In ‘Hearing Happiness,’ deaf history professor weaves her own story in. At four years old, Jaipreet Virdi’s world went quiet, the radio program Science Friday reports. A severe bout of meningitis left her deaf, and changed how she navigated in the world. Jaipreet went through many...
To celebrate, three-day virtual concert will benefit California School for the Deaf. From Sept.18 to 20, performers from across the Coachella Valley and beyond will come together to present “Cabaret Cares” online via Facebook, the Desert Sun reports. To help commemorate Deaf...
Simple test, developed in Canada, is a first. With what is believed to be the first test of its kind, scientists at Sunnybrook University in Toronto have demonstrated a way to detect hearing disorders using a simple blood test. “Over 600 million people have hearing loss worldwide,” said Dr....
“Let’s Get to Work” initiative launched last week. The “Let’s Get to Work” initiative is being launched this week by the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing, KOLD News 13 reports. The goal is to encourage employers in Arizona to interview, hire and promote...
Hawkeye has long been portrayed as deaf in comics, but not in movies. Marvel superhero Hawkeye has a history of being deaf and hard of hearing, as well as using hearing aids, yet that’s never been represented on screen, Polygon reports. But many fans wonder why Marvel Studios hasn’t brought that...
Over the past 30 years, it has profoundly changed the deaf community. “For young people who have grown up with the ADA, the results of this landmark legislation are part of everyday life – sometimes in ways they may not even realize,” says Gerard Buckley, President of the National...
Text appears on smartphone in real time. Scientists have developed a glove that translates sign language into speech in real time, CNN reports, potentially allowing deaf people to communicate directly with anyone, without the need for an interpreter. The wearable device contains sensors that run...
‘The Last of Us Part II’ brings blind gamer to tears. The video game ‘The Last of Us Part II’ breaks new ground with features for disabled players, USA Today reports. It’s part of an ongoing process as video game consoles have evolved. ‘Gears 5,’ an Xbox...
PLAYground is making summer camp more accessible during the pandemic. A group from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis is transforming summer camp for deaf students, KARE TV reports. They are working with the PLAYground, an 8-week virtual camp for kids in Kindergarten through 8th grade....
“I want to make my customers happy in these hard times.” Asli Knowles, who works in a supermarket in Vero Beach, Florida, was finding it hard to communicate with deaf customers she started having to wear a face mask, KSAT TV reports. Knowles said it was almost impossible to communicate...
An 8-year-old girl struck up a friendship with her local delivery driver, who is deaf, during the long weeks of lockdown in Ashton-Under-Lyne in the UK, Metro News reports. Recognizing the key work driver Tim Joseph was doing during the pandemic, the Tallulah Roberts drew Tim a rainbow picture at...
Michael and Sharon McClintock’s dog Miss Daisy Mae fell into the sewer in front of their home this week and was stuck down there for hours, Fox2Now reports. The couple was having their floors redone and had left the door open for the workers. Miss Daisy Mae, who is 15 years old, blind and deaf,...
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