erschwert den Zugang zum Führerschein und diskriminiert gehörlose Menschen", sagte Huainigg. |
| 25.04.05 | Kurssystem:
Schüler machen sich Schule KURSSYSTEM. Individuelle Fächerkombination und kein "Durchfallen": An einer Wiener AHS ist das Modell bereits Realität, das die Zukunftskommission empfiehlt. ... Im neuen Sportzweig können sie eine Ausbildung zum Sportwart zu machen, weiters können sie die Gebärdensprache lernen: "Und das kann auf dem Arbeitsmarkt einmal eine wertvolle Zusatzqualifikation sein", betont Koenne. |
| 25.04.05 | Barrieren
hören - sehen – begreifen Wien - Nach dem Erfolg im Jahre 2003 findet Ende April in Wien erneut die Sensibilisierungsveranstaltung "ÖZIV-Aktionstage 2005. Barrieren hören - sehen – begreifen" des Österreichischen Zivil-Invalidenverbands statt. Von 27. bis 29. April können BesucherInnen bei freiem Eintritt die Welt der Menschen mit Behinderung erleben, verstehen und in ihrer Vielfalt wahrnehmen. |
| 25.04.05 | Testgerät hört
Echo im Babyohr Dorsten. Der Ohrstöpsel tut nicht weh und hilft, schlimme Folgen zu verhindern: Dank einer Spende der Lionsclubs Dorsten-Lippe (Damen) und Dorsten (Herren) verfügt die Geburtshilfe im St. Elisabeth-Krankenhaus seit Freitag über ein Gerät, mit dem nach der Geburt das Gehör von Säuglingen getestet werden kann. |
| 25.04.05 | Carolina drafts Stefan LeFors ... On growing up with deaf parents: To me, it was normal. A lot of people don't look at it as normal. It was all I knew growing up. I have deaf parents, a deaf brother, grandparents, aunts and uncles that are deaf. I was pretty much the only one who could hear in my family. That was my life. We are a close family. We just communicated with our hands instead of our mouths. |
| 25.04.05 | Govt deserves praise for special education
push The Punjab government has increased the budget for special education and has set up a degree college in Lahore as part of its plans to open new special schools and institutions. Recently, Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi set a new tradition by awarding a gold medal and Rs 100,000 to Zara Hussain, a deaf and dumb girl who topped the Punjab University’s Master of Arts in Special Education in the annual examinations in 2004. |
| 25.04.05 | Learn to communicate with sign language WOODBURY. Hearing parents can learn to use sign language to communicate with hearing infants and toddlers during "Communicate by Signing, not Whining!" from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Woodwinds Health Campus. |
| 22.04.05 | Lieber Frankie ... Frankie ist eigentlich ein ganz normaler Junge. Gut, er ist gehörlos und deshalb auch ein wenig verschroben, aber er geht zur Schule und findet Anschluss. Das Fehlen seines Vaters und die ständigen Umzüge gehen aber nicht spurlos an ihm vorüber. In sich gekehrt verbringt Frankie viel Zeit in einer Fantasiewelt, einer Welt der Seefahrt, des Meeres und der Vorstellung seinen Vater zu treffen. |
| 22.04.05 | LIEBER FRANKIE ... Sie lässt dies zu, weil allein die Briefkommunikation es ihr ermöglicht, die Stimme ihres Sohnes zu hören: er ist nämlich taub und sie hat sich die Gebärdensprache nur begrenzt aneignen können. |
| 22.04.05 | 'Dear Frankie' grasps attention at theaters ... "Dear Frankie" depicts the story of one Scottish family, minus a dad, who often move from place to place without an apparent reason. Frankie, played by Jack McElhone, is the deaf son of Lizzie Morrison, played by Emily Mortimer. The actors are surprisingly comfortable with each other on screen, considering restrained communication comprises a large part of the film. Facial expressions often take the place of conversation. |
| 22.04.05 | Two Deaf Locals File Million Dollar Lawsuit
Against The City They say they were arrested and handcuffed, the only problem, they couldn't understand a word police were saying. Now, two legally deaf citizens in North Las Vegas are filing a million dollar lawsuit claiming police in that city "didn't" do enough to help them communicate while they were in custody. News 3's Alex Savidge reports on this exclusive story, and why these two feel they were victims of discrimination. |
| 22.04.05 | Fulda High School American Sign Language
Classes Tour American Sign Language is one of the language classes taught at the Fulda High School. It is provided to students through telecommunication and is taught by instructor Melinda Winter, Beaver Creek Public School, Beaver Creek, MN. On Friday, an opportunity was provided to the ASL classes to participate in a tour of Communication Service of the Deaf located in Sioux Falls, SD. Ten students from Fulda chose to take advantage of this field trip day that included a Deaf Awareness 2005 Burst of Sign performance at Augustana College. |
| 22.04.05 | From the hands of babes... These preverbal toddlers are learning sign language Babies may not be philosophers, but they do have something on their minds. And a growing number of parents are joining baby sign language classes to try to communicate with their children before they can speak. |
| 21.04.05 | Genetic test for kids' hearing loss Up to 60 percent of hearing loss is genetic. Three-quarters of parents with hearing-impaired children carry a recessive gene for the birth defect. Now, researchers have developed a gene chip that they hope will diagnose the cause of inner ear hearing loss. |
| 21.04.05 | Opposition group has questions about new
town SALEM, S.D. - About 20 people who said they've been quiet too long asked the county commission to answer more questions about the planned sign-language town of Laurent that would be built near Salem. ... The group is worried that Laurent's residents will be unaccustomed to rural life and predisposed to suing over the sights, smells and other nuisances created by neighboring farms. Group members also are concerned that Laurent will be a financial drain on the county. Laurent's presence along Interstate 90 could prevent customers from traveling north to Salem, and if Laurent's residents cannot find jobs, the county could face higher welfare costs, they said. Sherman said that until residents of Laurent establish their own school, the influx of deaf and hard-of-hearing children could put a strain on the state's special education funds. The group also doubts that Laurent could support its own school with only 275 acres of taxable land. |
| 21.04.05 | `Shadow Signing' Brings Play to Life In a first for Lakeland, two performances of Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God," opening Thursday at Pied Piper Players, will feature shadow-signing, a technique in which sign-language interpreters "shadow" a play's actors to allow deaf and hearing-impaired viewers to enjoy an integrated dramatic experience. |
| 21.04.05 | Mother's plea for deaf awareness THE mother of an eight-year-old profoundly deaf boy is appealing to the public to be more aware of people with hearing problems. Charlotte Jenkins' son, Wilfred, was born deaf but with the help of the Thomas Wolsey School in Ipswich and the Royal School for Deaf Children in Kent, where he is now a pupil, he has made giant strides in speaking and in the use of sign language. Mrs Jenkins, who lives in Laxfield, said blindness was much more easily recognised by members of the public than deafness. "It is very important to make people aware of deafness and the problems it can cause in communication and other aspects of life," she said. |
| 21.04.05 | Sonia Verdeil Briser le mur du son Déficiente auditive depuis la petite enfance, Sonia Verdeil a appris à se familiariser avec la langue des signes. A 32 ans, elle rêve aujourd’hui de trouver un emploi qui la fera sortir de son isolement. |
| 20.04.05 | Wie bitte? Deutsche immer tauber Anlässlich des Internationalen Tages gegen Lärm an diesem Mittwoch haben Experten vor zunehmenden Schäden durch lauten Verkehr, Industrieanlagen oder Musik gewarnt. Der Lärm werde immer stärker und führe nach wie vor zu irreversiblen Schäden, sagte Manfred Gross vom Berliner Universitätsklinikum Charité in Berlin. Hörstörungen seien die häufigste Berufskrankheit, der volkswirtschaftliche Schaden dadurch betrage jährlich 170 Millionen Euro. |
| 20.04.05 | Hörschäden
vorbeugen Jeder vierte Jugendliche in Bayern ist bereits irreversibel hörgeschädigt. Aus diesem Grund rief Bayerns Gesundheitsminister Werner Schnappauf heute in München zum "Tag gegen Lärm" am 20. April dazu auf, Hörschäden verstärkt vorzubeugen. |
| 20.04.05 | Symposium
für ein barrierefreies Internet
vom 8. - 10. Mai 2005 in Bitburg Internationale Konferenz von Rotem Kreuz, "TELA partnership" und Netzwerk "Mehr Wert für @lle" setzt auf barrierefreie Interaktion und Integration |
| 20.04.05 | Kimani Maruge ist 84 Jahre alt – und
will noch studieren Der älteste Grundschüler der Welt lernt mit Hörgerät Er ist morgens immer der Erste in der Klasse. Alle anderen wollen von ihm abschreiben. Musterschüler Kimani Maruge aus Kenia ist mit 84 Jahren der älteste Grundschüler der Welt. Und weil er dem Unterricht nicht gut folgen konnte, bekam er jetzt ein Hörgerät. |
| 20.04.05 | Ältester Schüler der Welt trägt
Hörgerät aus Deutschland Hamburg/Nairobi - Der älteste Schüler der Welt, ein 84 Jahre alter Kenianer, hat ein Hörgerät aus Deutschland spendiert bekommen. Kimani Maruge sei aus seinem abgelegenen Dorf im Landesinneren in die Hauptstadt Nairobi gebracht worden, damit das Gerät dort angepasst werden konnte, teilte das Forum besser Hören, eine Vereinigung von Hörgeräte-Herstellern, mit. |
| 20.04.05 | Deaf teen's school learns her language ... Yet when Jessie walks from class to class, she's surrounded by those that speak her language, or at least part of it. And for her, it's enough to know that others are at least trying to understand. |
