World Without Hearing News
 ISSN 1715-2488  On Line Edition
May 2013, Vol. 3
  

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USA

ARIZONA: Board to hire private eye to look at issues at Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
The Governing Board of the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind will hire a private investigator who, with the assistance of the Attorney General's Office, will look into complaints filed by five employees against the school's superintendent... Arizona Daily Star

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CALIFORNIA: No hearing for this party: Deaf Fest draws hundreds to Boardwalk
Stanta Cruz - Jackie Collins of San Jose visited the Boardwalk on Saturday with about 500 people she shares a common, quiet bond with... Santa Cruz Sentinel

CALIFORNIA: American Sign Language popularity surges at colleges
Berkeley - Every year, more college students in the U.S. are learning a new language without uttering a word. American Sign Language has become one of the most popular language classes, ranking fourth in the latest Modern Language Association Survey -- and nearly shoving German from third place. The number of students taking the language has risen by more than 50 percent in the past decade... Oakland Tribune

CALIFORNIA: No hearing for this party: Deaf Fest draws hundreds to Boardwalk
Collins, 45, and many other deaf men and women celebrated the first Deaf Fest in Santa Cruz County with roller coaster rides, cotton candy, a comedy show and just plain old friendly banter through American Sign Language. Deaf Fest participants signed their enthusiasm to say how much they appreciated having a reason to come together for the day and they hope to make the festival a yearly event... Santa Cruz Sentinel

COLORADO: Deaf-blind devices available
Denver - The Colorado Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing recently launched iCanConnect Colorado, a program that allows deaf-blind individuals to receive telecommunications equipment at no charge.. The Pueblo Chieftain

ILLINOIS: New American Sign Language Videos will Help Deaf, Hard of Hearing Prepare for Disasters
Springfield - Information on how to prepare for tornadoes, severe storms and flooding is now available for people who are deaf and hard of hearing in a series of new videos that use American Sign Language (ASL) and are fully captioned. The new videos join 11 other ASL and captioned disaster preparedness videos developed by the Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission (IDHHC) and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA). State of Illinois Emergency Management Agency

FLORIDA: Deaf artist brings skills to schools
Students in Palm Beach County who are deaf or hard of hearing will get a taste of visual storytelling from CJ Jones – an internally known deaf artist... Sun Sentinel

MICHIGAN: Douglass program helps hearing impaired students
Just imagine you were born into a world with no sound. All of your favorite songs and music you have heard would be gone... Detroit Free Press

MINNESOTA: Minnesota City Settles After Cop Uses Mace On Deaf Motorist
A police officer who lashed out at a deaf driver with whom he had difficulty communicating cost St. Paul, Minnesota $93,450 on Wednesday. The city council approved a settlement with Douglas D. Bahl, who had sued over a traffic stop that took place on Friday, November 17, 2006. Bahl is a high school teacher, but he can only express his thoughts fully in American Sign Language... The Newspaper

MONTANA: Deaf mother of 3 killed by alleged drunk driver in Missoula
Missoula - Authorities have identified Roberta Demmert as the woman who died after being hit by an alleged drunk driver while she was walking on a sidewalk along North Fifth Street West... KTVQ

MISSOURI: Charges filed in 1986 Kansas City rape
Associated Press - The Jackson County prosecutor says DNA evidence led to charges against a former Kansas City man in the 1986 rape and robbery of a deaf woman. Fifty-year-old Alphonso Henderson, currently in custody in a federal prison in Virginia, was charged Friday with rape, forcible sodomy and robbery... News Press Now

NEW YORK: Eleven deaf leaders from the Philippines visit Rochester School for the Deaf
There were a very special group of visitors Monday for students at the Rochester School For The Deaf. Eleven deaf leaders from the Philippines will spend three weeks in the Rochester area. They started their tour of Rochester at the school on St. Paul Street. The three week visit is hosted by the non-profit group, Discovering Deaf Worlds... WHEC

NEW YORK: Sound The Alarm: Advocate For Deaf Pressures City To Repair Fire Alarm Boxes
Thousands of fire alarm boxes aren't working across the boroughs despite a federal court order requiring the boxes work for the deaf and hearing impaired, and one advocate is pushing the city to come up with a plan to fix those boxes. NY1's Arlene Borenstein filed the following report... NY1

OHIO: Cleveland Kidnap Victim Michelle Knight 'Deaf in One Ear' After Beatings
Michelle Knight, who left hospital yesterday after her 11-year ordeal, pictured as a teenager before her disappearance in 2002 - Cleveland kidnap victim Michelle Knight was left deaf in one ear and will need facial reconstruction surgery after years of beatings at the hands of her captor, her family said... International Business Times

