Learning and being aware of Deafness, hearing loss, Deaf culture, and Deaf identity can be extremely helpful to the Deaf people in your community. Since you never know when you might run into someone who is Deaf, we’re sharing 10 things to be aware of for Deaf Awareness Month, thanks to...
Laura Kim, a deaf education teacher with the San Diego Unified School District, described her own harrowing experience last week in the San Diego Union-Tribune. For many of us, last weekend was an opportunity to remember where we were when the terrible news came through. For Laura, though, the...
For many older adults with mild hearing loss, wireless earbuds like AirPods can be used as an assisted listening device when paired with a smartphone, Senior Living reports. They are cheaper than hearing aids, and no one can tell that the wearer is using the devices to amplify sounds. AirPods have...
That’s the question New York Times health columnist Jane Brody asks this week. She points out that two-thirds of Americans aged 70 and older “have clinically relevant hearing loss,” according to the Johns Hopkins Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, and reminds us that unaddressed...
American Sign language (ASL) is a great tool for those who are deaf, but what if you can’t see the hand doing the signing? Now there’s a version of ASL that is tactile. Pro-tactile ASL communicates entirely through touch. Helen Keller learned to communicate as her teacher, Anne...
WILL MEDICARE INCLUDE SIGHT AND VISION BENEFITS IN 2022? By now we know there are some huge gaps in Medicare services especially in the areas of sight and hearing. The following PROS and CONS of the 2022 Expanded Medicare Proposal by US Congress informs us of what decisions legislators are making...
We know that diabetes can seriously impact vision, but studies show that loss of hearing is more than twice as likely to occur in people with diabetes as well. This article in Diathrive will explain the possible relationship between diabetes and hearing loss. Here are some signs that you or a...
WHAT LSH WANTS YOU TO KNOW: A deaf woman has won a claim against the UK government after a judge found a lack of sign language at two Covid briefings “served to disempower, to frustrate and to marginalize,” BBC News reports. Katie Rowley started court action after the sessions went ahead without...
This year has forced big changes in schools, Deaf advocate Mike Hobday writes in The Guardian, but too often there is little to no consideration of deaf students’ needs. “This time it’s banning mobile phones in schools,” he writes. (Education secretary wants ban on mobile phones in English...
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...
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...
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