| 20.04.05 | The Day of Anti-Awareness ... The day after Deaf Awareness Day, adamant pro-speaking people will have a day that responds to the “pro-deaf agenda,” and reveal the truth about lifestyles from a speaking Christian’s point of view. It shall be called the “Day of Cacophony.” The protesters will hand out pamphlets that say people who can’t speak are not exercising their first amendment right to free speech and are therefore un-American. Furthermore, since they believe sign language to be a pact with the devil, they will urge deaf people to stop living their “destructive” lifestyle, begin speaking, and accept Christ. |
| 19.04.05 | Wunsch
erfüllt: Ältester Grundschüler
der Welt kann wieder hören Sein Fall ging im Herbst 2004 durch alle Medien: Der älteste Grundschüler der Welt, der 84jährige Kenianer Kimani Maruge wünschte sich ein Hörgerät, um dem Unterricht besser folgen zu können. |
| 19.04.05 | Künstliche
Cochlea: Bald volle Implantierbarkeit Neue Cochlea-Implantate sollen nicht nur das Hörempfinden dem natürlichen Hören wieder ein Stück näher bringen, durch Senkung des Energieverbrauchs wird auch eine totale Implantierbarkeit angestrebt. |
| 19.04.05 | Ein
Lichtblitz, wenn´s an der Tür
klingelt Altstadt. Die Türglocke schellte nicht, dafür flackerte ein Lichtblitz auf, und anstatt eines Telefonates, kam ein Fax an - Hörende erlebten eine für sie andere Welt inmitten von Gehörlosen. Das Theaterstück "Die Mausefalle" vom Frankfurter PAX Theater erlebte am Sonntag seine Erfurter Premiere. Lediglich eine Simultanstimme half den Hörenden während der zwei Stunden dem Stück zu folgen, was ausschließlich in Gebärdensprache aufgeführt wurde. Und statt des Applauses gab es am Ende der Aufführung dann winkende Hände in der Luft - das Zeichen für Zustimmung bei Gehörlosen. |
| 19.04.05 | Warning the deaf in an emergency CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Government leaders, emergency workers and public interest groups met recently to discuss how they can improve emergency communication for the 600,000 North Carolinians who are deaf or hearing impaired. |
| 19.04.05 | Hearing-aid maker GN ReSound growing quietly GN ReSound probably is one of the largest Twin Cities companies you've never heard of. Some 610 employees work within an unassuming gray monolith in Bloomington formerly occupied by computer disk-drive manufacturer Seagate Technology Inc. They make, refine and market hearing devices. |
| 19.04.05 | Museums, libraries and archives lead the
way in website accessibility ... Other commended websites: www.milestones-museum.com, Hampshire County Council (commended for innovation on a low budget). The first local authority website, and one of less than a handful of museum websites, to provide video clips with BSL (British Sign Language) and to allow BSL users to absorb the wealth of information available on the website. |
| 19.04.05 | Sign language for baby Her name's Gabby, but she's learning to speak with hands for grandparents Gabby Krpata possesses quite an extensive vocabulary for a 15-month-old. She can say mama, dada, eat, more, please, hat and brush. Gabby isn't yet able to speak the words, but uses her hands instead. Her parents have been teaching her sign language for babies. |
| 18.04.05 | "Integration
in jedem Sinne" Unter dem Motto „Integration in jedem Sinne“ veranstaltete die Integrative Tagesstätte im Kinderzentrum Weißer Stein am Samstag einen Tag der offenen Tür. ... Im Vordergrund einer gezielten Förderung stehe das Fachwissen, dass sich die Mitarbeiter in ständiger Fortbildung aneignen, sagte Terörde. So erlernen beispielweise zurzeit zwei Mitarbeiterinnen die Gebärdensprache, da in naher Zukunft ein gehörloses Kind aufgenommen werden wird. |
| 18.04.05 | Integration
fördert Kinder am besten Gut 90.000 Kinder mit Behinderung besuchen in Bayern die Schule. Die meisten gehen an eine Schule "zur sonderpädagogischen Förderung". Nur ein Sechstel der körperlich und oder geistig behinderten Kinder lernen im Freistaat an einer ganz normalen Schule. Das sind viel zu wenige, sagen Wissenschaftler. Sie plädieren für die Integration von Kindern mit Behinderung. ... Eine wichtige Rolle spielt dabei aber auch die ständige Bereitschaft zur Weiterbildung des gesamten pädagogischen Teams. So beherrschen in Davids Kindergarten inzwischen alle Erzieherinnen die Gebärdensprache. |
| 18.04.05 | Barrierefrei im Nationalpark ... Auch Sprachbarrieren werden beseitigt. So gibt es etwa ausgebildete Waldführer für den Nationalpark, die die Gebärdensprache beherrschen. So können auch Gehörlose sinnvoll ins Schutzgebiet geführt werden. |
| 18.04.05 | Online-Hörtest
soll Jugendlichen helfen Nach einem erschütternden Ergebnis über die Hörschäden von Jugendlichen, hat das bayrische Gesundheitsministerium nun einen Online-Hörtest für Schüler und Jugendliche gestartet. Nach den Untersuchungen hören schon 25 Prozent der Jugendlichen schlecht und fast 40 Prozent haben kein intaktes Gehör mehr. München - Das Gesundheitsministerium fordert daher mehr Aufklärung über die Folgeschäden durch Lärm und zu laute Musik. Wie es um das eigene Gehör steht, können User mit earaction ( http://www.earaction.de ) am eigenen PC herausfinden. |
| 18.04.05 | Hörgeschädigte Kinder werben für
mehr Stille Im Landesbildungszentrum Charlottenhöhe ist am Mittwoch "Tag gegen Lärm" – 15 Sekunden lang absolute Ruhe Lärm ist eines der schlimmsten Umweltprobleme unserer Zeit. 80 Prozent aller Menschen sind in irgend einer Form von Krach betroffen. Der Förderverein und der Elternrat des Landesbildungszentrums für Hörgeschädigte an der Charlottenhöhe veranstaltet am Mittwoch von 14 bis 21 Uhr den "Tag gegen Lärm". |
| 18.04.05 | Die eigene Mutter weist Sohn Schuld zu ... Direkt nach dem Übergießen ihres Mannes mit dem heißen Öl war die Angeklagte ins Huyssensstift gelaufen, hatte in der Psychiatrie um Hilfe gebeten. Dem Arzt fiel sofort auf, wie verzweifelt die 30-Jährige war: "Panisch, furchtsam und voll innerer Unruhe." Es war eine schwierige Diagnose, weil die Frau als Gehörgeschädigte nur schriftlich oder in Gebärdensprache kommunizieren konnte. Klar sei aber gewesen, dass der Ehemann, ebenfalls ein Gehörgeschädigter, sie in der Vergangenheit geschlagen und gewürgt habe. |
| 18.04.05 | «Synaptisches Band» und Hörprobleme Forscher der Uni Göttingen beschreiben einen Innenohr-Defekt, bei dem die zeitgenaue Kodierung von Höreindrücken gestört ist und deshalb Sprachverständnis und Richtungshören eingeschränkt sind, obwohl Höreindrücke wahrgenommen werden. |
| 18.04.05 | Was
tun bei Hörproblemen? Guter Rat
ist kostenlos! ... „Hörgeräteversorgung mit Qualität – 10 Punkte Checkliste“ so heißt die Broschüre des DGK, die in Kooperation mit der Fördergemeinschaft Gutes Hören entstanden ist. Nach den Empfehlungen einer Expertenrunde wurden die zehn wesentlichen Qualitätskriterien der Hörgeräte-Versorgung laienverständlich aufgelistet. Diese Checkliste sagt den Patienten, worauf es bei der Versorgung ankommt und welche Leistungen ihnen zustehen. |
| 18.04.05 | Scuba lessons succeed without talk Scuba-diving instructor Chris Zelnio helped student Shawna Grant check her gear before class at the Golden Triangle YMCA pool. They reviewed safety rules and previous lessons, and discussed what was ahead for that night's class. All without saying or hearing a single word. Both teacher and student are deaf -- they communicated with sign language. |
| 18.04.05 | Sign language improves infant-parent communication When 15-month-old Breanna Davidson is hungry, she usually doesn’t cry or whine like most infants. She just looks at her mom or dad and places the tips of her fingers on her lips. When she’s tired, she lays her cheek on the palm of her hand. Although their daughter is not deaf, John and Lynette Davidson of Bolivar are teaching their first child basic American Sign Language to communicate with her better while she is developing speech. |
| 18.04.05 | Le batteur de Fleetwood Mac presque sourd Mick Fleetwood a parfois besoin de tendre l'oreille et de se concentrer pour comprendre ses interlocuteurs, même s'ils se trouvent à quelques mètres de lui. |
| 15.04.05 | Elektrisch
statt akustisch hören -
Votragsveranstaltung zum Cochlea-Implantat "Das Cochlea-Implantant - Elektrisch statt akustisch hören" ist am Donnerstag, 21. April, Thema einer Vortragsveranstaltung an der Georg-Simon-Ohm-Fachhochschule Nürnberg. Dort widmet sich dort das "Centrum für interdisziplinäre Gesundheitsförderung" (CIG) den elektrischen Hilfsmitteln für das menschliche Gehör. |
| 15.04.05 | Hören ohne zu verstehen: Störung
an Synapsen im Innenohr Göttinger Forscher beschreiben im Wissenschaftsmagazin "nature" den Mechanismus einer "auditorischen Synaptopathie" im Tiermodell (ukg) Gesprochene Sprache zu verstehen ist mehr als nur Hören. Bevor das Gehirn den Sinn gesprochener Sprache erfassen kann, muss das Innenohr die Höreindrücke mit höchster zeitlicher Präzision in Nerven-signale umwandeln. Forscher des Bereichs Humanmedizin der Universität Göttingen beschreiben jetzt im Tiermodell einen Innenohr-Defekt, bei dem die zeitgenaue Kodierung von Höreindrücken in Nerven-signale gestört ist (Khimich et al., Nature. April 14, 2005). Die Ergebnisse erweitern das Verständnis für bestimmte Hörstörungen beim Menschen, bei denen Sprachverständnis und Richtungshören eingeschränkt sind, obwohl Höreindrücke wahrgenommen werden. |
| 15.04.05 | Es
geschah an einem schönen Novembertag