PENNSYLVANIA: Deaf EMT 'better than some hearing staff' with Bethlehem ambulance company
Global Medical Transportation Services Ambulance Capt. Don Burslem didn’t know what to think when the person on the other line told him he was on the phone with a deaf person... Lehigh Valley Live

PENNSYLVANIA: Man Arrested for Setting Fire, Deaf Residents Escape Unharmed
Police said someone cut the electricity to her a home in Tobyhanna and then tried to burn it down. Mahogany, is deaf and lives with three other people who also can’t hear... WNEP

PENNSYLVANIA: Man Arrested for Trying to Burn Down House While Deaf People Slept Inside
Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County - A Monroe County man is behind bars accused of trying to murder four deaf people by setting a house on fire while they slept inside... NBC News

VIRGINIA: Deputies: Deaf and mute 89-year-old woman shot by husband
Spotsylvania deputies say Pauline Finney, 89, has been deaf and mute since the age of 12. Now her husband of 65 years has been locked up for allegedly shooting her... WVTR

VIRGINIA: Fire That Killed Mother, Daughter In January Was Accidental
Falls Church - Fairfax County Fire and Rescue authorities say a fire that killed a mother and daughter who were both hearing impaired in Falls Church in January was accidental....WUSA9

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Sports take FSM students to US
Three hearing-impaired students from the Federated States of Micronesia, and their Pohnpeian chaperone, Juleen Manuel, left April 29 for Washington, D.C., for a sports program sponsored by the Department of State... Guampdn.com

WISCONSIN: Tailgate Tour at midpoint of journey
Green Bay - The communication was via sign-language translators, but Jarrett Bush definitely made a connection. A stop at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf in Delavan was a unique part of the eighth annual Tailgate Tour on Wednesday,.. Packers.com

INTERNATIONAL

AUSTRALIA: Deaf community welcomes return of Auslan course
Members of Victoria's deaf community say the return of a course teaching the Auslan sign language will go some way to addressing a shortage of interpreters in the state... ABC News

BOTSWANA: Public urged to learn sign language
The Botswana Association for the Deaf (BOAD) has called on members of the public to learn sign language in order to facilitate communication between those with hearing and those without... The Monitor

CHINA: Tale of self-reliance for deaf couple
Zhan Yi and Wu Tengli, a deaf couple from Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, have started a successful business selling hand and footprint molds... China.org

INDIA: Centre to detect hearing loss in newborns coming up in Tiruchi
A centre to diagnose hearing loss as early as the first day of birth has been established at the district differently abled welfare office, located on the district court premises. The early diagnostic centre, to be opened to public shortly, will focus on identifying possible hearing disability present at or acquired after birth... The Hindu

INDIA: Deaf woman wins title of Miss India and hopes to inspire others
A profoundly deaf woman from Leicester whose just won a worldwide beauty pageant says she hopes to inspire other people with disabilities to achieve their dreams.... ITV News

INDIA: 'Gesture' 99 Languages
Another record is set in by Kannada film maker Sai Ram Shanthakumar from 'Gesture'. A film based on dumb and deaf trials and tribulations in real life producer and director Shanthakumar is addressing it to the world... India Glitz

INDIA: NGO staffers arrested for raping 2 deaf, dumb girls
Jaipur - Two of five orphaned hearing and speech impaired girls between the age of 15 and 17 years were raped, one molested several times for a year, and the others beaten up by some employees of an NGO based in the city's Kanota area... Times of India

MALAYSIA: Early detection of hearing loss
Kuala Lumpur - The Health Ministry will expand the univeersal newborn hearing screening programme to ensure that hearing loss can be identified early. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the programme was the best strategy for early detection of hearing loss and has been implemented at Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital in Alor Star, Putrajaya Hospital and all university hospitals in the country.... The Sun Daily

NEW ZEALAND: Nation's oldest deaf/blind woman dies
One of the nation's oldest residents has died just three weeks short of her 107th birthday... New Zealand Herald
 
NEW ZEALAND: Te reo Maori now part of online sign language dictionary
Fuseworks - Deaf New Zealanders now have access to te reo vocabulary in the Online Dictionary of New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL), thanks to Victoria University’s Deaf Studies Research Unit... Yahoo News

NEW ZEALAND: Better access to frontline govt services for Deaf NZers
Fuseworks – 3 hours agoEmail0PrintDeaf people will soon have easier access to frontline government services thanks to a new video remote interpreter service. Video remote interpreting uses video internet technology to connect a remotely-based New Zealand Sign Language interpreter with a face-to-face meeting between a hearing government worker and a Deaf person... Yahoo News

