Deaf people consider themselves to be a part of a deeply individualistic culture that prides itself on dependency on each other. [...] more »

Today's deaf and hard of hearing kids have it SO good. Now they can choose earmolds with SpongeBob, Dora the Explorer, or other characters. Starkey Laboratories just signed a deal with Nickelodeon/Viacom to feature these figments of the imagination on co-branded earmolds. This may make kids more accepting of their earmolds. I have to admit, if Batman and Robin had been available on my earmolds when I was a kid, I might have looked forward to getting new earmolds instead of dreading it! [...] more »

The owner of the restaurant received a phone call at the restaurant from a man who identified himself as James Fish through a deaf relay service, ... [...] more »

A DVD offering advice to deaf people on crime prevention has been made by an officer after he realised sections of the community were missing out. ... and more » [...] more »

I come from three generations of deaf people,” says Russell Harvard, the charming American actor, who was in the City to promote his film Words, ... [...] more »

Members of Nottingham's deaf community were drawing attention to proposed cuts in the city council's budget. The council is today due to agree proposals ... [...] more »

At first glance, it's a religion class like any other. The teacher projects an electronic slide on the wall with an ... [...] more »

uHear Created by hearing-aid manufacturer Unitron, the app basically replicates the primary hearing test used by audiologists. Wearing earphones, you listen for a series of tones at different frequencies and loudnesses to each ear. You tap a button whenever you hear tones. It also has a mechanism to measure how well you can hear speech in a noisy room. The result is a simple chart of hearing acuity versus frequency range. There’s also a questionnaire that asks how your hearing is in different environments and situations. [...] more »

Charles Mokotoff lives on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., but grew up in Middletown. The son of Middletown's former mayor, Gert Mokotoff, Charles is widely recognized as a classical guitarist in this country and abroad. What makes him stand out even more remarkably is that he has a substantial hearing loss. [...] more »

Pantomime artist, ballerina entertain dozens at Jerusalem party sponsored by Beth David's Center for Deaf-Blind Persons. 'I got to spend time with so many ... [...] more »

Chavarria is deaf and lives alone. She said her smoke detector, equipped for the hearing impaired, alerted her to the fire. “She first noticed it when she ... [...] more »

National charity Deafness Research UK’s 22ft high bionic ear is coming to York Science Festival to teach people about how important and delicate their hearing is and remind people of the risks they face to their hearing from loud music, among other important educational messages about hearing. [...] more »

Jack and Rosalyn Gannon are seen recently at their home near New Market. The Gannons grew up deaf in rural areas and graduated from state schools for the deaf — she in North Carolina, and he in southern Missouri — and longed for a taste of the country. [...] more »

Matlin was 12 when Henry Winkler, "the Fonz" from the highly successful TV show "Happy Days," walked backstage after her performance at her community theater. He was so blown away by her talent that he wanted to encourage her to keep following her passion for acting. You see, they had something else in common besides their love of theater. Matlin is profoundly deaf, and Winkler struggled with undiagnosed dyslexia for 31 years. Not to be pitied or called stupid, they both overcame their obstacles. But Winkler's mentoring in Matlin's early years meant all the difference. [...] more »

Brevard County's teacher of the year, Christina Donohue, walks through an assembly Friday morning at Atlantis Elementary in Port St. John. The students gathered in her honor in the school's courtyard. Atlantis serves deaf and hard-of-hearing students, and Donohue, like many of her students, struggles with a hearing impairment. [...] more »