im Jahr 2004 Torgau (TZ/LAND). Das im Folgenden geschilderte Verfahren gegen den 78-jährigen Heinz P. entfachte die Frage, ob es eine Altersbegrenzung für das Autofahren geben soll oder nicht, neu. Heinz P. ist schwerhörig und muss beim Autofahren eine Brille tragen. Am 25. November 2004 touchierte er beim Rechtsabbiegen das Fahrzeug von Thomas S. und verließ die Unfallstelle, ohne anzuhalten. Vor Gericht zeigte sich P. als hartnäckig und stur, war sich keiner Schuld bewusst. ... Übrigens: An diesem Tag hatte Heinz P. sein Hörgerät zu Hause vergessen... |
| 15.04.05 | Students Invent Device to Alert Deaf People
to Fire A group of students from Roosevelt High School will be doing something impressive this summer. The four young men will be going to MIT in Boston to fine tune an invention that could save countless lives all over the world. Their invention is designed to help awaken the hard of hearing when there's a fire in the house. |
| 15.04.05 | Woman Makes Life-Saving Difference For Many
Animals ... Beethoven is a perfect example. He is completely deaf and was found in the streets after being hit by a car. "He’s a deaf dog, but we’ll just find the right owner who can work with him. He’s a magnificent dog, why would you want to put him to sleep?" Sarillo said. |
| 15.04.05 | Miss America '95 speaks about life without
hearing Event aims to bridge gap between hearing, non-hearing people ... Whitestone spoke to a small crowd in an Art Building lecture hall Thursday night about the challenges she had to overcome in life and about her experience as Miss America. Her challenge: She is "profoundly deaf." |
| 15.04.05 | Parents of deaf children make tough decisions Many attend schools that are 'mainstreamed,' may feel secluded ... Parents of deaf children face a challenging decision: whether to send their child to public school with mostly hearing students, or to enroll them in a specialized school for the deaf. The majority of deaf children are "mainstreamed," but Gene Mirus, a deaf anthropology graduate student at UT, thinks children tend to feel secluded in a primarily hearing environment. |
| 15.04.05 | Student experiment finds most in Shelby
lost in translation SHELBY — “Disculpa!” Ashley Hull said. “Que hora es, por favor?” He was asking Lena McWhirter what time it was in Spanish, but she didn’t comprehend what the Gardner-Webb University senior was asking. She was one of several people interviewed in German, Spanish, French or sign language in the Wal-Mart SuperCenter parking lot Thursday afternoon. The interviews were part of a “Language Ambush” activity, designed to assess people’s understanding of anything other than English. |
| 15.04.05 | Program Teaches Babies to Sign Before They
Talk (Carmel) - Have you ever wondered what your baby is trying to tell you when he or she cries or whines?A program called Baby Signs could provide the answers you've been looking for. |
| 14.04.05 | Jenseits der Stille Spielfilm, Deutschland 1996. Die einzige der Familie, die hören und sprechen kann, ist Lara. Seit ihrem achten Lebensjahr ist sie die Brücke zur Außenwelt, übersetzt für ihre tauben Eltern in allen möglichen Lebenslagen. Sie begleitet sie auf die Bank, führt nötige Kreditverhandlungen und dolmetscht tapfer sogar Rügen der eigenen Lehrerin. Als 'Außenministerin' der Familie ist sie geradezu souverän. |
| 14.04.05 | Zur EP:Austria-Veranstaltung in Salzburg:
Es kam, wie es kommen musste... ... Als besonders großen Flop bezeichnet Horx „die 1:1-Bildkommunikation, die ja immer noch große Aktualität hat, weil man glaubt, dass die Menschen beim Telefonieren gern vom Gesprächspartner gesehen werden.“ Genau hier könne man sehr gut studieren, aus welchen Gründen sich manche Technologien nicht durchsetzen würden. ... Horx: „Immer wieder startete man neue Versuche, um diese vermeintliche Errungenschaft durchzusetzen. Doch sie wird auch künftig nicht funktionieren! Weil sie nicht unseren Gewohnheiten entspricht, und das hat auch so seinen Sinn. Denn Kommunikation ist keineswegs das Herstellen von Nähe, sondern das Organisieren von Ferne, das Sich-vom-Leib-halten von Menschen.“ Verständlich, wäre man doch gewissen Zwängen ausgesetzt, müsste man sich fürs Telefonieren jedes Mal zurecht machen oder sonst wie vorbereiten. „Dieser große Vorteil der Telefonkommunikation“, wettert Horx, „wäre durch das Bildtelefon zunichte gemacht.“ |
| 14.04.05 | Spanish, French, Sign Bill could give foreign language credits to sign language students Legislators are pushing a state bill that would give foreign language credits to sign language courses in Alabama’s public schools. Senators Ted Little, D-Auburn, and Jim Preuitt, D-Talladega, introduced the bill to the Senate Feb. 24. “It is the intent of the legislation to provide foreign language to include the American Sign Language for elective purposes,” Little said. The House of Representatives passed the bill with a 96-0 vote March 1. |
| 14.04.05 | Amisha plays mute witness to murder Amisha Patel is gearing up to play one of the challenging roles of her career. Recently we saw Rani Mukherjee playing a blind-deaf-mute girl in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much-acclaimed Black . And now Amisha Patel is gearing up for a similar onscreen challenge. |
| 14.04.05 | Father asks court to void terms of custody Va. judge told gay man his partner had to leave home if son lived there ... Through a sign-language interpreter, Hedberg, a hearing-impaired archivist at Gallaudet University in Washington, said the case is really about discrimination and his family. |
| 13.04.05 | Erstes
Hörerlebnis für siebenjährige
Luda Mädchen aus Bila Zerkwa kann zum ersten Mal Geräusche wahrnehmen had. - Noch ist es kindliche Neugier auf etwas bisher nicht Gekanntes - dann strahlen die Augen der siebenjährigen Ludmilla plötzlich ungläubig. Das Mädchen aus Bila Zerkwa kann zum ersten Mal in seinem jungen Leben die Geräusche seiner Umwelt wahrnehmen. |
| 13.04.05 | Feeling the vibrations at BlackRock Center
for the Arts Dance class for deaf children among offerings Dance teacher Veronika Farkas uses American Sign Language to instruct her young students in a new hip hop dance class at BlackRock Center for the Arts. |
| 13.04.05 | Wearable captioning system to make public
venues accessible to people with hearing problems For people who are deaf or hard of hearing, the voices of actors, teachers, sports announcers and clergy are often silenced. With captioning typically available only in selected movie theaters, a lack of access to information often limits community involvement for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. But a wearable captioning system developed at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and recently licensed by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation's Office of Technology Licensing to a metro Atlanta company may change that situation for the 28 million Americans (about 10 percent of the population) who are deaf or hard of hearing. |
| 13.04.05 | Can Toddlers Understand What's Really Going
On? Montreal -- Hold the rose-coloured glasses: toddlers understand much more about false beliefs than parents and scientists previously suspected. A Canada-U.S. research team has discovered that very young children absolutely comprehend that other people believe things that aren't true. |
| 13.04.05 | Signchido- Good for Stress Relief What started out as a creative rehabilitation program for heart patients has grown into something much more. Doctor Borik has put together an instructional manual so you can learn sign chi do at home. Dr. Ann Borik, sign chi do developer: "Sign stands for sign language. Chi is inner energy. We talk about chi moving. Do means the way, but I'm a D.O., so I thought I would put my signature on the Signchido name." Doctor Anne Borik is a internist by day, 3rd degree black belt in karate by night. Combining her love of medicine and martial arts, she developed the innovative stress management exercise program "sign-chi-do." |
| 13.04.05 | Lancement
d'un service en langue des signes à la
préfecture Un système expérimental de visio-conférence en langue des signes, destiné à faciliter les démarches administratives des personnes sourdes et malentendantes, a été inauguré, lundi 11 avril, à la préfecture de Bobigny, par le ministre de la Fonction publique et de la Réforme de l'Etat Eric Woerth et la secrétaire d'Etat aux personnes handicapées Marie-Anne Montchamp. Baptisé "Signes en ligne", ce service gratuit s'inscrit dans le programme Administration électronique 2004-2007 (Adele), qui vise à simplifier les relations entre les administrations et les citoyens. Il consiste à mettre l'usager et le fonctionnaire préfectoral en relation avec un interprète en langue des signes (LSF), par le biais d'une caméra vidéo et d'internet. |
| 12.04.05 | Deutschrock
für die Tauben Peter Maffay lädt gehörlose Kinder aus Düsseldorf auf seine Finca in Mallorca ein. Sie spielen das Tabaluga-Musical in Kostümen nach, spezielle tiefe Töne können sie nachfühlen |
| 12.04.05 | Weiter Horizont der Hoffnung Als Frankie noch ganz klein war, muss etwas Schreckliches geschehen sein. Seither ist das Kind taubstumm - und sein Vater ist spurlos verschwunden. Doch die ganze Wahrheit mag Frankies Mutter Lizzie auch dem jetzt neunjährigen Jungen noch nicht zumuten. Um wenigstens seine Illusionen vom Vater zu hüten, hat sie sich vor Jahren eine Geschichte ausgedacht. |
| 12.04.05 | Deaf arm wrestler aims to be No. 1 Deaf arm wrestler John Shipes, seen in Riverton in March, won three medals at the recent Cowboy State Games. ... Shipes is deaf and largely mute, communicating through American Sign Language, gestures, an expressive face, and an ever-ready pen and paper. |
| 12.04.05 | Hear that? Sounds hopeful for paraplegics TWENTY years after he pioneered cochlear implants, Graeme Clark has been given federal funding to adapt bionic ear technology to help the paralysed feel. "Our real hope now is that we can make a difference for people who have paraplegia," Professor Clark said yesterday. |
