WHAT LSH WANTS YOU TO KNOW: Not all sunglasses are created equal, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) reports. It’s all about the UV protection. The choices are endless, but there’s only one really important consideration, and it has nothing to do with price or brand names. The AAO wants...
Soon after Nancy Ruyter was born, she developed pyloric spasms and her left eye totally crossed. Her parents knew she would need an operation to correct it. “They thought I should wait till I was a teenager to get the operation,” Nancy told us, “but by the time I was 5 or 6 they...
Now there’s an app for that. If you have an iPhone, you can use the Virtual Vision Test, the new version of Warby Parker’s Prescription Check app, techthelead.com reports. The user needs to have on hand their current glasses or contacts, as well as a copy of the current prescription. After...
Gemina Rose says her daughter has been counting down the days until they move into their new home, Canada’s Global News reports. The home will feature special modifications for her daughter Jancis, who is deaf. Gemina, a single mother and health care aide, was lending a hand in the Habitat...
Becca Meyers, a swimmer who was seen as a favorite to bring gold home from Tokyo, has canceled plans for the Paralympics after being told she can’t bring a personal care assistant to Japan, National Public Radio reports. Meyers is deaf and blind, but U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee...
A rescue cat is helping kids feel better about themselves, KDKA News reports. Meet Truffles, who works alongside her human, a Pennsylvania optician who helps kids with glasses and eye patches. When kids come in with severe eye problems that require multiple treatments, they’re often terrified of...
Last Friday President Joe Biden signed a new executive order, including a directive to the Department of Health and Human Services to consider issuing proposed rules to allow hearing aids to be sold over the counter. The executive order noted that hearing aids, which can cost more than $5,000 per...
Father Min Seo Park, one of fewer than two dozen deaf priests worldwide, thinks deafness is hardly a disability, the Catholic Herald reports. He is working to help others realize that as well. As the new chaplain of St. Francis of Assisi Deaf Catholic Church in Landover Hills, Md., Father Park is...
Ah, summer! The kids are out of school, the sun is shining — brings back memories, doesn’t it? It seems like only yesterday that you were loading up and heading to the beach in whatever amazing vehicle you used to transport yourself and your friends and their boards to that special...
Last Sunday was Helen Keller’s birthday, and June 27 has also been celebrated since 2006 as Helen Keller Day — and since 1984, follwong a proclamation by then-President Ronald Reagan, this week has been DeafBlind Awareness Week. So this time each year I stop to think about the life of...
Like most of you these days, I’m sure, I’m really looking forward to getting back to normal life. It’s so good to be able to see the people I’ve been missing, and now that I’ve gotten my COVID vaccine, I’m feeling so much better about venturing out in public....
Last week, I gave you some good news: we’ve been able to help more people than ever this year, despite all the hassles with the pandemic. But I still feel a bit frustrated, because we could be helping so many more! Many of our new clients are those who need assistance with their hearing, and...
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