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New Closed-Captioning Glasses Help Deaf Go Out To The Movies - NPR (blog)
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New Closed-Captioning Glasses Help Deaf Go Out To The Movies
NPR (blog)
They also come with audio tracks that describe the action on the screen for blind people, or they can boost the audio levels of the movie for those who are hard of hearing. This is a big moment for the deaf, many of whom haven't been to the movies in a ...
Closed-captioning glasses get big rollout to cinemasCNET
VIDEO: New glasses help deaf movie goers at Regal CinemasSarasota Herald-Tribune (blog)
Regal to let deaf moviegoers see what they've been missingAtlanta Journal Constitution
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New Closed-Captioning Glasses Help Deaf Go Out To The Movies - NPR (blog)
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New Closed-Captioning Glasses Help Deaf Go Out To The Movies
NPR (blog)
This is a big moment for the deaf, many of whom haven't been to the movies in a long time. Captioned screenings are few and far between, and current personal captioning devices that fit inside a cup holder with a screen attached are bulky, display the ...
Deaf Moviegoers' Options Grow with Expansion of New Closed-Captioning ...WebProNews
VIDEO: New glasses help deaf movie goers at Regal CinemasSarasota Herald-Tribune (blog)
Regal to let deaf moviegoers see what they've been missingAtlanta Journal Constitution
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Deaf EMT 'better than some hearing staff' with Bethlehem ambulance company - The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
Deaf EMT 'better than some hearing staff' with Bethlehem ambulance company
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
View full sizeChad Grabousky, Global Medical Transportation Services' first-ever deaf EMT, sits in the back of an ambulance last week at the company's Bethlehem headquarters. Express-Times Photo | MATT SMITH. Global Medical Transportation Services ...
EDITORIAL: Disabled workers need opportunities to prove their worthLehighvalleylive.com
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Hard-of-Hearing Get Tips on Interacting With Police - The Ledger
Hard-of-Hearing Get Tips on Interacting With Police
The Ledger
Mathers gave them laminated copies of a sample card, which says the person is hard of hearing or deaf and lists four methods of possible communication: American Sign Language, lip reading, verbal or paper/pen/texting. "This is too complicated," said ...
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Bone implant gives new hope to hearing impaired - CTV News
CTV News
Bone implant gives new hope to hearing impaired
CTV News
Dickson's surgeon Dr. Sumit Agrawal told CTV News the device is useful for hard-of-hearing patients who are unable to wear a standard hearing aid or are not candidates for a cochlear implant. “Cochlear implants are for inner ear hearing loss and those ...
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Hard of Hearing Support Group Meets Monthly - Cape May County Herald (press release)
Cape May County Herald (press release)
Hard of Hearing Support Group Meets Monthly
Cape May County Herald (press release)
The Hearing Loss Association – South Jersey Shore Chapter was created and is designed to bring together the people of the community who are hard of hearing. Members share strategies and tips for coping with a hearing loss. They also provide information ...
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Deaf and Blind Students Grow Garden - WHSV.com - WHSV
Deaf and Blind Students Grow Garden - WHSV.com
WHSV
STAUNTON -- Students at Virginia's School for the Deaf and Blind are learning about eating healthy, local foods. They're doing that by growing their own garden. The idea is to teach students about life outside the classroom. The program's manager wants ...
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UFC Cornerman audio: Matt Hamill's deaf walkout music, Tito Ortiz's busted gut ... - MMAmania.com
UFC Cornerman audio: Matt Hamill's deaf walkout music, Tito Ortiz's busted gut ...
MMAmania.com
UFC Cornerman audio: Matt Hamill's deaf walkout music, Tito Ortiz's busted gut and Donald Cerrone's forward fail. By Jesse Holland on May 10 2013, 1:00p @MMAmaniaNews 12. Things can get pretty heated inside the cage during a mixed martial arts ...
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Southern Tier Bicycle Club Ride of Silence Honors Dottie Rice - WBGH
Southern Tier Bicycle Club Ride of Silence Honors Dottie Rice
WBGH
Many non-cycling guests are expected for the ride start and end ceremonies at the Recreation Park bandstand, and an interpreter for the deaf and hard-of-hearing will be signing at the event. A candlelight ceremony will be held at the close of the ride ...