| 12.04.05 | Deaf talkabout: The lesson today is bi-lingual At Christ Church on Sunday morning, the Pastor paused during the announcements to congratulate 17-year-old Adam McCormick on his appointment as deputy head boy of the Mary Hare Grammar School in Berkshire. He also said that Adam had been instrumental in helping set up a Christian group called CAMEO (Come and Meet Each Other) at the school for 20 or so of the pupils. |
| 12.04.05 | Deaf Decry Lack of Information On HIV/Aids THE deaf always miss information on HIV/AIDS prevention because they cannot read newspapers, neither can they listen to radios, the Uganda national association for the deaf (UNAD) has said. |
| 12.04.05 | JC & Friends:
Deaf West Theatre Next Thursday, will mark the 140th anniversary of the death of President Abraham Lincoln. On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth assassinated the President as he watched a performance at Ford’s theatre. In an effort to continue their commitment this season - to highlight work that looks pass our differences - Ford Theatre is presenting a production that bridges a communications gap. JC & Friends takes a look at "Big River." Big River, the adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the beautiful adaptation of the Mark Twain classic. Co-produced by Deaf West Theatre, it is unique. |
| 12.04.05 | Deaf-and-mute protest, allege custodial
torture New Delhi: A group of deaf-and-mute people demonstrated outside the Delhi Police Headquarters here today alleging that a youth with speech and hearing disabilities had been tortured in police custody after being picked up on charges of vehicle theft and robbery. |
| 12.04.05 | A Driven Filmmaker and His Grim Subject The unbearably macabre story of the Spiegelgrund hospital in Vienna is told tonight on "Gray Matter," on Cinemax. It's strange, in a way, that the documentary's images of babies pickled in jars and of the brains of children will probably not prompt a discussion of indecency on cable television. Instead, television producers assume that seeing these nightmare pictures, evidence of Nazi-era experiments, is enlightening. I wonder if that's true. |
| 12.04.05 | 1yr NHS wait for hero, 92 A BLIND war hero who is virtually deaf has been told he must wait 18 months for an NHS hearing aid — even though he is 92. Ralph Tucker’s current hearing aid is broken and he needs a new digital version. But Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital cannot see him until October 2006. If he goes private he could get a digital aid in just ONE MONTH. |
| 12.04.05 | New bionic ear uses smart plastic Scientists are building a new bionic ear coated in a smart plastic that boosts the growth of nerve cells in the inner ear when it's zapped with electricity. The technology, which also has potential for healing spinal cord injuries, is being developed at the Australian Centre for Medical Bionics and Hearing Science, part of Melbourne's Bionic Ear Institute. |
| 12.04.05 | You Can Dance For choreographer Keith Young, movement is about life. ... Though learning to dance at a relatively late age was a "humbling" experience, Young says, he had long been preparing for it: playing sports in school, and learning about composition, structure, and line through sculpting and painting. Also, because his sister was deaf, he had always known sign language, and the idea of communicating through movement made perfect sense to him. His sister's point-of-view not only influenced his process--he always watches his work with the sound off--but it also enlarged his view of what art can be. |
| 12.04.05 | Group creating database to notify those
with disabilities of approaching storms Danielle Sciarini never heard the April 20 tornado coming. The Granville resident and her then 6-year old daughter made it to the basement of her apartment complex just before the storm destroyed houses on every side of her building. Sciarini, who has been deaf since she was young, said without warning from a friend, she never would have known a tornado was coming last April. |
| 12.04.05 | 'Quiet' Rock Concert Accents Hearing Loss Experimental 'Quiet' Rock Concert Aims to Raise Awareness of Hearing Loss Mick Fleetwood sometimes has to lean over at the dinner table and concentrate on what somebody is saying a few feet away. The 57-year-old drummer for Fleetwood Mac said his partial hearing loss is why he became involved in Monday's experimental "quiet" rock concert at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in which about 100 people took part, with mixed results. |
| 11.04.05 | Experte:
Gutenberg'sche Behinderung überwunden Die Neuen Medien haben behinderten Menschen deutlich mehr Chancen offeriert. Das Ende der Gutenberg'schen Behinderung bedeute aber nicht automatisch Integration, erklärte Klaus Miesenberger von der Uni Linz. ... Auch bezüglich der Kommunikation gebe es weitere Fortschritte, so gebe es etwa Ansätze, dass der Computer Gebärdensprache erkennen lernt. Eine Integration von Behinderten ist damit aber noch nicht automatisch gegeben, ist Miesenberger überzeugt. Dabei sei nämlich nicht die Technik sondern die Gesellschaft gefragt. |
| 11.04.05 | Zahnkünstlerin
mit ruhiger Hand Susanne Lorenz formt seit 25 Jahren Keramikprothesen ... Neue Mitarbeiter hätten anfangs Probleme, sich auf ihre Behinderung einzustellen. Susanne Lorenz ist von Geburt an gehörlos. „Aber ich fühle mich nicht ausgeschlossen, meine Kollegen haben sich daran gewöhnt, dass ich ihnen von den Lippen ablese“, sagt sie. |
| 11.04.05 | Implants stir fight over deaf education As more parents opt for devices that help children hear, some are decrying the loss of culture |
| 11.04.05 | Woman Sentenced For Punching Deaf Restaurant
Patron Women Fought About Deaf Woman's Companion Dog BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. -- A woman who punched a deaf woman in the face in a dispute about a companion dog was sentenced Friday. A judge sentenced 49-year-old Jeanne Shapiro to 270 days in jail, plus probation for punching Jean Costanza Sala. Sala, 71, went into New York Italian Buffet restaurant in Tamarac accompanied by her companion dog in November 2003. The manager of the restaurant agreed to allow Sala's Sheltie to stay in the restaurant. |
| 11.04.05 | Training deaf pet presents challenge ... The problem for me is training a deaf dog. I have never done this and am not sure how to progress. Hand signals will, no doubt, be necessary. He already understands "Come" and "No." However, he is reluctant to obey, probably because he does not know what I want him to do. |
| 11.04.05 | Banker breaks through the barriers of deafness D.C. Goutoufas, manager of downtown Wachovia Center, hasn't let his hearing loss diminish his career or his affinity for people. ... Goutoufas left his profession once to teach American Sign Language at the University of South Florida in Tampa. While he enjoyed teaching, he said, his heart was in banking and he returned after a year. "I'm a people person," Goutoufas says. "Everyone should know their banker. We all know our doctor, lawyer, CPA . . . We all should have someone who can give sound advice on your financial needs." |
| 11.04.05 | Hearing centre to improve bionic ear technologies Prime Minister John Howard has launched a new scientific institute in Melbourne that will research bionic ear technology. The Centre for Bionics and Hearing Science will also look at how the technology can be used to treat other diseases. It is exactly 20 years ago that the bionic ear was first implanted in a child. Its inventor, Professor Graeme Clark, has unveiled plans to create a new bionic ear to give deaf children near-normal hearing. |
| 11.04.05 | Film
Review: ‘David Hockney: the
Colors of Music‘ The principal dramatic element of the film, which was shot over several years while Hockney worked on a series of productions, is the artist‘s growing deafness. A music lover who spent many hours listening to opera and classical music while driving to and from his various homes, Hockney had to abandon his work because of his hearing loss -- his last effort being the Royal Opera‘s 1993 production of "Die Frau Ohne Schatten." |
| 11.04.05 | Sony invention beams sights and sounds into brain |
| 11.04.05 | Ads made easy: Sony will connect straight
to the brain Remember the chhota you craving for that enticing bar of Cadbury's in a TVC just a couple of years back? Now, imagine watching the same advert with you getting to feel the creamy richness of chocolate flooding your mouth. That's the tantalising prospect raised by a Sony Corp. patent on a device for transmitting sensory data directly into the human brain. This is how the device will work in theory. It will transmit pulses of ultrasound at the brain to modify the firing patterns of neurons in targeted parts of the brain, creating 'sensory experiences' and enabling prospective consumers to smell, taste and perhaps even feel things. The patent claims, this could give blind or deaf people the chance to see or hear. |
| 11.04.05 | Technology provides unique communication
Aberdeen area residents who are deaf or hard of hearing now have a new way to talk to others via tele- communications. Thanks to the Video Relay Service, those with hearing problems can communicate with others easily via a D-Link camera and access to the Internet. On top of that, the service is free to subscribers and users are not billed for their VRS calls. |
| 11.04.05 | First Hearing Impaired Miss America In Town "I'm doing my best to inspire them because I really believe in my heart that God has a plan for every one of us," said Whitestone-McCallum, "not just for deaf people, but for everybody, with or without disability." |
