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Alexander Bell's Deaf Wife

2012-02-15T18:51:20Z

Valentine's Day may be over, but love stories are forever. The deaf daughter of the first president of National Geographic married Alexander Graham Bell. He was her speech therapist at the time they fell in love. National Geographic honored their memory by posting an illustrated story about their marriage.

Alexander Bell's Deaf Wife originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 at 18:51:20.

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Lipreading Software

2012-02-14T22:28:22Z

Are you looking to learn how to lipread but do not want to bother with classes or can't find any training within a reasonable distance? You could try lipreading software. Does it really work? I could not find any independent studies that verified the effectiveness of lipreading software.

Lipreading Software originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 at 22:28:22.

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Does Herpes Cause Hearing Loss?

2012-02-13T22:25:12Z

Apparently herpes can cause hearing loss in a newborn, unless the newborn receives treatment. What about in adults? I couldn't find any information about that other than a mention that herpes might play a role in sudden hearing loss.

Does Herpes Cause Hearing Loss? originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Monday, February 13th, 2012 at 22:25:12.

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Update: Kids No Hearing Aids

2012-02-12T18:17:36Z

Ten submissions to the new Readers Respond page on Kids Who Do Not Want to Wear Hearing Aids have been published so far. There have been quite a few interesting submissions. One reader made a deal with his grandmother.

Update: Kids No Hearing Aids originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Sunday, February 12th, 2012 at 18:17:36.

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India's Own Inexpensive Cochlear Implant

2012-02-10T20:07:40Z

It was bound to happen. Cochlear implants from the main manufacturers are too expnesive for many in foreign countries. Now India's scientists have come up with an inexpensive cochlear implant of their own, which will have clinical trials soon. How inexpensive? The Indian news media reports that the expected cost is as little as 1 lakh, compared to 7 to 10 lakh for the ones from the main manufacturers.

In India, a lakh is 100,000 rupees. An international currency converter (http://www.xe.com/) shows 100,000 rupees equal to $2,021.22 as of today. That means an implant today costs as much as $20,000 in India.

Who knows? Not too far in the future, we could see Americans and others heading to India to get cochlear implants. Not everyone has insurance that will cover the cost of a cochlear implant.

India's Own Inexpensive Cochlear Implant originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Friday, February 10th, 2012 at 20:07:40.

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It's Just a Choice

2012-02-08T20:35:18Z

That's the point of this article in BBC News. The BBC reports on young deaf people who have both chosen and not chosen to, get cochlear implants. Cochlear implants are just a choice to make. We all know that people with cochlear implants can choose to be culturally deaf just as some hard of hearing people identify with the deaf community.

It's Just a Choice originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 at 20:35:18.

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Lawsuit Against CNN Continues

2012-02-06T20:05:10Z

The San Francisco Chronicle carried a report over the weekend about how a federal magistrate ruled that the captioning lawsuit in California against CNN can continue. The lawsuit is actually about the lack of captions on CNN.com. In a rather interesting statement, the lawyer for CNN states that closed captioning would "violate its editorial practices." That must mean that it is CNN.com policy to not be accessible to deaf and hard of hearing people.

Lawsuit Against CNN Continues originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 20:05:10.

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Hearing Teen Tries to Understand

2012-02-04T14:03:36Z

Sometimes teenage boys can be sweet when you least expect it. That certainly is the case in the experience of "Winter" on the forum. Winter is a deaf teenage girl living in a small rural town. She expresses her frustration that many hearing boys she tried to date, would leave because they could not deal with her deafness. Now she is seeing a hearing teenage boy who is really trying - the boy loaded up with sign language books. This one sounds like a keeper, at least until Winter goes to college.

My own teenage years are far behind me, but I can identify with Winter's frustrations. Do you identify with Winter's frustrations? Share your own past frustrations with trying to date hearing teenagers, on the forum.

Hearing Teen Tries to Understand originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Saturday, February 4th, 2012 at 14:03:36.

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Author Posts on Forum

2012-02-02T19:18:16Z

The author of a new book for young people, with a deaf main character, has posted on the forum about her book. In her book "Flying to the Light," the deaf character is a young boy with a type of super power. I have not read this book. If you read it, go back to the forum and post your review!

Author Posts on Forum originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 at 19:18:16.

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What Great Speech You Have!

2012-01-31T19:48:28Z

A student who has taken speech and language classes in college, has a different take on what it means when hearing people compliment deaf people on their speech. According to this student, the compliment means that they recognize that the deaf person put a lot of work into learning how to speak. Read the student's comment on the Readers Respond page on Deaf Speech.

What Great Speech You Have! originally appeared on About.com Deafness on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 19:48:28.

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