“The bond of all friendship … is conversation.” “When there’s a longish silence between me and my friends, it’s because someone has asked me something and are waiting for an answer. “Then I go, ‘Wait, what? Did you ask me something?’ ” writes Gael...
Like humans, dogs experience hearing loss from the clamor of war. A high-tech “hoodie” is being developed to protect the hearing of military working dogs, Stars and Stripes reports. Like their human counterparts, canine soldiers are often exposed to loud noises. The new Canine Auditory Protection...
“It’s our own culture and we like to share it with everybody.” Earlier this month a group of 13 blind and deaf students performed a collection of Christmas songs at the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind’s annual “Expressions of Silence” concert, KRTV reports....
Large eyes require increased oxygen supply. A new international study reveals how the evolution of powerful vision was shaped by an improved oxygen supply to the eyes, Mirage News reports. “Keen eyesight in vertebrates – from fish to birds and mammals – relies on large eyes and thick...
Heartwarming story unfolds at Hope Street office. Officer Rodriguez of the California Highway Patrol officer was called to the DMV location on Hope Street after receiving complaints of a deaf woman who was not able to communicate with workers, KABC News reports. Rodriguez knows American Sign...
Common mistakes that runners make. If you’re like many runners who use glasses or contacts to correct their vision, Runner’s World has some advice for you. The magazine spoke with runner and optometrist John Womack, O.D., of Jacksonville, Florida, to get learn about some of the mistakes you...
DAF Direct makes it easier to support LSH by giving directly from your donor-advised fund. What is a DAF? A donor-advised fund (DAF) is a centralized charitable account. It allows charitably-inclined individual, families and businesses to make tax-deductible charitable donations of cash or...
Now he’s winning in horse shows. A blind and deaf rider in the UK, who also has Asperger’s syndrome, has helped develop a device that allows him to ride more independently, Horse & Hound reports. Richard Brumby played a fundamental role in developing a device that vibrates to tell him to...
Deaf servants were favored companions of the sultan. In the 1600s, some 40 deaf servants were employed by the Ottoman court in Constantinople, writes Amelia Soth in JSTOR Daily. They were specifically chosen because of their deafness. These servants were favored companions of the sultan; their...
Study finds autism 30 times more common among blind people. As a child neurologist, Ruben Jure treats children with developmental disabilities including autism. As director of the Centro Privado de Neurología y Neuropsicología Infanto-Juvenil Wernicke in Argentina, he writes in Spectrum News that...
As the year draws to a close, I’m looking back over 2019 and I have to say I’m feeling pretty grateful. You have made it such a special year. We’ve acquired so many new donors, and our old friends continue to come through. It’s a great feeling. Here are just some examples...
ASL is now the third most commonly taught language at U.S. colleges. For the first time, ASL is being offered at Cornell University, meeting its three-semester world language requirement, the Cornell Chronicle reports. ASL came to Cornell after a lobbying effort by the student-run Cornell...
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