| 11.04.05 | Association brings hearing impaired out
of isolation SANA'A - Deaf-mute people were overjoyed when they heard about a new fund to help disabled people and associations dedicated to helping them. The executive director of the Yemen Deaf & Dumb Association, Abdu Zaid, spoke about the association and its services for deaf-mute people, saying that "we have two classes for computer instruction, a tailoring and textile section and another class for teaching sign-language to deaf-mute people and their families, relatives and friends for free.” |
| 11.04.05 | COVER STORY: Breaking the silence The deaf in Malaysia face enormous difficulties in acquiring normal education in order to stand on their own feet. A book by Saleena Yahaya-Isa chronicles the complexities and challenges involved in providing schooling, from pre-school to tertiary, to the deaf, writes HIMANSHU BHATT. |
| 11.04.05 | Deaf children can excel with the right support ... For deaf and hard-of-hearing children, that audio-visual learning is impaired and can set them back years. “ Statistically, many children who are deaf and do not have deaf parents graduate from high school with a fourth-grade reading level,” Kinuthia said. Educators agree that, above all, the child’s success depends on his or her parents. |
| 11.04.05 | Boost for sign language learning HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd, together with Majudiri Y Foundation for the Deaf, recently launched the country's first Sign Language Resource Centre and Lab at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) branch in Kuala Lumpur. Besides teaching sign language and training interpreters, the resource centre is also a place for educators, research teams, parents of deaf and hearing-impaired children and students undergoing sign language courses to develop their understanding of deafness and bring them closer to the deaf community. |
| 11.04.05 | Helping your baby to communicate earlier How teaching babies sign language helps them develop better TEN-month-old Gladys Kong has not spoken her first word yet. But the tiny tot can already communicate simple messages and expressions to her loved ones. She does so using sign language, which her parents started teaching her last month using a method adopted from books published in the United States. |
| 11.04.05 | Sign language program for babies helps the
children to speak their minds Marcy Satkoski knows how to communicate with infants and toddlers -- and it's not by word of mouth. The Floyds Knobs resident uses a form of sign language to interact with young children. |
| 08.04.05 | Als ich zum Papst pilgerte Unser Rom-Korrespondent erinnert sich, wie er 1980 mit seinem kleinen Sohn den Papst traf. Zum ersten Mal Gestern ist Jakob nach Rom gekommen, um dem Papst die letzte Ehre zu geben. Er hat seinen Laptop dabei, damit er ein bißchen weiter arbeiten kann für seine kleine Ich-AG. Jakob ist mein Sohn, seit letztem Sommer stolzer Vater und gehörlos. Damit er nicht über zwölf Stunden in der Schlange vor dem Petersdom warten mußte, hat er ein 25 Jahre altes Foto für die Carabinieri mitgebracht, das ihn, seinen Vater und "il Papa" zeigt. Denn mit Jakob habe ich erstmals vor einem Vierteljahrhundert den Papst getroffen. |
| 08.04.05 | Deaf Douglaston couple die from vehicle
exhaust A couple who were both severely hearing-impaired and may not have heard warnings from a carbon monoxide detector mounted in their residence were found dead in their Douglaston townhouse last week due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a car left running in their attached garage, officials said. |
| 08.04.05 | Now hear this... I CAN swear in sign language. Unfortunately, since it's all I know, it is of very limited use. |
| 08.04.05 | Northview eyes sign language camp PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP -- The Board of Education is scheduled to vote on a proposal for a summer camp to teach American Sign Language to hearing children. Robert Anthony, director of Northview's deaf and hard-of-hearing program that serves students throughout Kent County, said the two-week camp also would be open to hearing children. |
| 08.04.05 | Mt. Tahoma teen crowned Daffodil Queen Jessica DeWitt of Mount Tacoma High School was crowned Daffodil Queen for 2005 on Friday night, April 1, at the Church of All Nations in Tacoma. ... Queen Jessica is deaf and gave her speeches in American Sign Language. A crowd from the deaf community was at the coronation to support her. |
| 08.04.05 | See body of works from Brewster " A Deaf Artist in Early America: The Worlds of John Brewster Jr." features 40 paintings by Brewster (1766-1854), a deaf-mute from birth and one of the best-known American folk artists. The exhibit is at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown. Brewster's depictions of American life during the formative years of the nation capture four worlds: his Puritan family, the Federalist elite whose portraits he painted, the period's deaf society and the emergence of their language, and the art world. |
| 08.04.05 | Hearing impaired hurricane seminar held DEEP CREEK -- The danger people who are hearing impaired can be in when information is hard to come by was never more apparent than during Hurricane Charley. For that reason, the Hearing Impaired Persons of Charlotte County, also know as H.I.P., was one of the first groups to get the royal treatment when it comes to getting a specialized hurricane preparedness seminar Thursday night at Deep Creek Commons. |
| 08.04.05 | Third annual SCAN film festival is dubbed
humorous success "Ai Papi!" was certainly one of the night's most ambitious projects. It was a campy soap opera spoof done entirely in sign language. The sign language alone would have been enough to make it worthy of a mention, but the dialogue (presented in captions) was irreverent, goofy and absolutely hilarious. The camera work was amateur but delightfully scrappy. |
| 07.04.05 | Bluetooth
leitet den Anruf direkt vom Handy auf das Hörgerät um Innovation der Woche Schwerhörige können jetzt mobil telefonieren, ohne ihr Handy in die Hand nehmen zu müssen. Das erlaubt ein neues Gerät eines Schweizer Hörgeräteherstellers. Dieses "Smart Link"-Modul stellt eine Bluetooth-Funkverbindung mit einem Handy her. Geht ein Anruf ein, dann wird dieser an das Smart-Link-Modul umgeleitet und von dort direkt per Funk an das Hörgerät im Ohr weiter übertragen. Damit wird das Handy quasi direkt ins Ohr projiziert. |
| 07.04.05 | Mehrwert
für alle Bitburg (kobinet) Vom 8. bis 10. Mai 2005 findet wieder das Symposium «Mehr Wert für @lle» in Bitburg statt. Seit 2002 hat sich das Bitburger Treffen als eine der Top-Veranstaltungen in Sachen Barrierefreies Internet in Deutschland etabliert. ... Die Veranstalter kündigten ein breites Spektrum an Beiträgen aus verschiedenen europäischen Mitgliedstaaten an, die in Deutsch, Englisch und deutscher Gebärdensprache angeboten werden. |
| 07.04.05 | Sony patents a brain manipulation technology Reuters is reporting that Sony recently got a pie-in-the-sky patent on using ultrasonic waves to beam sensory perceptions, like sights, sounds, and smells, directly into the brain. So in a sense, Sony's patent is an improvement on The Matrix and the traditional cyperpunk notions of a sensory-enabled network that inspired it, because Sony's method is non-invasive and doesn't require you to "jack in." I suppose you could say it's "wireless," to use a current buzz word. |
| 07.04.05 | Signing Time: books, videos teach children
sign language Sign Language may be an answer for parents looking for ways to diminish behavior problems and help their children develop communication skills. According to Byran Korth, an early childhood education program coordinator in the McKay School of Education, infants usually begin talking around 12 – 18 months of age. First signs, however, may come earlier. “In family structures where children learn both Sign Language and English, the signs will come quicker because the gestures have meanings that children can identify with,” Korth said. |
| 07.04.05 | Crying, unruly child? Communication is key to maintaining a good relationship, and babies are no different. If a baby can use simple sign language to indicate when it is hungry, thirsty, hot or cold, experts say the baby is less likely to throw a tantrum out of frustration and more likely to share its observations. |
| 07.04.05 | Signing looked to for earlier communication Baby Can Sign! opening doors of language for children at a younger age Parents of normally-hearing children are turning to sign language more and more in an effort to have their little ones communicating at an earlier age. This assertion comes from Tricia Davis, baby sign instructor and owner of Baby Can Sign!, who has just begun serving the Cochrane area. |
| 07.04.05 | A signing star: Lakeland junior honored
by WAVY news ... Amy Brinkley, selected by WAVY TV-10 news as its Hampton Roads Young Achiever of the Week, shows her classmates a demonstration in sign language. |
| 07.04.05 | Educating Adam Student with Special Needs Finds His Place ... Now 20, his interactions with the world and those around him are limited by what medical researchers call “49, XXXXY Syndrome,” a very rare abnormality of his chromosomes. ... Adam has no physical disabilities. He isn’t mentally retarded. His limitations are grounded in an innate inability to be clearly understood. Speech for Adam is a curious mix of grunts, grimaces, gestures, sign language and a few mumbled words. His is a lexicon understood only by those closely involved in meeting his everyday needs. |