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PNC American Sign Language Club earns honors - nwitimes.com
PNC American Sign Language Club earns honors
nwitimes.com
WESTVILLE | The Purdue University North Central American Sign Language Club was presented with the PNC Club of the Year Award. In addition, Allison Frye, the club co-president, was presented with the Club Member of the Year Award. The ASL Club has ...
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Play transcends deaf issues - The Post Star - Glens Falls Post-Star
Play transcends deaf issues - The Post Star
Glens Falls Post-Star
When “Children of a Lesser God” first opened on Broadway in 1980, it brought attention to some of the issues deaf people encounter in a world that emphasizes spoken language. Liberman directed a successful production of the drama at SUNY Adirondack ...
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Closed-captioning glasses aid hearing-impaired moviegoers - Press Herald
Press Herald
Closed-captioning glasses aid hearing-impaired moviegoers
Press Herald
His company, the nation's largest theater chain, will have nearly 6,000 theater screens equipped with closed-captioning glasses that could transform the theatrical experience for millions of deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons who have shunned going to ...
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Good vibrations: Michigan School for the Deaf students hit the dance floor for ... - The Flint Journal - MLive.com
Good vibrations: Michigan School for the Deaf students hit the dance floor for ...
The Flint Journal - MLive.com
I have deaf parents. When I was growing up, I didn't have the same kind of culture my friends had. My manners are different, my habits are different. I'm a lot louder. Most deaf people are,” he said. He pounded his hand on the bar where he was serving ...
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Deaf motorist who got $93K from St. Paul hopes police learn from arrest incident - Pioneer Press
The Car Connection
Deaf motorist who got $93K from St. Paul hopes police learn from arrest incident
Pioneer Press
Doug Bahl, a deaf St. Paul man, said what happened to him at the hands of St. Paul police in 2006 was an "unnecessary tragedy," but he also hopes it "becomes a learning experience." Bahl, 62, spoke Thursday, May 9, the day after the city council ...
Minnesota Policeman Uses Mace On Deaf Driver, City Settles Case For $93450The Car Connection
St. Paul Approves Settlement In Deaf Driver's ArrestCBS Local
St. Paul Pays Settlement After Cop Maces Deaf ManReason
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Kingwood community unites to help family struggling to educate blind, deaf 10 ... - abc13.com
abc13.com
Kingwood community unites to help family struggling to educate blind, deaf 10 ...
abc13.com
But unlike a majority of children, Lauren is blind and deaf. She is actually one of only 700 deaf and blind children in Texas. Her parents say they do not want her disability to keep her from the joys of life. "We need to help her become as independent ...
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Helping out the hard of hearing - This Is Cheshire
This Is Cheshire
Helping out the hard of hearing
This Is Cheshire
A LYMM grandmother who suffers from a rare hearing disorder is the driving force behind a hard of hearing support group after she became frustrated with years of being conned. Georgina Turner was diagnosed with Ménière's disease about 13 years ago - a ...
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Helping out the hard of hearing - Warrington Guardian
Warrington Guardian
Helping out the hard of hearing
Warrington Guardian
A LYMM grandmother who suffers from a rare hearing disorder is the driving force behind a hard of hearing support group after she became frustrated with years of being conned. Georgina Turner was diagnosed with Ménière's disease about 13 years ago - a ...
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Kids with disabilities reconnect with signing - Florida Today
Kids with disabilities reconnect with signing
Florida Today
Hubler, who has taught American Sign Language to more than 45,000 educators across the country, successfully has used sign language to help level the playing field for children with disabilities. “The benefits of signing derive, in part, from its ...
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Sign language choir part of Girl Scout Gold Award - Hays Free Press
Hays Free Press
Sign language choir part of Girl Scout Gold Award
Hays Free Press
When she enrolled in an American Sign Language (ASL) class at Hays High School a light bulb went off. Kateryna decided to combine ASL with Girl Scouts and the Hays Hill Baptist Church choir. The combination led Kateryna to establish an ASL choir at her ...
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Students from SASED's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program Participate in “Deaf ... - Chicago Tribune
Students from SASED's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program Participate in “Deaf ...
Chicago Tribune
Forty-six students in the SASED Deaf and Hard of Hearing program at North School in District 45 participated in the second annual Illinois Service Resource Center's community service day on May 1, 2013. This year's focus was People Helping People.
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