UNITED KINGDOM

Deaf awareness day helps promote accessibility
More than 200 people attended an awareness event today to help improve accessibility for deaf people in the borough. The Harrow Deaf Awareness Day was organised by the Harrow Asian Deaf Club (HADC) and hosted by Harrow Borough council at the civic centre... Harrow Times
 
Deaf people's linguistic culture is being allowed to disintegrate
Cuts at the Centre for Deaf Studies mean the educational base for many British Sign Language interpreters has been closed off... The Guardian

Deaf school's nursery rated as excellent
Scotland's national deaf school has been praised for the quality of nursery education it offers... Herald Scotland

Campaigners help hard of hearing to enjoy a better life
As two deaf people, Alison France and Rowan Robinson sometimes struggled to overcome barriers. They found themselves being unfairly treated because of their disability, leading to low self-esteem and a lack of confidence... This is Staffordshire

Now banks are taking hearing loops seriously
Eastbourne’s banks and building societies are doing more to help people with a hearing disability, but they could do better... Eastbourne Herald

Campaigners help hard of hearing to enjoy a better life
As two deaf people, Alison France and Rowan Robinson sometimes struggled to overcome barriers. They found themselves being unfairly treated because of their disability, leading to low self-esteem and a lack of confidence... The Sentinel

ENTERTAINMENT

New Closed-Captioning Glasses Help Deaf Go Out To The Movies
There will be a special attraction for deaf people in theaters nationwide soon. By the end of this month, Regal Cinemas plans to have distributed closed-captioning glasses to more than 6,000 theaters across the country... NPR

See how hard it is for people with hearing disabilities
People are being urged to step into the shoes of people with hearing loss to see how difficult life without sounds. Action on Hearing Loss urged people to watch videos on its websiteto gain some communication tips... Dorset Echo

Read, interpret the signs
In a first-of-its-kind attempt, Drama Association of the Deaf will be staging a play by the deaf. We meet the people behind the initiative. This Sunday, Phani Kumar, D.V.S. Sethu and Mohammad Abdul Ashwaq will be staging the play Sign Please for duration of 30 to 35 minutes. It’s hard to overlook their excitement... The Hindu

United Kingdom: Whitesnake singer talks about his hearing loss
Following a recent series of shows in Japan, Whitesnake return to live action this week as they kick off their 2013 UK tour in Belfast... Henne Music
SPORTS
Deaf athletes find success on the football field
San Diego – A pair of deaf flag football teams are showing that silence is golden. The Silent Leatherheads, an all-deaf flag football team, started in 2008 and when several deaf players expressed more interest the Bolts began playing two years later... Fox5 San Diego

United Kingdom: Deaf footballer from Stanmore to represent Great Britain at Deaflympics Games
A deaf footballer with dreams of playing for her country has been selected Great Britain team... Harrow Times

RESEARCH
Bone implant gives new hope to hearing impaired
A new implant designed to produce sounds through bone vibrations is giving new hope to the hearing impaired. Doctors at a London, Ont., hospital have begun tests on the latest generation of hearing implants called the Bonebridge, an implant surgically embedded under the skin and into the temporal bone... CTV News

Purdue Innovation Could Help People With Severe Hearing Loss
Mel Chua, a Purdue University doctoral candidate in engineering education, received her current set of hearing aids in May 2012. She has severe hearing loss but has not worn hearing aids most of her adult life because they did not offer a significant improvement to her hearing... Medical News Day

GENERAL BLOGS/FEATURES
Shane Feldman | Where Does Advocacy Fit in the Sign Language Interpreting Profession?
Does RID have Deaf heart? What happened with the Lewis and Naomi resignations? What’s going on at the leadership level at RID and what does the future hold for the organization? These are just a few of the candid questions Shane Feldman, Executive Director of RID,.. Street Leverage

United Kingdom: The Question: Should deaf clubs be a social sanctuary or a learner’s study period?
Learning sign language is something basically everyone I have ever met says they want to do. Learning a few signs is fun and memorable. Some people I bump into remind me of the signs that I taught them yonks ago. You know, the cute ones like turtle or snail. There is something about the visual language that people just love... The Limping Chicken

United Kingdom: Oftcom have announced that they will require TV broadcasters to report on the quality of their live subtitling for the first time.
The regulator is also proposing a time delay on live subtitles so there is no longer a delay between speech and the subtitles appearing on screen... The Limping Chicken

United Kingdom: More school children should learn sign language
A University of Canterbury lecturer wants more New Zealand school children to learn sign language... University of Canterbury

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