| 07.04.05 | Court Revives Disabilities Lawsuit Against
Miami University MIAMI -- Applying a U.S. Supreme Court decision to a Miami case, a federal appeals court has revived a disability rights lawsuit against Florida International University. The Association for Disabled Americans will be allowed to pursue its claims that the public university violated the Americans With Disabilities Act. The lawsuit filed five years ago claims the school failed to provide physical access to some buildings and programs and did not offer sign language interpreters or note takers as an accommodation to disabled students. |
| 07.04.05 | Hearing impaired cry out RAMOTSWA - People with hearing difficulties complain that they do not get relevant information about HIV/AIDS from the broadcast media. Ramotswa Centre for The Deaf schoolhead Segale Mongale told BOPA that "in this era of HIV/AIDS, which did not spare the deaf, the latter should also be sensitised by the community at large and all media outlets." But he regretted that radio stations and the national television "do not at all benefit the deaf population". |
| 07.04.05 | Not guilty plea entered in drug fraud case Speaking through a sign language interpreter, a deaf man pleaded not guilty in a Butte County courtroom Tuesday to more than a dozen charges of using his disability to defraud local doctors and pharmacies. |
| 07.04.05 | Redesign sign language, says deaf association Ahmedabad: Not only does Rani Mukherjee go by the western name of Michelle in Black, the sign language she uses is also American, sign enough that the film was meant more for the American Oscar jury than anybody else. The issue has been brought out by the Association of Deaf in Vadodara (Mook Badhir Mandal) with members claiming that though well made, Black failed to carry through the reality of their ilk in India. The association is now demanding a government initiative to redesign Indian sign language and come out with a detailed picture dictionary dedicated to the deaf. |
| 07.04.05 | Adult Stem Cell Research Could Restore Hearing
to the Deaf Bloomington, IN -- The deaf may be able to hear again in the not-so-distant future, thanks to some ground-breaking research using adult stem cells. A research team at Indiana University School of Medicine is working on a way to restore hearing to deaf patients, using the patients’ own bone marrow cells. |
| 07.04.05 | Deaf dancers take on underwear giant The China Disabled Person's Performing Art Troupe yesterday moved to stop other performers and a clothing company stealing its ideas. The subject of the legal action is the Thousand-hand Guanyin, or Goddess of Mercy dance, which is performed by deaf members of the troupe. The performance, one piece of "My Dream" dance, gained popularity after it was performed as part of China Central Television's Spring Festival Eve Variety Show on February 8. Following their TV appearance, the troupe says it has found five other dance troupes in Beijing, Fujian, Hebei and Hubei staging dance programmes it believes have been copied from its own. |
| 06.04.05 | Deaf abuse victims accorded a refuge SEATTLE - When Carol Keeley was raped at 19, no one would speak to her. After the police arrived, she said, no one even asked if she was hurt. They couldn't. Keeley is deaf, and in that instance, her attackers were the only ones who could communicate. Similar silences met Cheri Molnar's incoherent screams for help during the three years she reported being battered by her then-husband. |
| 06.04.05 | A new era of understanding College helps
deaf get real-time captioning by using new software WINSTED -- Northwestern Connecticut Community College student Beth Hoyer is comfortable with reading lips but has not mastered the intricacies of sign language and finds it difficult to follow along with classroom lectures. Help could soon be on the way for Hoyer and other deaf students, as well as those who are hard of hearing: College officials are testing a computer-aided voice recognition system that would display lectures and discussions verbatim on projection screens. "I can understand what is going on," Hoyer, 27, said Monday as professor Maureen Chalmers demonstrated Northwestern's new software called Caption Mic. It was developed by Middlebury-based ULTECH LLC. As others talked, Chalmers repeated their words into a muzzle-like microphone. Almost instantly the words were displayed in large, white text on a black computer screen. |
| 06.04.05 | Astronaut's advice to hard of hearing Legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin has urged Ulster people not to "suffer in silence" over hearing loss. The second man to set foot on the moon told how he simply ignored his hearing problems - only to be shut off from the world. He was speaking just months after it was revealed that elderly Ulster patients were waiting an incredible four years - the longest in the UK - for a hearing aid. In an interview with the Belfast Telegraph he said: "No-one should suffer in silence. You must do something about your problems when they become apparent. |
| 06.04.05 | Driven to Help the Hard of Hearing ... Ms. Schacter's complaints stem mainly from the way institutions have interpreted the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 as it pertains to people with hearing loss. She discovered the problem firsthand, taking her daughter to Disney World, to museums, to the theater. |
| 06.04.05 | Learning American Sign Language Just Got
1,000 Times Easier Oliver Dominguez, an experienced Sign Language Interpreter has just released a great new eBook titled "101 American Sign Language Signs" to help anybody and anyone learn American Sign Language quickly and easily. |
| 06.04.05 | IN FOCUS: This new baby language is great! WHEN babies cry it can be frustrating for mums and dads trying to understand what it means. Are they hungry? Thirsty? Or could it be they are tired, or in pain? Imagine if your 10-month-old daughter could tell you that she wanted some more milk, that her nappy needed changing or that her gums hurt and she'd really like something to make them feel better. As unlikely as it sounds, there is a magical language that babies as young as six months can learn to help them communicate before they can speak a single word. It is sign language. |
| 06.04.05 | Firm plans sign language interpretation
center A Utah company plans to open a center in Columbus to help people with hearing impairments to make phone calls. |
| 06.04.05 | New Communication Service For Hearing Impaired CSD, a leader in services for deaf and hard of hearing individuals, has launched CSDVRS, an innovative service where a caller using sign language communicates with a live video interpreter via a video connection. The video interpreter signs the telephone conversation with the sign language user and voices to the hearing person, who uses a standard telephone. |
| 06.04.05 | Sign Language Conference to Be Held The British Sign Language Recognition Conference is to be held at Devon county hall in Exeter this Saturday. With access to public services in the spotlight since the Disability Discrimination Act became enforceable last year, public service providers are being asked whether they should be doing more to make their services accessible for everyone. |
| 05.04.05 | Blind oder taub? Was ist schlimmer? Beispiel: Unsere taubstumme Putzhilfe Ist es noch schlimmer, blind zu sein? Diese Frage stellte mir plötzlich letzte Woche meine Kollegin. Trotz lebhafter Diskussion konnten wir „ganz klar“ keine Antwort finden. Warum wir solche Fragen stellen?? An unserer Dienststelle arbeitet eine ganz fleißige liebenswerte Putzhilfe. Leider ist sie taubstumm. |
| 05.04.05 | Stier mit Handy im Krankenbett Ausstellung "Körper und Bewegung" in Flörsheimer Gemeinschaftspraxis ... Der gehörlose Künstler Fricke bezeichnet seine Arbeiten als "Gebärdensprache-Abstraktion". In seinen Bildern drückt er philosophische Themen wie "Liebe" und "Wärme" aus. Dabei sind Ähnlichkeiten zu asiatischen Schriftzeichen gewollt. Fricke versucht durch seine Kunst, auf die Situation von Gehörlosen aufmerksam zu machen. |
| 05.04.05 | Elektrophysiologen
tagen in Bonn / Schwerpunkt Herzrhythmusstörungen ... Im Jahr 1957 beschrieben die Mediziner Anton Jervell und Fred Lange-Nielsen eine neue Form von Herzrhythmus-Störungen: Sie hatten eine norwegische Familie mit sechs Kindern untersucht, von denen vier taubstumm waren. Im EKG dieser vier war zudem das so genannte QT-Intervall deutlich verlängert - das ist die Zeit, in der die "Herz-Batterien" den elektrische Impuls für den Herzschlag geben und sich anschließend wieder aufladen. Die Kinder verloren immer wieder kurzzeitig das Bewusstsein; drei von ihnen starben früh. Inzwischen kennt man die Ursache für das rätselhafte "Jervell-und-Lange-Nielsen-Syndrom" (JLNS): Eine winzige Veränderung in der genetischen "Bauanleitung" eines Ionenkanals löst die Krankheit aus. Ionenkanäle sind Schleusen, die auf Befehl bestimmte Ladungsträger durchlassen können; sie spielen daher für die Entstehung und Weiterleitung elektrischer Impulse eine wichtige Rolle. |
| 05.04.05 | Deaf pride: spreading the word ... Deaf since birth, Houston, 38, grew up in a culture that views deafness as a disability, something to be ashamed of and repaired when possible. Though awareness of deafness has increased in recent years, discrimination against the deaf is still common. Houston is trying to teach people about deafness, to increase understanding end discrimination. |
| 05.04.05 | Govt urged to provide interpreters for deaf
at hospitals Kumasi, April 3, GNA-Mr Peter Donkor, Mr Peter Donkor, Minister in-charge of the Deaf Ministry of the Asafo branch of the Church of Christ in Kumasi, has called on the government to provide interpreters for the deaf at the hospitals that will be designated for implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme. He said this would enable the deaf communicate effectively with doctors and nurses so that the proper diagnosis and prescriptions would be given them when they attend hospital. |
| 05.04.05 | Indian deaf cricket team to strengthen peace
process: Minister LAHORE : Provincial Minister for Special Education Monday said that the visit of Indian deaf cricket team to Pakistan would promote the on-going peace process between the two countries. |
| 05.04.05 | 6 deaf Israelis rescued in Nepal Six deaf Israelis trapped in area blocked by rebels; rescued by helicopter TEL AVIV - Six deaf Israelis were rescued by a helicopter from an area controlled by Maoist rebels in Nepal . The group of travelers managed to contact the Israeli embassy in the country via another traveler who functioned as mediator. |
| 05.04.05 | Handheld Individual Captioning, I-Caption(R)
Makes Big River Performances at Ford's Theatre Accessible to the Deaf WASHINGTON -- Ford's Theatre patrons attending Deaf West's production of Big River, which features both deaf and hearing actors, can follow the onstage dialogue and lyrics with I-Caption(R), the latest innovation in assistive technology. http://www.soundassociates.com |
| 05.04.05 | Search ends for man lost off N.C. coast Family, friends mourn boater Jack Brown wanted to tell his church family about his dearly loved brother, but the tears were just too much Sunday. "He had a natural ability of making people laugh," said Brown, 41. "It was unbelievable. He couldn't speak a word, but he could make motions, signs and gestures that would crack people up." Losing Johnny Wayne Brown is tough for Jack and other family members and friends who are mourning the man who could not talk but managed to communicate volumes. Johnny Wayne Brown, a 38-year-old Conway commercial fisherman and a deaf-mute, was never found by Coast Guard officials in North Carolina after a nearly 26-hour search that begin around 2 p.m. Saturday. |
| 05.04.05 | A Deaf Poetics Part II, an interview with ASL/deaf poet Peter Cook In our continuing feature on Deaf Poetry, meet Peter Cook, an outstanding Deaf poet, purveyor of a gestural style that sends dance and theater flying back to their original roots as poetry. |
| 05.04.05 | A high-tech day in the life of a deaf student From the moment her alarm shakes her from slumber every school day, Michelle Gerson is wired. Or, more accurately, wireless. Gerson, a second-year professional and technical communications major at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been deaf since she was 3½. She relies on various high-tech innovations to get her to class on time, understand instructors, make plans with friends and keep up with family in Rutherford. What's a typical day in her life like? Read on. ... |
| 05.04.05 | After 45 years, deaf mute cleared of axe
murder A deaf mute Perth man found guilty of the axe murder more than four decades ago created Australian legal history today when his conviction was overturned on appeal at the sixth attempt. Darryl Beamish, now 63, was just 18 when socialite and chocolate heiress Jillian Brewer, 22, was slain in her Cottesloe flat by an intruder, who brutalised her naked body with a tomahawk and a pair of dressmaking scissors. Two years later Mr Beamish was convicted by a jury and sentenced to death after the West Australian Supreme Court heard apparently compelling evidence of his confessions, which contained details of Ms Brewer's killing. He spent 15 years in jail after his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. |
| 05.04.05 | Deaf Talkabout: Making it easier to communicate ... The event is targeted at people who are deaf or hard of hearing and representatives of organisations working with them. To most of us the chief benefit to be derived from DDA is help with communication and this means access to a body of well-trained and accessible interpreters. |
| 05.04.05 | New Shelter for Deaf; Psych Patients Raped Seattle on Monday became the first city in the country to begin building apartments specifically designed to support deaf and deaf-blind women overcoming domestic violence, reported the Seattle Post Intelligencer. The effort started 19 years ago when Marilyn Smith, a therapist, founded Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services after a man killed his deaf wife during a domestic dispute in Seattle. The victim had tried to seek help, but service providers repeatedly turned her away because they were unable to understand or meet her needs. |
| 05.04.05 | Deaf Petition Over Poor Academic Results The Uganda National Association of the Deaf (Unad) has petitioned the Minister of Education and Sports, Ms Namirembe Bitamazire, to institute an investigation into the special needs department over inadequate service delivery. Unad's Information Officer, Mr Joseph Mbulamwana, said the department of special needs education had failed to curb the persistent poor performance in schools of the deaf despite the availability of resources and qualified teachers. |
| 05.04.05 | Teens on hearing loss: `What?' Yo, dude, that ringing in your ears isn't the phone. It may seem obvious that standing by a wall of blaring speakers at rock concerts could cause hearing loss, but that's apparently news to the MTV generation. A Web survey designed by local researchers and posted for three days on MTV.com found that most teens don't consider hearing loss much of a health concern. |
| 05.04.05 | Researchers Closer To Helping Hearing-Impaired
Using Stem Cells INDIANAPOLIS — Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are several steps closer to the day when a profoundly deaf patient’s own bone marrow cells could be used to let him or her hear the world. |
| 05.04.05 | Plans For Sign Language Town Planners developing a town for people who use sign language envision a European-style community with plazas, sidewalk cafes and close living quarters. |
| 05.04.05 | COMPANY PLANS FIRST-EVER SIGN-LANGUAGE TOWN GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Nederveld Associates, Inc., a West Michigan-based land planning, civil engineering and surveying firm, today announced that it will serve as lead designer for Laurent, S.D., a new town intended for individuals who communicate using sign language. Laurent is the first community to be conceived, planned and constructed specifically for signers, whether they are hearing impaired or not, and will be the first new town built in South Dakota in more than a century. |
| 05.04.05 | Town would be built for sign language SALEM, S.D. -- Standing in an empty field along a wind-swept highway, Marvin T. Miller, who is deaf, envisions the town he wants to create here: a place built around American Sign Language, where teachers in the new school will sign, the town council will conduct its debates in sign language and restaurant workers will be required to know how to sign orders. |
| 05.04.05 | Town for sign-language users planned in
U.S. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans may soon be able to live in a town built just for them. A Michigan-based company is holding planning sessions this week for the town, which would be located in South Dakota near Sioux Falls. Nederveld Associates, the company that is overseeing the project, says the town would have all the regular amenities, including hotels, retail shops, churches and a convention centre. |
| 05.04.05 | Sign Language Progress Row Signing for the deaf and hard of hearing is still the poor relation of Irish and Ulster-Scots one year after the language was given equal status, campaigners alleged yesterday. Although signing in English and Irish were acknowledged by the NIO, the Sign Language Centre in Belfast has accused the Government of "tokenism" and of failing to deliver resources to make it a reality. "One year gone, where are we?" said spokesman Shane O hEorpa. |
| 05.04.05 | Signs of justice Court staff learning sign language to better serve hearing impaired THE hearing impaired population cuts across educational and income-groupings and, like all citizens, must enjoy the same privileges in court proceedings and not be made to feel they are in any way prejudiced by the justice system. |
| 05.04.05 | New project brings sign language to the
Web A team of Canadian researchers has come up with a way to allow the deaf more access to the Internet in a language that they can understand. For many deaf users, English is not their first language -- sign language is. They think in terms of a language conveyed by moving gestures. Print material is really a second language. And the Web is filled with print. |
| 05.04.05 | Schools Lack Facilities for Disabled ... Teachers at Kitemu Primary School are trained to handle all cases of disability in a normal class setting. Signs are part of the teaching techniques to cater for deaf students. "Most of the students go through an orientation programme in sign language," Serwanga enlightens. At Uganda School for the Deaf, Ntinda, sign language is the norm. During breaks, students gather in groups, with no sound rising from the setting, essentially the hands do the talking. Students conspicuously move fingers in a fascinating way that leaves one amazed at how speech can easily be substituted with finger action. The students on the receiving end constantly nod in agreement. |
| 05.04.05 | Video Helps Deaf and Hard of Hearing Make
Phone Calls Many people often take for granted the convenience of picking up the phone and ordering a pizza, making a doctors appointment or just calling a friend to chat. For years those who are Deaf or hard of hearing faced challenges communicating in person, and especially over the phone. But talking is getting easier and quicker. Voice of Interpreter Christa Gunderson "Hello a person who is using sign language is calling you. Have you used a video interpreter before?" For Tom D'Angelo, making a phone call isn't as hard as it used to be. A video relay service launched by Communication Services for the Deaf Thursday is helping him link to the hearing world through a video interpreter. D'Angelo said, "Our agents will then appear on the TV screen and the person simply signs their conversation to the agent and they will interpret the message to the hearing person on the other end of the phone line." |
| 04.04.05 | Neue
Technik für hörgeschädigte
Vieltelefonierer: Vom Handy direkt ins Hörgerät Eine direkte Funkverbindung vom Handy ins Hörgerät schafft ein Modul, das seit kurzem von einem Hörgeräte-Hersteller angeboten wird. Es soll hörgeschädigten Menschen, die etwa aus beruflichen Gründen und bei störenden Umgebungsgeräuschen viel telefonieren müssen, den Alltag erleichtern, berichtet das Gesundheitsmagazin "Apotheken Umschau". Der so genannte "Smart Link" mit hoher Rechenkapazität projiziert das Telefon mit spezieller Funktechnologie ("Bluetooth") praktisch in das Ohr des Hörgeräte-Trägers. |
| 04.04.05 | Christian Matter war erfolgreich an den
Deaflympics in Melbourne Agarner gewinnt Silbermedaille Er ist vierzig Jahre alt, erfolgreicher OL-Läufer und – gehörlos. Ein Porträt über einen Mann, der seinen Weg, trotz vieler Hindernisse, kontinuierlich gegangen ist und anfangs Jahr an den Deaflympics in Melbourne als vorläufige Krönung seiner Karriere die Silbermedaille der Gehörlosen im OL-Sprint entgegennehmen durfte. |
| 04.04.05 | Behindertengleichstellung: ÖVP
sieht Barrierefreiheit näher gerückt Rauch-Kallat: "Wesentlicher Schritt" - VP-Behindertensprecher: Bei Ausbildung von gehörlosen Menschen "gibt es noch sehr viel zu tun" |
| 04.04.05 | "Ziel
ist eine barrierefreie Gesellschaft" Die Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP) hielt heute in Wien eine Pressekonferenz zum geplanten Behinderten-Gleichstelungsgesetz und der Anerkennung der Österreichischen Gebärdensprache ab. |
| 04.04.05 | Mit Dolmetscher an der Uni Wie gehörlose Studenten bei Vorlesungen zurecht kommen München - Wer als Hörgeschädigter studieren will, kann die Vorlesungen nur mit Hilfe eines Gebärdensprachen-Dolmetschers verfolgen. Das Geld, das der Freistaat dafür locker macht, reicht gerade einmal für 20 Studenten. Zum Beispiel Jasmin Klohe (23), Sonderpädagogik-Studentin an der Münchner Universität. |
| 04.04.05 | Rassismus
Report für das Jahr 2004
vorgelegt ... Auch im heurigen Report sind wieder Berichte von der "Arbeitsassistenz für Gehörlose vom WITAF" enthalten. Der Report hält fest: "Diskriminierungen gegen gehörlose Menschen beziehen sich meist auf die Sprache - entweder auf die Gebärdensprache oder aber auf Mängel in der deutschen Lautsprache. Daher ist die Gruppe der Gebärdensprachbenützerinnen und -benützer als durch Sprache Diskriminierte zum Fokus des Rassismus Reports zugehörig zu sehen, wie dem vorgelegten Bericht zu entnehmen ist." |
| 04.04.05 | Gehörloser von Räubern überfallen Köln - Einen gehörlosen Mann haben am Samstagmorgen, 19.03.05, 02.15 Uhr, in Köln-Neustadt-Nord, zwei unbekannte Täter überfallen. Das Duo war dem Geschädigten bereits in der Straßenbahn aufgefallen. An der Haltestelle Riehler Straße/Reichenspergerplatz stiegen die Beiden mit dem 32-Jährigen aus. Als der junge Mann weiter in Richtung Merlostraße ging, überholte ihn einer der Fremden und ging in Richtung Ebertplatz. Der Zweite folgte ihm weiter Richtung Blumenthalstraße. Plötzlich stand sein Verfolger mit einer schwarzen Pistole vor ihm und bedrohte ihn. Vermutlich forderte der Täter Bargeld, was der junge Mann aufgrund seiner Behinderung jedoch nicht deuten konnte. |
| 04.04.05 | Hausverwaltung: "Entfernen
Sie diesen Hund!" CHARLY Ins Tierheim, weil sich Nachbarn beschwerten? Lichtenberg - Er ist ihr treuer Freund, ihr Ein und Alles. Seit vier Jahren lebt Dackel Charly bei Monika Stegemann (61). Doch jetzt bekam die Rentnerin von ihrem Vermieter die Aufforderung: "Entfernen Sie den Hund bis 30. April." ... Außerdem brauche sie Charly als Klingel-Hund. "Ich hatte als Kind Scharlach, bin seitdem schwerhörig und kann das Läuten nicht hören." Monika Stegemann versichert, dass der Hund nur bellt, wenn es klingelt. |
| 04.04.05 | Aktuelle
Umfrage zum Thema Hörschwäche: Rund 70 Prozent würden bei einer beidseitigen Hörschwäche zwei Hörgeräte tragen Rund 70 Prozent der Bevölkerung würden im Fall einer beidseitigen Hörschwäche auch zwei Hörgeräte tragen. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine repräsentative Umfrage des Meinungsforschungsinstituts tns infratest unter 1.001 Personen. Ziel der Analyse war es herauszufinden, wie viele Personen im Fall einer beidseitigen Hörschwäche kein Hörgerät, ein Hörgerät oder zwei Hörgeräte tragen würden. Die Frage ist interessant, weil das Hören mit beiden Ohren immens wichtig, das Tragen von einem oder gar zwei Hörgeräten jedoch längst nicht selbstverständlich ist. Nur wenn das Gehirn durch die beidseitige Schallwahrnehmung alle notwendigen Informationen erhält, kann sich der Hörende in lärmerfüllter Umgebung auf eine bestimmte Stimme konzentrieren oder die Richtung und Entfernung zum Beispiel von Warnsignalen einschätzen. |
| 04.04.05 | Komparsen
mit Innenohrimplantat in der «Lindenstraße» Köln (kobinet) Ute Jung aus Anhausen und Michael Schwaninger aus Frankfurt von der Deutschen Cochlear Implant Gesellschaft e.V. waren bei Dreharbeiten der neuen Folgen für die Lindenstraße in Köln dabei. Beide können durch ein Innenohr-Implantat, das Cochlea-Implantat (CI), hören. Wie kobinet heute erfuhr, werden die Aufzeichnungen am 12. und 19. Juni ausgestrahlt. |
| 04.04.05 | Vater verging sich an Tochter "Ich träume von Kinderpornos": Zitternd wartet der aus der U-Haft Vorgeführte auf seinen Prozess. Angeklagt ist Beischlaf mit der fünfjährigen Tochter sowie zwei weitere sexuelle Übergriffe. ... Beide Elternteile sind gehörlos und zusätzlich intelektuell zurückgeblieben. |
| 04.04.05 | Das Kind, das nicht spricht Defizite aufgrund einer expressiven Form der Entwicklungsdysphasie können oft aufgeholt werden Dreijährige, die höchstens zehn bis 15 einzelne Wörter, meistens hochgradig gestammelt, aussprechen, sind keine Seltenheit. „Die Eltern berichten, dass sie mit ein bis eineinhalb Jahren die ersten Worte sprachen, danach jedoch nur noch wenige Wörter dazulernten, obwohl sie über ein gutes Sprachverständnis verfügen“, erklärt Dr. Ildiko Triltsch-Ciurea, Josefinum Krankenhaus Augsburg. Die Hörprüfungen beim HNO-Arzt ergeben ein normales Hörvermögen. Die Kinder verständigen sich hauptsächlich durch Gebärden, manche entwickeln sogar eine sehr phantasievolle Gebärdensprache, die aber nur von der Mutter oder den engsten Verwandten verstanden wird. Bei einer solchen Anamnese der Sprachentwicklung kann man davon ausgehen, dass es sich mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit um eine umschriebene Entwicklungsstörung des Sprechens und der Sprache handelt, und zwar um eine expressive Sprachstörung (ICD 10–F 80.1). |
| 04.04.05 | „So
zu sagen beseitigt“ Erstmals werden die Krankengeschichten der am Wiener „Spiegelgrund“ ermordeten Kinder öffentlich zugänglich. ... Engelbert Deinbacher, 13, war taubstumm, sein Ausdrucksmittel waren Zeichnungen. Als Todesurteil wird ihm die Diagnose „Schwachsinn höchsten Grades“ gestellt. |
| 04.04.05 | Das
Mädchen und der Teddybär Marktoberdorferin Diana Schulzke wirkt in Kurzfilm über NS-Zeit mit - Streifen bei Festivals ... Als Thema für seinen Kurzfilm hatte sich Zolgadri die Judenverfolgung ausgesucht. Die neunjährige, gehörlose Hannah hat 1941 als "besten Freund" Peter, ihren Teddybären. Weil die Familie verfolgt wird, flüchtet Hannah mit ihren Eltern. Nur das Wichtigste kann mitgenommen werden und in den Wirren der Flucht verliert Hannah ihren Teddy. Mittels "Rückblick"-Technik erzählt der Regisseur dann die Geschichte des Teddybären, den die 75-jährige Hannah nach 66 Jahren in einem jüdischen Museum zufällig findet. |
| 04.04.05 | Leistungsfähig wie Hörende Gehörloser Nils-Christoph Neppe bestand Prüfung zum Handwerksmeister "In meiner Lehrzeit war ich sehr einsam. Ich konnte mich niemandem anvertrauen. Es waren schwere Jahre", sagt der gehörlose Nils-Christoph Neppe. Trotz seiner Einsamkeit hielt er durch, bestand seine Prüfung als Feinwerkmechaniker. Im Berufsbildungs-Zentrum (BBZ) der Handwerkskammer bestand der 28-Jährige jetzt auch die Meisterprüfung. |
| 04.04.05 | Hören möglich
gemacht Vor zehn Jahren wurde das Friedberger Cochlear-Implantat-Centrum gegründet - eine Anlaufstelle für Menschen, die eigentlich taub sind und die dort mit Hilfe modernster Technik das Hören neu lernen. Anfangs nicht unumstritten, ist daraus eine echte Erfolgsgeschichte geworden. |
| 04.04.05 | Er gehört schon zum Ärzte-Team Hier operiert Dr. Robot Sie sägen Oberschenkelknochen, setzen Implantate ein, behandeln Innenohr-Taubheit. Roboter sind aus modernen Operationssälen nicht mehr wegzudenken. Und die exakten Helfer greifen von Monat zu Monat mehr in die Behandlung ein. |
| 04.04.05 | Schwerhörig
nach Konzert 68-Jährige verklagt die Stadt Nürnberg auf Schmerzensgeld Weil sie durch einen Konzertbesuch in der Nürnberger Oper schwerhörig wurde, hat eine 68-jährige Frau die Stadt auf Schmerzensgeld verklagt. Die Heilpädagogin und Sprachtherapeutin will 7500 Euro, um sich Hörgeräte und eine angemessene Behandlung leisten zu können. Die Stadt bot bislang 2000 Euro an. |